What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work: Do you want to work for a charity that really value their people? Do you want to further develop your skills whilst making a difference in someone else's life? We are currently looking for a Waking Night Support Worker 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 we are? 60-76 years of age.We are 3 unique individuals, and we have a variety of different needs.Our Support team are trained First Aid Epilepsy, Buccal Midazolam, Moving & Positioning, Administration of Medication, Catheter Care and Personal Care What is Important to us? We are proud of our individuality and that we are supported to promote this.We enjoy going out in the community. We like going out for meals, the local pub and accessing activates hosted by Community Integrated Care that support our sensory needs.We are fun loving individualsWe get along with everyone as long as you are kind, enthusiastic and supportive to our needs and aspirations in life. Where We LiveWe are close to a main road which has a good bus link to Widnes Town Centre, Train Stations and the M62 for Liverpool and Manchester. Additional Information With have 3 core staff throughout the day doing from 9am to 9pm or 9am to 6pm.We then have a waking night member of staff working from 9pm to 9am. There are also various shifts available dependent on what we are doing throughout the day.We are looking for kind, enthusiastic individuals who are encouraging to try new adventures and support us to have the best life possible everyday. 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