Support Worker Driver

Community Integrated Care•Gateshead, NE

48d•$13

About The Position

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 100 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. There are 2 of us who live in the bungalow What is important to us It is important to both of us that we keep in touch with our families. It is important to both of us that we keep up our busy schedule, as we both have a very busy social life. We both like to know if our plans are changing, such as closure of our clubs of interest, so that we can find something else to do. It is important that we both stay involved in our community, we love going to our church at the end of our street, we help to keep the ground clean and tidy. Gary loves to chat about jazz bands Tony loves to chat around any subject We both attend Harvest & Help one day per week Gary attends the excelsior club on a Thursday night I have three staff that work with me The staff teamwork a long day sleep which consists of starting at 9am/11pm sleep then 7am/9am Staff are to be fully trained administration of medication, emergency first aid and all mandatory e-learning. We both love music We love going to music events, theatre shows and going to the cinema to see films about artists I love We love going to discos We love our team to introduce me to new opportunities

Requirements

Patience
Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
A strong work ethic
Reliability
Honesty
Determination
A problem solver
Resilience

Responsibilities

Staff are to be fully trained administration of medication
Staff are to be fully trained emergency first aid
Staff are to be fully trained all mandatory e-learning

Benefits

£12.62 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
28 Days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays (for full time, part time is worked out on a pro-rata basis)
Pension Scheme
No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
We will pay for your DBS / PVG
We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
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