Community Integrated Care
Location
Skelmersdale, Lancashire | United Kingdom
Job description
Benefits & USP’s:
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.This an exciting opportunity for caring, compassionate and talented support workers in Skelmersdale to support 2 people with learning disabilities, cerebral palsy and epilepsy. This is a great opening to make a real difference to the lives of others and gain great development.
This service is a bungalow with a large garden and is situated in a quiet cul-de-sac.
The people supported here enjoy horse riding, watching tv and films, colouring in and jigsaws. They also enjoy singing and dancing, going shopping and attending the online Community Integrated Care Discos.
They would describe themselves as bubbly, kind and funny. They would love their support workers to be able to have a laugh and have banter and also people who have motivation!
There is usually 1-2 staff members on shift at any time, depending on the 1-1 hours. Typical shift patterns here include: 9-4, 4-10 (Sleep), 9-3, 3-10 (sleep), 10-2.
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.
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.
If you are interested in learning more about the role before submitting your application, please feel free to contact Natasha Jones , our recruitment specialist, for a friendly informal chat on 07890 892814or email [email protected]
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 [email protected]
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Salary
£10.92 per hour
