Advanced Support Worker; Female

Position: Advanced Support Worker (Female)

What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

Our Benefits:

£14.81 per Hour

• 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
• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• 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 PVG
• 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 theUK’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 alsofocusedon 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 byinvesting 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 are looking for support staff who can support a young lady in a community 2:1 basis. We are also looking for support staff for full time and part time positions. This is a new and exciting opportunity for this young lady to live in her own tenancy following a move back into the area she originally came from.

She has a hearing impairment and so people with patience and clear communication skills a must. This young lady can get distressed at times and will require support to manage this, staff will be required to work closely with professionals to follow strategies, guidelines and plans in place to maintain safety of this young lady. She enjoys shopping, cinema, theatre and trying new activities to keep her busy.

You will be trained in the use of Makaton but if you have experience of this it would be beneficial. We provide support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week so you will be required to be flexible to work on different days, including some weekend work. Our shift pattern varies includes: 8am - 3pm, 3pm - 10pm, Due to the needs of the people we support a UK driving license would be extremely beneficial but is not mandatory.

We are currently recruiting for a full-time (37.5 hour) posts and we will also consider part time. One of the values of Community Integrated Care is our passion for our people and every year we invest in our front-line worker pay in line with the Living Wage increase each April. Our promise has always been clear: we will do everything in our power to improve pay for colleagues.

Due to the complexities of this Service we require experienced personnel.

Your values:

The people we support like to be supported by people who respect them and their homes, but who also like to have fun! We like people who are reliable and honest, so the people we support can build trust and know that you have their best interests ’s important that you are reliable and honest and can communicate well with everyone.

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