Overview
What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Our Benefits
- £13.86 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 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 / PVG
- 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 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.
We currently have a full time support worker opportunity; we are looking for a caring, enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join our team in Scrabster, Thurso on the beautiful coast of Caithness (37.5 hours per week).
In this role you will be supporting a gentleman with health and learning difficulties to live independently in his own home and work with a tailored care and support plan to meet his individual needs.
Due to this individual’s unique needs, we are looking for people who are energetic and physically active and enjoy the outdoors and a variety of activities including swimming, walking, attending day centre, cinema. It is also important to him to spend time with close family.
Varying shift pattern including waking nights and flexibility to include weekends, hours between 8am – 10:30pm are 2:1 support and nights are 1:1 support.
You will provide support in all aspects of daily living including personal care, meal preparation and medication. Previous experience of autism and learning disabilities would be an advantage. Support worker team will be trained in Learning Disability Awareness, Autism Awareness, Visual and Auditory impairment, PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System), Moving and Handling and Sensory Awareness.
We are seeking people who are resilient, have great communication skills and are flexible and adaptable in their role. It is essential that you are a driver for this role.
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 are 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.
People’s Values Are Important To Us, So We Look For People With
- A problem solver
- Resilience
- Patience
- Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
- A strong work ethic
- Reliability
- Honesty
- Determination
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 scotlandjobs@c-i-c.co.uk
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 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 called A Place I Belong with promises toward achieving this vision. You can read more about this by clicking here. For adjustments during the recruitment process, contact recruitment@c-i-c.co.uk.
Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.
We’re really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, recognizing our commitment to creating a culture where colleagues are encouraged to share thoughts and feedback is acted upon to drive positive change. In our 2023 Colleague Engagement Survey, 56% (over 3,300) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an Employee Net Promoter Score of +28.
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