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People Passion Potential

Support Worker - Drivers only

Location:
Leeds
Salary Details:
£11.94
31 Jan 2025
Vacancy Type:
Permanent - Full Time
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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
 Benefits & USP’s:
  • £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
  • 28 Days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays (for full time, part time is worked out on a pro-rata basis)
  • Pension Scheme
  • No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
  • Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
  • We will pay for your DBS 
  • We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
  • 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:
We are individuals, very different, which makes us amazing. Our ages range from 35 to 59.
We are all mobile and have no need for physical assistance. We all need 1-1 support in the community as we do not have a sense of danger when crossing roads.
We all have individual challenging behaviours due to learning disabilities, autism, mental health.
We require support 24/7 by staff who are highly trained and well versed in supporting people with learning disabilities and bipolar disorders
We love to be supported by an empathetic team who support us to make choices and take reasonable risks in order to live our lives to the full.
 
What is important to us        
We are individuals and this means we have different interests.
Our activities range from walking groups, cooking, music, walking, bingo, volunteering, going out for meals and cinema, just to name a few.
We are a loving people, who are caring and share the love for music which leads to us having a group activity such a monthly home Disco.
We all have varied aspirations and depend on our staff team to enable us to meet them such as going on holidays, volunteering, staying connected to our families and friends.
Our Families live locally, and we visit them at least once a week
We like people who are empathetic, allow us to make choices and take reasonable risks in order to live our lives to the full.
 
 
We live in a five bedroomed detached house which has 2 levels.
The garden is large and mature with fruit trees at the back and front of the house. There are garden chairs, and we enjoy it at summer times.
We have a shared car which parked at the front of the house. Visitors Park their cars on the neighbouring roadsides.
Everyone has their own private space (bedroom) furnished to their taste and all on the first floor.
There are two shared bathrooms, one is normally used by ladies and the other by gentlemen.
There are three shared lounges. The larger of the 3 is cum dining room and this is where we all spend time together. We use the small lounges for ‘Me’ times.
We also have a shared large kitchen with a shared laundry room.
 

Other information

Each shift is covered by 3 staff at any one time and 1 working night staff.
There are 3 shifts per day:
Morning shift – 07:00 hours - 14:30 hours
Afternoon shift: 14:00 hours – 21:30 hours
Night shift:  21:00 hours – 07:00 hours.
Our staff team have specialist training in autism, mental health and learning disabilities.
Your values:
What essential skills and experience is needed for the role?

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 [email protected]

Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.

We’re really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level.

In our 2023 Colleague Engagement Survey, 56% (over 3,300!) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +28. This is a measure of how positively our colleagues talk about us – and 28 is an excellent score compared to other organisations!