What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Benefits & USP’s:
1. £12.62 per Hour
2. Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
3. 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
4. Managed by supportive leaders
5. 25 Days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays (for full time, part time is worked out on a pro-rata basis)
6. Pension Scheme
7. No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
8. Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
9. We will pay for your DBS / PVG
10. We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
11. Guaranteed & Contracted Hours
12. Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
13. Shopping Discounts Scheme
14. Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
15. Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
16. Financial Hardship Fund
17. 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:
18. There is 7 of us live together at Dean Lodge; our ages range from 22 to 66. We all have our own interests and we’re all individuals!
19. Some of us are independently mobile, and some of us need support with this using equipment. We need support to manage our health and wellbeing, as well as support to live as independently as possible whilst being supported to achieve our goals and aspirations!
20. Our staff are trained in lots of areas to ensure they have the skills and knowledge to support us safely and effectively. Some of these trainings are Moving and Positioning, Administration of Medication, Emergency First Aid and Positive Behaviour Support.
We are all individuals and have our own likes and interests! Some of these are music, parties, swimming, reflexology, going to the theatre, gardening, watching films at the cinema, playing pool
21. Family is also very important to us, and it is important that our staff include our family in all aspects of our lives.
22. We are loving, kind and funny! We enjoy a happy, positive atmosphere and get along well with considerate and respectful people.
23. We would not enjoy being around people who are bossy, overpowering, or negative.
24. There is always a minimum of 3 staff on day shift and two staff on nightshift at Dean Lodge.
25. We like our staff to work ‘early’ shifts (7am-2pm), ‘late’ shifts (2pm-9pm) and ‘waking’ nightshifts (9pm-7am). We also like for our staff to work flexibly so that we can be supported to attend a variety of activities such as going to the pub or going to the theatre.
26. We need our staff to support us to achieve our best lives possible. We need our staff to be positive, encouraging, with a ‘can do’ attitude. Our staff need to be proactive and keen learners to help support us safely and effectively.
Your values:
We know it takes a special person to work in social care and we recognise that not everyone that would be perfect for the role, will have professional experience. This is why we're really passionate about recruiting to individuals’ values and we recruit people from all walks of life; From people with vast experience in a support worker or care assistant role, from people with lived experiences who may have friends or relatives with disabilities or have looked after older relatives, to people with no experience at all.
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:
- Patience
- Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
- A strong work ethic
- Reliability
- Honesty
- Determination - A problem solver
- Resilience