Support Worker

Community Integrated Care•Ryton, NE

11d•$13•Onsite

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. We are a great place to live and work. We share a home in Ryton with access to the local area with good bus routes and local shops. We are Franchesca and Jordan – We both have different personalities and needs. We each require different levels of support with personal care. We all enjoy different activities as well as spending time at home. We are completely personalised service. To have an understanding approach around our daily challenges. We work with support and contribution from family members of the people in our services. How people are supported to be independent living in their homes and the exceptional level of support we give. How we are adaptable and flexible as a team. We support people to access community facilities and person-centred activities. We involve and develop together to do things better. Support is never finished it is always changing. How we support each other as a team.

Requirements

Patience
Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
A strong work ethic
Reliability
Honesty
Determination
A problem solver
Resilience
Share our company values - We Include; We Deliver; We Aspire; We Respect; We Enable

Nice To Haves

Vast experience in a support worker or care assistant role
Lived experiences who may have friends or relatives with disabilities or have looked after older relatives
No experience at all

Responsibilities

Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
Support people to access community facilities and person-centred activities

Benefits

£13.12 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