Support Worker

Community Integrated Care • Full-time • Turiff, Aberdeenshire • 2m ago

Our Benefits: £13.01 per hour. Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing learning and development (including SVQ funding). 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. Contributory pension scheme. There is no uniform - you can wear your own casual clothes. Access to a free app offering retail discounts, leisure savings and holiday and travel discounts. Employee of the month award and other recognition schemes. Free Employee Assistance programme available 24/7, providing a wide range of financial, legal and consumer services, as well as counselling, life coaching and career guidance. Financial support options to help in times of hardship using our Wellbeing Fund and our partnership with the Care Workers Charity. Recommend a Friend bonus scheme. We pay for your PVG check! Guaranteed and contracted hours. We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver . 28 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) – pro-rated for part-time staff. Good work/life balance – rotas are issued 4+ weeks in advance enabling you to plan ahead! vThe opportunity to try new things while supporting people to achieve their goals.

Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:

In our New Deer service, you will be supporting 2 individuals who live in bungalows next door to each other. The people we support require someone who is flexible, reliable and can think outside of the box, while remaining positive and having fun. You need to be adaptable, as each day is different and you never know what the day ahead holds. One of the individuals we support likes to be at home with his own comforts and loves to work with his staff to maintain his home and garden. He enjoys a foot spa, drawing, puzzles, tabletop activities, listening to music, DVDs and listening to Spotify. He likes to Facetime with his family and enjoys their weekly visits. We are looking for someone to assist with consistency with him, but who will also encourage him to participate in different activities. The other individual we support loves to be involved with arts and crafts, dancing, using the Community gym, going on trips to the pub and attending the T Club in Peterhead. He enjoys going to work at Buchan Farm and Aden Wood Craft, and likes to go shopping, seeing his family, going to the cinema, watching darts, playing pool and doing jigsaws. He enjoys doing housework with support As the men we support enjoy getting out and about, it is essential the successful candidate holds a full UK driving license as the Service is in a remote location and not linked to a local bus service. We are looking to recruit a Full time and part time post with shifts from 8am to 9.30pm and 8am to 8am (sleepover) and looking for flexibility to cover late or early shifts on different days (this will include some weekend work). One of the values of Community Integrated Care is our passion for our people and every year we invest in our front-line worker pay in line with the Living Wage increase each April. Our promise has always been clear: we will do everything in our power to improve pay for colleagues.

Your values:

The people we support like to be supported by people who respect them and their homes, but who also like to have fun! We like people who are reliable and honest, so the people we support can build trust and know that you have their best interests at heart. It’s important that you are reliable and honest and can communicate well with everyone. 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, [email protected] 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.

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