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. 28 Days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays (for full time, part time is worked out on a pro-rata basis)
6. Pension Scheme
7. No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
8. Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
9. We will pay for your DBS
10. We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
11. Guaranteed & Contracted Hours
12. Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
13. Shopping Discounts Scheme
14. Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
15. Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
16. Financial Hardship Fund
17. 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: Who you will be supporting?
18. We are a small residential home in Pegswood, Morpeth supporting 7 people with learning disabilities and complex health needs.
19. Our ages range from 34 to 74.
20. Our needs are very varied and the support we need requires the staff team to be flexible and adaptable to change. We have different challenges in our lives which include visual impairment, diabetes, mental health issues and stoma care as well as learning disabilities.
What is important to us?
21. We love being out and about accessing services in our local community as well as holidays in this country and abroad.
22. We love going out for meals and visiting coffee shops. Swimming, walking, cinema trips and shopping are important to us. We have a mini bus to get out and about on so being a driver is important to us.
23. We are all have very different personalities and need staff who can adapt to match all of our personalities, we like friendly, fun loving staff who like being on the go and kept busy.
Other information?
24. We live in a detached bungalow in a quiet area of Pegswood, we have several communal areas.
25. The location of the service is ideal as it is in a quiet village however neighbouring towns are close by which means we have access to all of the amenities we enjoy
26. There is 5 staff on each shift and 2 overnight.
27. The shift pattern consists of -, -, -, sleep in - and night shift - however these are flexible to meet our needs
28. We need our staff to be trained in learning disability, mental health, diabetes awareness, stoma care, MAPA and PBS
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