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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 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.

Parkside – Meet the People

• We are different in lots of ways (that’s what makes us so interesting) with our ages ranging between 50s to late 60s.
• We all have different interests but also enjoy spent time together.
• We all have mobility needs but that does not stop us from having a good time.
• All our staff team are trained in Moving and positioning, medication, PEG’s, Huntington’s Disease and MAPA. This helps us to live our best lives possible.

What is important to us

• We love the cinema, theatre and going to concerts.
• We love tucking into some fish and chips on a Friday.
• We love arts and crafts and themed meal nights.
• We enjoy going out for pub lunches, restaurants, and cafes.
• We enjoy going to Dobies Gaden Centre and going on walks in the park.
• We enjoy holidays, short breaks, and day trips.
• We all love music and all of our tastes are very different.
• The ladies in the service really enjoy retail therapy and manicures.
• We are looking for people who are passionate about supporting others and will help us to live the best life possible

Our Home

• In December 2022 we celebrate 20 years since opening
• Our home is a detached bungalow with four residents.
• There are two males and two females within our home.
• Our home has large, beautiful grounds and will have a new patio area in 2023.
• We have a greenhouse and maximise the use of the grounds in Summer.
• We have a large communal room with TV and music. The music man attends weekly.
• We do have a minibus so a driving licence is desirable but not essential.
• There is a double driveway and street parking.
• There is access to Lakeside Park where we feed the ducks
• We are in walking distance to Dobies Garden Centre and not far from Gosforth Racecourse.

Other information

• There are usually 3 people on shift at one time. This is so people can have their one to one time.
• Shifts vary from early (8am to 3pm), late (3pm to 9pm), long days (8am to 9pm), Sleeps (10pm to 8am) and night shift (9pm to 8am). All shifts work around the individuals at Parkside

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

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.

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.