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Bank Support Worker

Location:
Alfreton
Job Category:
Care and Support
Salary Details:
£11.94
30 Sep 2024
Vacancy Type:
Bank
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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
We are looking for a BANK Support Workers in Arnold! Are you flexible, resilient and caring?
 
We support people with learning disabilities, mental health and autism. You must be able to work flexibly as we support people 24/7, the roles include early mornings, nights and weekends.
 
We need people who are outgoing, personable and passionate about supporting people to live their best lives possible.
 
Please note you must be willing to provide personal care.
 
 Benefits
  • £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
  • Pension Scheme
  • No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
  • Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
  • We will pay for your DBS 
  • 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 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. 

 
Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:
  • The service comprises of 12 individual flats and a communal area where we meet with other tenants and we like to sit and speak with support staff. 

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  • We are different in lots of ways (that’s what makes us so interesting) with various age ranges from 18-65.    

  • Most of us are fairly mobile, some of us need a little bit of physical assistance to get around our house and out and about so you need to be reasonably fit as there will be Moving and Positioning. We have different challenges in our lives which include learning disabilities and mental healthWe have a staff team who are all trained and familiar with supporting someone with similar needs. We would not enjoy spending time with people who are bossy, pushy, running around, shouting or very noisy as it would tend to make a few of us upset. We want you to be very flexible and resilient.

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There is shared space in the home where we can eat together and chat which includes the kitchen, dining room and sitting room.
  • There is always at least 3 colleagues on shift. 

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  • We like our staff to work Mornings 7am to 3pm, Afternoon 3pm to 10pm and Nights 10pm to 7am. We also have a Sleep In shift. 

  • In order to support us to have the Best Life Possible our team have specialist training in Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is the preferred route of feeding and nutritional support in patients with a functional gastrointestinal system who require long-term enteral nutrition.

 

 
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
 
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.
 
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 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 really 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.

We wish you the very best of luck in your application to joining our charity. Should you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to contact are is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.