What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Our Benefits:
1. £13.01 per hour
2. Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
3. Work for an award-winning Charity that invests all its profits right back into the people we support, our workforce and our local communities
4. 28 Days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays (for full time, part time is worked out on a pro-rata basis)
5. Pension Scheme
6. No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
7. Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
8. We will pay for your PVG
9. Guaranteed & Contracted Hours
10. Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
11. Shopping Discounts Scheme
12. Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
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 a positive and motivated person who loves going the extra mile to improve the lives of others?
Is it important for you to have a satisfying job where you feel supported?
If this sounds like you, maybe a Support Worker role with an award-winning charity is the change you’ve been looking for!
At our Uphall service, we support vulnerable adults living in their own home to live the best lives possible by providing person-centred support to promote their independence.
Each person we support has their own support plan, which details what support they require, so you can expect to provide support in all aspects of their daily lives. This will include helping with personal care, medication administration, financial support, attending community groups, preparing meals and attending social activities. We are looking for flexible and reliable individuals who are keen to support people to build their independent living skills. The people we support have different communication styles, so the ability to communicate clearly is very important.
We are currently recruiting for 2 x 35 hour waking night posts. This will involve working 3 shifts one week and 4 shifts the next week and the waking night shifts are from 9.30pm - 7.30am. We do require flexibility to work different nights as we provide support from Monday - Sunday.
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