Support Worker (Female)

About The Role

Applicants for this Supported Living Service for 2 adults with Learning Disabilities should be Female and should hold full UK Driving License.

 

1 vacancy is for 37.5hrs, and 1 vacancy is for 16hrs.

 

Benefits & USP’s:

• £13.12 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 transform lives by delivering high-quality, person-centred support that fosters independence and empowerment.

Our charity was founded in 1988 and we were one of the pioneers of the ‘Care in the Community’ agenda, enabling people to move out of long-stay institutions and live more fulfilling lives.

Since then, we’ve remained leaders in social care, providing bespoke support to thousands across the UK. Today, we support more than 2,600 people and employ 6,600 caring and committed colleagues across England and Scotland.

We have a proud history of breaking boundaries and are always looking for new ways to make a positive difference through bold ideas, innovative projects and impactful partnerships.

About You

At Mountfield Gardens, we are in our later years, however, we are full of life and laughter.

Our needs are varied, one of us is registered as deaf with registered blind and the other person is registered blind with reduced hearing. We both have learning disabilities. One of us uses a wheelchair to get out and about and the other is independently mobile.

Our staff are trained to understand our needs despite the challenges we face with communicating these for ourselves, they know us well and our unique nonverbal communication methods

We have a great relationship with our Support Workers, and they ensure our days are full of the things we enjoy the most.

We enjoy using sensory equipment in our sensory room, we got a lot out of this activity.

We make use of the Alan Shearer, a sensory and social resource accessible to all disabled people in Newcastle. This is a short walk away from our front door meaning we visit often.

We have enjoyed day trips and weekends away to Blackpool, The Lake District and Kielder forest and would like to have more adventures like this.

We enjoy consistency in our days and like to stick to routines which our support workers know well.

We enjoy nothing more than a cuppa and a biscuit in front of the TV accompanied by our support workers.

We are laid back individuals in personality and have infectious laughs, however routine and structure is what makes us feel safe

We have two support workers on shift each day and a two staff sleeping over each night.

Shifts are 8am till 11pm and a sleepover starts at 11pm and ends at 8am

Support Workers at Mountfield Gardens are patient and understanding of the things that are important to us, and we would hope any new support workers would have the same qualities.

Working for Us

 

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.

 

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 View email address on careers.communityintegratedcare.co.uk