Support Worker, Healthcare Nursing

Overview

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 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’re looking for a committed part-time support worker to join our dedicated team in Wick to support two gentlemen in one of our services in Wick. The gentlemen we support have different support needs and tailored care and support plans. They have many interests and hobbies, including swimming, music, eating out, cooking, arts and crafts. One gentleman also has an allotment.

They are outgoing and fun.

You should have a calm, supportive approach and be highly motivated to support and develop a range of life skills including cooking, cleaning, managing finances, scheduling and attending appointments, support with personal hygiene, shopping and cooking. You will have a positive and flexible outlook to your work with good communication skills.

Experience with mental health and/or learning disabilities would be an advantage. We are seeking applicants who have availability to work long shifts including weekends and sleepovers. We’re passionate about recruiting to individuals’ values and recruiting people from all walks of life; from those with experience in a support role to people with lived experiences who may have relatives with disabilities, or those with no experience  include our values:
We Include, We Deliver, We Aspire, We Respect, We Enable
.

People’s values are important to us, so we look for the following qualities:

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

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• Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
• Support the person with life skills: cooking, cleaning, budgeting, scheduling and attending appointments
• Assist with personal hygiene and daily living activities
• Support with shopping and meal preparation
• Follow tailored care and support plans and adapt to changing needs
• Collaborate with your team to provide consistent, high-quality care
• Attend training and development to advance professional and personal growth

• Calm, supportive approach and a positive, flexible outlook
• Good communication skills
• Willingness to learn and develop within the role
• Experience with mental health and/or learning disabilities is an advantage
• Availability to work long shifts including weekends and sleepovers
• Patience, reliability, honesty and a strong work ethic

• £13.01 per hour
• 28 days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays (full-time; pro-rata for part-time)
• Pension Scheme
• No uniform – casual dress
• Flexible working hours & shift patterns
• We will pay for your DBS / PVG
• Guaranteed and contracted hours
• Shopping discounts scheme
• Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
• Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
• Financial Hardship Fund
• Investment in your wellbeing

Equal opportunities and Disability Confident employer. If you require adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact