Support Worker

About The Role

We are seeking 1 x Part Time Support Worker for our Supported Living Service in Garforth, LS25.

This is for 22.5 hours pw - Day Shifts. (Option of 3 x 7.5hr shifts, or 1 x full day + 1 x half day)

Shift times are from 7am to 2.30pm, 2.30pm to 10.00pm

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 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.

About You

Who will you be supporting?

• We are different in lots of ways (That’s what makes us so interesting) with our ages ranging between 37 and 66 years old.
• We all have individual needs, including mobility issues, non-verbal communication, and require personal cares, only one of us being independent.
• We all have different challenges in our lives which include autism, learning disabilities, dysphagia, and communication difficulties.
• We have a staff team who are all trained and familiar with supporting us with our needs.

What is important to us?

• We are all proud of the house we live in and how homely it is with all our bedrooms individual and personalised to us.
• We enjoy going for days out, meals out, concerts and going to the theatre. We enjoy listening to music and one of us is in a band and has a drum kit and karaoke in our bedroom and also is a DJ
• One of us go to a day centre 4 times a week, one of us attend purple patch once a week and one of us attends college four times a week and a music hub on a Monday. In the summer months we like to spend time in the garden.
• One of our aspirations is to carrying on making albums with the band and maybe become famous one day, with bigger gigs including festivals. We also aspire to stay healthy and safe in our own home.
• We like to go shopping in our village and one of us likes to go to the train station and watch the trains or take a ride.

Other information?

• Our maximum staffing levels are four staff in the morning and afternoon, one waking night and one sleep in. Our minimum staffing levels would be two staff in the morning and afternoon, one waking night and a sleep in.
• Are shifts vary depending on our activities but our usual shifts are 7-2, 2-9, 2-10 sleep and 9-5
• We need you to enjoy the same activities that we enjoy doing on a day-to-day basis. You should be caring, friendly and empathetic. We will train you in all mandatory training as well as any specialised training needed in our house.

Working for Us

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 [email protected]