Advanced Support Worker Wareham, England

Community Integrated Care

Full Time Wareham, England 11.8 GBP HOURLY Today

Job description

What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

We are looking for Male Advanced Support Workers - (UK Driving License is required) for immediate starts. Located in the centre of Wareham Dorset - £11.80 per hour!

Are you looking to have a job where the emphasis is on fun? Would you like to make someone's day? Do you go the extra mile? Why not 'spring' into action and beat the rush.

Community Integrated Care are looking for a motivated Advanced Male Support Worker (also known as Team Leader) who wants to have fun at work, could this be you? Do you have a range of interest and hobbies?

It's not everyone who will have the chance to enjoy their hobbies whilst working, however we think you'll agree having a great time at work is pretty cool!

Some of our benefits include:-

£11.80 per Hour
Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
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
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 DBS
We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
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 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 100 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. 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:

A UK driving license is essential for this role and you need to be a Male Support Worker!

We are a unique supported living service, we love where we live and have a communal garden in which we all enjoy spending time in during the summer months. We are a service for people with learning disabilities, autism, physical disabilities, and mental health.

We love having our own properties and being able to personlise them. We enjoy watching our wildflowers bloom and we also have high-rise planters which we are preparing for vegetable patches. There is still lots to do in our garden, we have big plans.

We have a great community spirit and we often all get together and hold events, such as Christmas lunches, a game of rounders ,football tournaments, BBQ’s amongst many others. We also all enjoy carrying out a range of varied activities in the community.

We need you to enjoy being out no matter what the weather, we do not like to be in our homes all the time. We need team member who will work with us and encourage us to be as independent as we can. We like to be involved in every aspect around our lives.

We need a good listener, sometimes to us having someone to talk to is all we need. We need someone who remains calm in a difficult situation, and can problem solve and be reassuring, and also ensure that you take our wishes into consideration. We need you to always communicate in a positive and honest way

We need flexibility and and there are sleep/night shifts that need to be covered (10pm to 7am)

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

If you have read this advert and feel like it’s exactly the role and organisation you’re looking for, please click 'Apply' to take you through to our short application form.
If you are interested in learning more about the role before submitting your application, please feel free to contact

Carol-anne Phypers , our recruitment specialist, for a friendly informal chat on 07890 963057or email

[email protected]

A Place I belong

Here at Community Integrated Care we aim to be a warm, welcoming and inclusive employer, where all colleagues feel they belong. We want to an organisation that is truly fair and equal to all – where individual diversity is valued, unique characteristics celebrated and everyone feels able to bring their true selves to work.

By encouraging and embracing a range of diverse backgrounds, experiences, capabilities and viewpoints, we will build a stronger, richer, more vibrant workforce, which reflects the people we support, and the communities in which we work. It helps us make better decisions, bring fresh ideas and become a true provider and employer of choice.

We have a really clear plan to achieve this called A Place I Belong. This publicly sets out the promises we’ve made to achieving this vision and how we will hold ourselves to account to getting there. You can read more about this by clicking here.

We wish you the very best of luck in your application to joining our charity. Should you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to contact [email protected]

Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.

This post is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1) which provides for the application of a genuine occupational requirement.

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