What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work: 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.
Our Benefits: •Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing learning and development•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•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•Mental health support through our everymind app•Colleague Inclusion Networks where individuals with shared experiences and their allies can help raise awareness, provide support, celebrate communities and promote positive change, greater inclusivity and equity within the workplace•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!•The opportunity to try new things while supporting people to achieve their goals Who you'll be supporting & more about the role: Are you a positive and motivated person who is experienced in supporting individuals within their own homes?
Are you looking to gain great experience in 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 our Thurso service, we support a gentleman to live as independently as possible in his own home and are looking for bank Support Workers to join his team.
In this team, you'll support this gentlemen to live the best life possible by supporting him to go swimming, go to the gym, visit the cinema, enjoy a wee dance and go on holiday, among his many other hobbies and interests.
In this role, you can also expect to provide support with: •Medication administration•Cooking and home maintenance•Personal care•Finance management Our shifts are from 8.30am to 8.30am the next day, with a sleepover in between.
This is a preference of the individual we support so the successful candidate must be available to work this shift pattern.
We provide support 7 days a week, so we're ideally looking for someone with some flexibility to work different days.
A UK driving license isn't mandatory but it would be a big bonus, as the person we support has a mobility vehicle.
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 and are able to remain calm under pressure, so they can support people effectively and build fantastic relationships.