Support Worker

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

Job summary

A leading charity in health and social care is seeking Support Workers in Poole, England. This rewarding role involves enhancing the lives of individuals with diverse needs. Candidates should have a caring nature and values such as empathy and reliability. No uniform is required, and the organization promotes a fun work environment with various perks. A valid UK driver's license is essential for assisting in mobility and community activities. Join us in making a difference!

Benefits

No uniform - wear your own casual clothes

DBS application paid for

Shopping Discounts Scheme

Financial Hardship Fund

Ongoing professional development

Investment in wellbeing

Qualifications

• Essential to have a full UK driving license.
• No professional experience required as values are prioritized.

Responsibilities

• Support with daily activities including personal care and medication.
• Assist individuals using wheelchairs and engage in community activities.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Reliability

Strong work ethic

Problem-solving

Resilience

Job description

What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

Are you looking for a new and rewarding career enhancing the lives of others, who wants to help the people we support access the community?

If you are caring, compassionate with valuable work or lived care and support experience, then we would love to hear from you.

This is a place of work where the emphasis is on having fun! While you help the people we support to lead their best life possible by enjoying the things you both love to do together! We are a non-profit making charity, we invest back in our people, community and the people we support.

We believe its a great place to work with great benefits too!

• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• No uniform - wear your own casual clothes
• We will pay for your DBS application
• Shopping Discounts Scheme and Free Blue Light card!
• Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
• Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
• Financial Hardship Fund and Salary Advance scheme
• Investment in your wellbeing

Community Integrated Care

Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities. We work hard to enrich the lives of the people we support 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. 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:

The people we support at this service need a team who can support them with their day to day lives, including support with medication, moving & positioning, eating & drinking, personal care, communication, and anything else they need. They all mobilise using wheelchairs, so they need support from you with moving around.

Their home has a communal garden and two communal lounges, which everyone makes use of. They have a big swing in the garden, everyone loves to use it and thinks its very funny. They also have a sensory room which is very relaxing and they all like to spend time in there.

What is important to them

They all get along with each other really well and enjoy spending time together.

They have a lot of different interests such as going to the café for coffee and cake, going to the cinema, oceanarium, long walks along the beach, going out for dinner and much more.

They often like to use their cars to go out and about so being a driver with a full UK licence is essential.

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:

• 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 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 [e-mail]

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

Please note, if you are interested in this role, we welcome your application as soon as possible!

Depending on the volume of applications received, the vacancy may be closed before the expected advertising end date.