24 Oct
Community Integrated Care
Chester
Job description
What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work : Do you want to work for a charity that truly value their best, whilst helping someone live their best life?
APPLY TODAY! Benefits & USP’s :
- £11.94 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 / 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
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 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?
- Our team are different in lots of ways (that’s what makes them / us so interesting) our team support Adults aged 18 years and above.
- We have different levels capacity due to mental health.
- At present we cater for tenants who have the following conditions / requirements : We provide and assist with preparation of a wide range of food and drink to accommodate the individuals dietary requirements.
Our team support individuals with various mental health conditions such as : Depression, Anxiety and Schizophrenia. Additional medical requirements can be discussed with the management team on assessment.
All our staff team are all trained and familiar with supporting someone with all the above needs.
- Our team are trained to administer our medication if required.
- Our team support us with our personal finances, banking, shopping and auditing.
What is important to us?
We enjoy our outdoor activities such as; shopping ,dining out and attending disco. However, sometimes we do activities alone.
When attending appointments we have the choice of being accompanied by staff.
- Other interests we have are listening to music, watching movies and cooking / baking.
- We are fun loving, kind, caring, considerate, respectful of other people’s personal space and belongings.
- We provide a happy and safe environment in our home and we always respect each other’s privacy, dignity and space.
Other important information?
- There is always at least 2 colleagues on shift during the day and 1 colleague on a sleep - in night.
- We like our staff to work Long Days Sleep 09.00 a.m. through to 09.00a.m. the following day (this of course includes the sleep-in from 23.
00 till 07.00 a.m., other shifts are Long Day 08.00 a.m. till 20.00 pm.
The main objective is that we have a clean, friendly, and safe home ensuring that each of us individuals preferences and choices are met .
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
▶️ Support Worker
🖊️ Community Integrated Care
📍 Chester