Bank Support Worker

Community Integrated Care; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and social care charity in Liverpool is seeking dedicated Support Workers to assist individuals with various care needs. This role requires a passion for helping others, providing both practical support and companionship. The ideal candidate will be proactive, flexible, and committed to making a significant impact in the clients' lives. Competitive hourly wage and various benefits are offered, including flexible hours and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

£12.62 per hour

28 days annual leave

Pension Scheme

Flexible working hours

Ongoing professional development

Shopping discounts scheme

Qualifications

• Passion for supporting individuals with care needs.
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care needs and mobilization.
• Engage clients in community activities and outings.
• Provide companionship and emotional support.

Skills

Empathy

Flexibility

Job description

What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

Key Values

Do you want to make a difference in someone else's life? Do you want to work for a charity that really values their people?

One of the values of Community Integrated Care is our passion for our people and every year we invest in our front‑line worker pay in line with the Living Wage increase each April. Our promise has always been clear: we will do everything in our power to improve pay for colleagues.

Benefits & USP’s

• £12.62 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‑rated basis)
• Pension Scheme
• No uniform – we wear our casual clothes
• Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
• We will pay for your DBS / PVG
• 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

About Us

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 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.

Who you’ll be supporting & More About the Role

Who will you be supporting?

• We all have non‑verbal communication so you will need to spend time with us to see how we communicate with you
• We are three gentlemen of various ages.
• We require some assistance to mobilise.
• We require full support with all of our personal care needs.

What is important to us?

• We all have different personalities and enjoy different things, but we also enjoy living together and going out on activities together.
• We enjoy going out in community for days out and like to go out for meals, cinema and shopping.
• If we are spending time at home we enjoy listening to music and watching TV
• We enjoy spending time with our families when they visit.
• We require our staff team to be varied of personalities, but they all need to be caring and empathic

Other Important Information

• We have at least 2 x staff on day shifts 08:00-20:00, we also have a third member of staff 3 times a week 10.00-16.00 (flexible for activities)
• We have 1 x waking night 20:00-08:00
• We need our staff to be flexible and we also need some staff to be able to drive as we like to go out and about in our car and one of us attends day centre 2 days a week that we need to be taken to.

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.

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. If you are interested in learning more about the role before submitting your application, please feel free to contact Rachel Mortimer, our recruitment specialist, for a friendly informal chat on 07866884035 or email [e-mail].

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 [e-mail].

Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.