Support Worker, Healthcare Nursing

Overview

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 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.

Our ages range from 19 to 66. We need our team to be trained in Medication, Moving and positioning, Catheter care, PEG feeding and Dietary requirements. Complying with our SALT plans for our meal times risk reduction plans. Epilepsy, intense interaction, communication other than speech. Hydration, bowel management and most importantly remembering we require to be included in our daily decisions and encouraged to be as independent as possible.

We need our staff members to help us live our Best lives Possible.

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 urally 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 us, so we look for people with patience, empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others, a strong work ethic, reliability, honesty, determination, a problem solver, and resilience.

The following describes responsibilities commonly associated with this role and supported by the information in the advert:

• Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• Work for a multi award-winning charity that reinvests profits back into the people we support, our workforce and our local communities
• Be managed by supportive leaders
• Provide high-quality care in a home setting, including community activities as appropriate

• Willingness to work with people with diverse care needs
• Ability to follow care plans and SALT-related routines where applicable
• Compliance with training such as Medication, Moving and Positioning, Catheter care, PEG feeding and Dietary requirements
• Commitment to equal opportunities and inclusive values
• Full or part-time availability, with shifts as outlined below

• £12.62 per Hour
• 28 Days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays (full-time; part-time pro-rata)
• Pension Scheme
• No uniform – casual dress code
• Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
• We will pay for your DBS / PVG
• One-location operation – no requirement to drive a car
• Guaranteed & Contracted Hours
• Shopping Discounts Scheme
• Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
• Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
• Financial Hardship Fund
• Investment in your…