What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Are you an experienced Mental Health Support Worker looking for a new and rewarding challenge?
At Community Integrated Care, we offer more than just a job—we offer a career with purpose. As one of the UK’s largest and most respected social care charities, we’re proud to reinvest every penny of our profits into our people, services, and communities.
This opportunity is based in the beautiful countryside of South Chailey, where you’ll be part of a passionate and skilled team supporting people with complex needs. Due to the rural location and the need to drive the service’s specially adapted vehicle, a full UK manual driving licence held for at least one year is essential.
We offer:
1. £14.42 per hour
2. No uniform – wear your own casual clothes
3. Paid DBS application
4. Shopping discounts and a free Blue Light Card
5. Ongoing professional development and career progression
6. Recommend a Friend bonus scheme
7. Financial hardship fund
8. Wellbeing support and resources
9. A workplace that champions inclusivity, diversity, and belonging
We’re proud to have won or been shortlisted for over national and regional awards in the past two years and even prouder of the difference our teams make every day.
Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:
This is a truly unique opportunity to support individuals with complex mental health needs in a purpose-built supported living service. The service includes six self-contained apartments and two short-stay flats, designed to offer independence, dignity, and safety.
The people we support may have diagnoses such as Autism, Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, Schizoaffective Disorder, or ADHD, and may present with behaviours of concern. Many have experienced institutional settings in the past—this service offers them a rare and valuable chance to live in a community setting.
You’ll be part of a team that provides active, person-centred support every day. Whether it’s attending church, going to college, enjoying countryside walks, visiting animal rescue centres, or joining virtual cooking classes, you’ll help people live full and meaningful lives.
We follow a Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) model, working proactively to understand and respond to each person’s needs. You’ll receive full training in PBS, as well as opportunities to learn Makaton, Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), and other specialist skills.
Currently, two people live in the service, with more hopefully to join in the future. You’ll be part of a thoughtful and gradual transition process, ensuring every new referral is carefully considered and supported.
This is a role where your compassion, resilience, and creativity will make a lasting impact.
Your values:
We know that great support starts with great people. That’s why we recruit based on values, not just experience.
You’ll be someone who brings patience and understanding to every interaction, with a deep sense of empathy, compassion, and sensitivity. You’ll be reliable, honest, and determined, with the resilience to support people through both calm and challenging moments. You’ll also have a strong work ethic and a genuine passion for helping people live independently and meaningfully.
Our values guide everything we do:
10. We Include
11. We Deliver
12. We Aspire
13. We Respect
14. We Enable
We’re committed to being a warm, welcoming, and inclusive employer. Through our “A Place I Belong” strategy, we celebrate diversity and ensure every colleague feels respected, valued, and empowered to bring their true selves to work. This publicly sets out the promises we’ve made to achieving this vision and how we will hold ourselves to account to getting there. You can read more about this by clicking here.
If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been waiting for, we’d love to hear from you.
Click Apply to begin your journey with us. We wish you the very best of luck in your application and in joining our charity. Should you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to contact [email protected]
Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.