What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work: Benefits & USP’s:
1. £11.94 per hour
2. Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
3. 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
4. Managed by supportive leaders
5. Pension Scheme
6. No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
7. Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
8. We will pay for your DBS / PVG
9. We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
10. Guaranteed & Contracted Hours
11. Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
12. Shopping Discounts Scheme
13. Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
14. Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
15. Financial Hardship Fund
16. 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 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: This an exciting opportunity for caring, compassionate and talented Support Workers, to work within a well-established service, supporting 4 people, with learning disabilities and mental health. This service will be supporting people, promoting their choices, wellbeing and independence. This service is a large Victorian house with a small back yard with a greenhouse and raised planters. There is a communal lounge, kitchen and dining room too. The people supported here enjoy accessing their local community, experience new things and for their support staff to encourage this! They all have a variety of interests ranging from shopping, football, gardening, cooking, watching films and playing games. The staff here need to be proactive, share similar interests and must also have patience and good communication skills! The people supported here, love to have a good chat but staff need to be clear and direct in what they are asking or telling others to do. At this service there are usually 2 support workers on during the day (10am-10:30pm), as well as a staff member on a sleep shift too (10:30pm - 10am)! The shifts during the day can sometime be flexible, depending on what's going on within the service. This is a full time role - 37.5 hours, over 3 or 4 days, including sleep in shifts too. 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. If you are interested in learning more about the role before submitting your application, please feel free to contact Kellie Swindells, our recruitment specialist, for a friendly informal chat on or email kellie.swindells@c-i-c.co.uk