What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work: Benefits & USP's: £.4 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 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: This is an exciting opportunity to join Community Integrated Care at our supported living service in Havercroft.
This is a supported living project where 4 individuals with care and support needs reside.
What is important to us?We need empathic, patient staff to provide person-centered support to individuals who are living here.
We want everyone who accesses our services to have the opportunity to live the best life possible.
You will be supporting people to work towards outcomes, enabling them to maintain independence.You will encourage and support people to engage in the local community, clubs, cinema, shows, days out, gym, pub lunches shopping, and activities of our personal choice, they like doing daytime and evening activities.You will support a community within Wakefield itself, across several services there are long-standing friendships, and you will support to maintain these relationships.We will be closely working with new partnerships, exciting new prospects, and activities for the entire community to enjoy.
Other informationWe will have a core background team on duty 24/7 so there are overnight shifts and we will provide additional 1:1 support, ranging from personal care, housekeeping, and meals to days out and trips to the shops and activities.
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: - Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others- Patience- A strong work ethic- Reliability- Honesty- Determination- A problem solver- Resilience