Support Worker

Community Integrated Care; Wigan; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity in health and social care is looking for Support Workers in Wigan, offering £12.62 per hour and guaranteed hours. Candidates must be available for both day and waking night shifts. Responsibilities include supporting individuals with disabilities and assisting with daily routines while promoting a positive living environment. This role provides ongoing training and development opportunities within a supportive team atmosphere.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Pension scheme

DBS costs covered

Ongoing professional development

Shopping discounts scheme

Financial hardship fund

Wellbeing investment

Qualifications

• No professional experience required; values-based recruitment considered.
• Ability to work both days and waking nights.

Responsibilities

• Support 15 individuals with learning disabilities, autism, mental health concerns, or dementia.
• Assist with daily routines to enhance quality of life.
• Work collaboratively within a minimum staffing setup of 7 during the day and 3 at night.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Compassion

Reliability

Determination

Problem solving

Resilience

Job description

What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

Support Worker Position

£12.62 per hour based in WN2 (Wigan). The chosen candidates must be available for both days and waking nights (over 20 hours preferred).

Benefits

• £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 its profits right back into the people we support, our workforce and our local communities
• Managed by supportive leaders
• 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

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 been shortlisted 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.

Responsibilities

As a Support Worker you will support 15 people who have learning disabilities, autism, mental health concerns or dementia with their daily routines to live the best lives possible.

The Hawthorns is a large building with 9 large apartments, a large garden and a flower memorial garden used a lot in summer. The people supported here enjoy long walks in the nearby parks and woods, bingo nights, cooking and love takeout Fridays too!

In the day there is always a minimum of 7 members of staff on shift and 3 at night. Susie, the manager, is usually on site Monday‑Friday. We have a variety of different shifts here: waking nights from 9 pm to 9 am, long day shifts 9 am to 9 pm, and shorter shifts 11 am‑7 pm, 10:30 am‑5 pm, 9 am‑7 pm.

The chosen candidates must be available for both days and waking nights!

Values & Selection Criteria

• Patience
• Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
• A strong work ethic
• Reliability
• Honesty
• Determination
• A problem solver
• Resilience

We know it takes a special person to work in social care and we recognise that not everyone who would be perfect for the role will have professional experience. That is why we’re passionate about recruiting people based on values and recruiting from all walks of life – from people with vast experience in a support worker or care assistant role, from people with lived experiences that may have friends or relatives with disabilities, to people with no experience at all.

Inclusion

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 be 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 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.

If you are interested in learning more about the role before submitting your application, please feel free to contact [e-mail].

We wish you the very best of luck in your application to join 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.