Job Description

Are you a female support worker, or care professional? Looking to work at least 2 waking night shifts a week?Are you looking for a role where you can really make a difference?How would you like to be enabling others to do the things that you both enjoy, whilst getting paid at the same time?How about developing long term friendships, spending your whole shift with the same people, meaning you can have the greatest impact on their lives?Do you see yourself working for a multi award-winning Charity, that invests all of its profits back into the service and local community?How about working with supportive leaders and great colleagues?There are other great benefits too: -

• Wear your own casual clothes, as we do not have a uniform!
• Shopping discounts scheme - free blue light card
• DBS paid for by us!
• You will be entitled to 28 days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays for full time, (part time is worked out on a pro-rata basis) and a workplace Pension scheme too
• Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
• Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
• Financial Hardship Fund
• Free wellbeing advice and support options

Community Integrated Care is one of the UK\'s largest health and social care charities. We work hard enriching the lives of the people we support, 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\'.Who you\'ll be supporting & more about the role:This opportunity is to work in a small supported living service in Southsea. The people we support, need assistance with personal care and to mobilise along with support to enjoy their interests and hobbies. They enjoy getting out in the community, doing activities and having fun with like-minded people! You\'ll be able to come to work every night and use the very best of your personality and skills, as you support people who share your interests to do the things they love the most.Sometimes the people we support really need a male or female person to support them. For this particular role, a Female colleague is required. This is a genuine occupational requirement as defined by the Equality Act 2010\xe2\x80\x9dThe people we support need a staff team who can support them with all sorts of fun activities and to integrate in to the wider community. They also enjoy travel, using their bus passes, taking the train or using a taxi. They are looking for someone who can confidently support them to manage this as well as their physical and mental health.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.Your values:It takes a special person to work in social care, and we recognise that not everyone who might be perfect for the role, will have any professional experience. This is why we are really passionate about recruiting to your values. This means we can recruit from all walks of life, from people with vast experience in support work or care assistant roles, to those with lived experiences looking after friends or family members with disabilities, to people with other transferable skills or those with no experience at all.Naturally it is important that you share our company values - We Include, We Deliver, We Aspire, We Respect, We Enable. This is at the heart of everything we do and ensures that we deliver high quality, consistent care and support.People\'s values are important to us, so we look for people with:

• A caring nature, with a mature outlook
• Patience, Resilience and Determination
• Compassion, Sensitivity, and Empathy
• Honesty and Reliability
• A strong work ethic, and a natural problem solver

Here at Community Integrated Care, we aim to be a warm, welcoming and inclusive employer, where all colleagues feel they belong. We want to be 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 clickingWe 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 contactIf you have read this advert, and you think you\'d be a perfect match and would like to start a new and rewarding journey with Community Integrated Care! Please click apply to take you through to our quick and easy application form.

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