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Support Worker

Location:
Widnes
Job Category:
Care and Support
Salary Details:
£11.94 per hour
28 Apr 2024
Vacancy Type:
Permanent - Full Time
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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

Are you looking for a new opportunity? Do you want to work for an organisation that truly value their people and want to help people live their best life possible? 
 
Benefits & USP’s:
  • £11.94 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
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.
 
Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:
Who will you be supporting? 
  • We are 3 unique individuals, and we have a variety of different needs but come and visit and find out all about us.
  • Our support team are trained in Epilepsy, Buccal Midazolam, Moving and Positioning, Administration of Medication and Catheter care.
What Is Important to Us
  • We are proud of our individuality and that we are supported to promote this.
  • We enjoy going out for a drive around our community. We like going out for meals to the local pub and accessing activities that are hosted by Community Integrated Care and also places that support our sensory needs.
  • We are fun loving individuals.
  • We get along with anyone as long as you are kind, enthusiastic and supportive to our needs and aspirations in life.
Our Home
  • We live in a 4-bedroomed bungalow located in Widnes. The bungalow is situated in a village where there are local amenities that are within easy access.
  • We have a spacious back garden.
  • We each have our own rooms that are decorated to our tastes that represent each of our individual personalities and needs.
  • We live in a residential area that has a diverse community.
  • Our house has a driveway at the front and there is ample parking around the area.
Where We Live
  • We live in a diverse community where there are local amenities that are within easy access.
  • We are located near to the main road which has links to Widnes town centre, train station, local bus routes and to the M62 or to Liverpool.


    Other information

  • We have a minimum of 2 core staff throughout the day doing 8am to 10pm. We then have 1 staff who is on a sleep from 10pm to 8am. There are however various shifts available depending on what we are doing throughout the day.
  • We need kind, enthusiastic individuals who are encouraging to try new adventures and supporting us to have the Best Life Possible every day. If this sounds like you, Birkdale is the house for you!
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
 
If you have read this advert and feel like it’s exactly the role and organisation you’re looking for, please click 'Apply' to take you through to our short application form.
 
A Place I belong
 
Here at Community Integrated Care we aim to be a warm, welcoming and inclusive employer, where all colleagues feel they belong. We want to an organisation that is truly fair and equal to all – where individual diversity is valued, unique characteristics celebrated and everyone feels able to bring their true selves to work.  
 
By encouraging and embracing a range of diverse backgrounds, experiences, capabilities and viewpoints, we will build a stronger, richer, more vibrant workforce, which reflects the people we support, and the communities in which we work. It helps us make better decisions, bring fresh ideas and become a true provider and employer of choice. 

We have a really clear plan to achieve this called A Place I Belong. This publicly sets out the promises we’ve made to achieving this vision and how we will hold ourselves to account to getting there. You can read more about this by clicking here.

We wish you the very best of luck in your application to joining our charity. Should you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to contact [email protected]

Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.

We’re really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level.

In our 2023 Colleague Engagement Survey, 56% (over 3,300!) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +28. This is a measure of how positively our colleagues talk about us – and 28 is an excellent score compared to other organisations!