What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work: Our Benefits: •£12.50 per hour, rising to £13.01 per hour from 1st April •Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing learning and development•Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
•Work for an 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
•There is no uniform - you can wear your own casual clothes
•Access to a free app offering retail discounts, leisure savings and holiday and travel discounts
•Employee of the month award and other recognition schemes
•Free Employee Assistance programme available 24/7, providing a wide range of financial, legal and consumer services, as well as counselling, life coaching and career guidance
•Financial support options to help in times of hardship using our Wellbeing Fund and our partnership with the Care Workers Charity
•Employee Representatives (GameChangers) to help raise and action issues within the organisation that are important to you
•Recommend a Friend bonus scheme
•We pay for your PVG check!•Good work/life balance – rotas are issued 4+ weeks in advance enabling you to plan ahead! 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: Are you a fun-loving and motivated person who loves going the extra mile to improve the lives of others?
Is it important for you to have a satisfying job where you feel supported?
If this sounds like you, maybe a Support Worker role with an award-winning charity is the change you’ve been looking for!
At Todlaw, we support 18 individuals who live in their own bungalows in the small town of Duns. The people we support have faced a lot of challenges in the past because of their learning disabilities, Autism and their mental and physical health issues but this hasn’t stopped them from enjoying life!
They enjoy a wide range of different activities, like socialising, watching movies, arts and crafts, organising events in our central hub, baking, gardening and going on holiday. However, they’re always up for trying new things, so are looking for inventive people who are up for the challenge.
Our staff team are very supportive and experienced and provide support with:
•Medication administration
•Cooking
•Personal care
•Maintaining the homes of the people we support and managing their finances
Our team provide support 24 hours a day, so we ask for some flexibility to work a variety of shifts as follows:
•8am – 8pm
•8pm – 8am (waking nights)
•8am – 2pm
•2pm – 10pm
We are currently recruiting for bank/casual Support Workers. 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. And so, if you start with us between now and 31 March your pay with be £12.50 and then from the 1st April, this will increase to £13.01 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 we can build trust and know that you have our best interests at heart.
It’s important that you are reliable and honest and can communicate well with everyone.