Support Worker Sunderland, North East England, England
Job description
What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Benefits & USP’s
- £10.00 per hour
- Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
- Work for a multi award-winning Charity that invests all its profits right back into the people we support, our workforce and our local communities
- Managed by supportive leaders
- 28 days of 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 and shift patterns
- We will pay for your DBS
- We are based in one location, so no need to be a 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 enrich 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 been shortlisted for over 100 national and regional awards!
We are also focussed 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:
You will be required to support 6 individual's with ages between 19-66 years old there home which is a large bungalow located in Roker, Sunderland.
- Getting out in there local community, such as Stack, Cinema and meals out.
- keeping in touch with family
- Attending Butterfly world
- Arts & Crafts and Gardening
Our staff team are great, and they support the people we support to:
- Maintain there homes
- Complete personal care
- Moving around there homes.
- Enjoy an active social life
- Planning trips away and holidays.
We need all our team to be trained in Medication, Moving and positioning, Catheter care, PEG feeding and Dietary requirements. Complying with out SALT plans for our meal times risk reduction plans. Epilepsy, Intense interaction, communication other then speech. are areas a successful candidate will be given training in.
Most importantly remembering the people we support require to be included in any daily decisions and encouraged to be as independent as possible. We need our staff members to support the people we support to live there Best lives Possible.
Your values:
You will be willing to take the time to get to know us and communicate clearly so I know what's happening. It's important that you're reliable and that we have common interests, but you also need to be able to get on with the rest of my team.
During the recruitment process, we like to meet new people in our homes for a cuppa and a chat
If you have read this advert and feel like it’s exactly the role 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 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]
