What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Community Integrated Care is recruiting for an experinced and dedicated Support Worker in Southsea!
We offer industry-leading rates of pay - starting at £12.62 per hour, with full-time day shifts currently available.
As a Support Worker you will support people who have learning disabilities, autism, mental health concerns or dementia with their daily routines to live their best lives possible.
You’ll be joining an award-winning charity, in an exciting role where you can transform someone else’s life while transforming your own too! Whatever your background, there’s a rewarding career in care for you – one were you can follow your passions and learn new skills too.
1. 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
2. Managed by supportive leaders
3. 28 Days annual leave incl statutory bank holidays
4. Pension Scheme
5. No uniform - wear your own casual clothes
6. Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
7. We will pay for your DBS application
8. We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
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
13. Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
14. Financial Hardship Fund
15. Investment in your wellbeing
Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities. We work hard enriching the lives of the people we support 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:
We’re looking for candidates who are caring, dedicated, love working with people and share the values that make our charity so special. You will be supporting at a house full of engergetic and chatty ladies, and one gentleman to enjoy life, have fun and get out in the community!
Prior experience of working in care isn’t always necessary. If you have other skills and experiences that you can bring to this role, we will give you all the support that you need to succeed!
You’ll be able to come to work every day and use the very best of your personality and skills, as you support people who share your interests to do the things they love the most.
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