What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Our Benefits: £14.81 per Hour. Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work. Work for a multi award-winning Charity that invests all it profits right back into the people we support, our workforce and our local communities. Managed by supportive leaders. Pens ion Scheme. No uniform - we wear our casual clothes.. Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns. We will pay for your PVG. Guaranteed & Contracted Hours. Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives. Shopping Discounts Scheme. Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities. Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme. Financial Hardship Fund. Investment in your wellbeing Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities. We work hard to enriching the lives of people with many different care needs. It’s exciting and rewarding work, and we’re full of pride and passion for what we do. Since the early days, we’ve grown to provide many innovative and bespoke care services to thousands of people across England and Scotland. We want to provide support based on the principles of choice, dignity and respect. This resonates in our vision of ‘Your Life, Your Choice’ and our strategy ‘Best Lives Possible’. We have strong values and we’re proud to pioneer new ways of delivering social care to stand out in our sector. In the past two years, we have won or made the shortlist for over national and regional awards! We are also focused on our people. Our Support Workers are dedicated and passionate about going ‘the extra mile’ for the people we support and in return, we go the extra mile for them by investing in pay, recognition, wellbeing and continued professional and personal development. We will provide you with all the training, support and personal protective equipment you need in your role and will help you develop, should you decide you want to develop your career with us.
Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:
Are you an experienced Support Worker looking to progress their career? Are you interested in joining a skilled team with a supportive manager? If so, maybe an Advanced Support Worker role is the role you've been looking for! We currently have a vacancy for Full time Advanced Support Worker to form a role in a recently built accommodation in Mintlaw. This is a brand-new purpose-built Service for 5 individuals. It will consist of 4 buildings, 3 individual houses and 1 shared house. Three of the people we support will have some complex needs. We require to support 24 hours per day with 2:1 staffing during the day. We also require waken night staff which may change to sleepovers or potentially smart technology through the night as the settle into their new homes. Shift patterns are likely to be 7am to 3pm, 3pm to 10pm and 10pm to 7am. The people we support love to do a variety of activities including walking, cycling, arts and crafts, discos and dances., baking and cooking, seeing their families, playing pool, jigsaws, tabletop activities and having a laugh and having fun. The also like to get out and about in the community - going to the gym, swimming, pubs, restaurants and clubs. The key to success in this role is ensuring you provide person-centred support, promoting choice, independence and overall wellbeing. In this role, you will need experience of working with adults with learning disability and complete needs and must be flexible, reliable, and motivated. Our ideal candidate will have a SVQ Level 3 in Social Care and strong experience in complex needs. If you do not have a qualification, you will need to have experience in social care. Sometimes the people we support really need a male or female person to support them. For this particular role a female colleague is required. This is a genuine occupational requirement as defined by the Equality Act. Holding a manual UK driving license is essential for this role.
Your values:
You will know how to connect with people and be passionate about supporting people to live independently. You will also be a brilliant mentor and share your skills and experiences with your colleagues. We will develop your talents with a range of specialist training, including the opportunity to learn Positive Behaviour Support methods. During recruitment you will meet the people we support in their home. This will allow you to see their wonderful personalities first-hand and fully understand the level of support that they require. Naturally it is important too that you share our company values - We Include; We Deliver; We Aspire; We Respect; We Enable, which are at the heart of everything we do and ensure that we deliver high quality, consistent care and support. People's values are important to use, so we look for people with: The people we support like to be supported by people who respect them and their homes, but who are like to have fun! They like people who are reliable and honest, so they can build trust and know that you have their best interest at heart.