Advanced Support Worker - Falkirk, United Kingdom - Community Integrated Care

Community Integrated Care

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Falkirk, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

Our Benefits:

- £27,961.68 per year (£14.30 per hour based on a 37.5 hour week)

Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing learning and development
Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
Work for a multi awardwinning Charity that invests all it profits right back into the people we support, our workforce

- and our local communities

Contributory pension scheme
Managed by supportive leaders
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
Mental health support through our everymind app
Colleague Inclusion Networks where individuals with shared experiences and their allies can help raise awareness,

- provide support, celebrate communities and promote positive change, greater inclusivity and equity within the
- workplace

Financial support options to help in times of hardship using our Wellbeing Fund and our partnership with the Care

Workers Charity

Employee Representatives (GameChangers) to help raise and action issues within the organisation that are important to you
Recommend a Friend bonus scheme
We pay for your PVG/DBS check
Guaranteed and contracted hours
28 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) prorated for parttime staff
Good work/life balance rotas are issued 4+ weeks in advance enabling you to plan ahead
The opportunity to try new things while supporting people to achieve their goals

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 focussed 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:
Are you a proactive and friendly individual who loves going the extra mile to improve the lives of others and promote development within your team?

Is it important for you to have a satisfying job where you feel supported?

If this sounds like you, maybe an Advanced Support Worker role with an award-winning charity is the change you've been looking for

We are looking for an Advanced Support Worker to support a young man who has recently moved into his own home in Camelon, by Falkirk.

This young man has complex needs, including a learning disability and Autism spectrum disorder and receives 2:1 support each day.

Having just moved into his home, this young man's team will help him to build a fantastic life, by providing support to source new activities in his community.

He requires support to keep himself safe as he doesn't understand dangerous situations.

In addition, he requires support with:

Medication administration and Epilepsy management
Cooking and shopping
Assisting with personal care
Maintaining his home and managing finances

Members of the team will be required to support on a variety of shifts, including overnight (waking night), days, weekends and bank holidays.

We are currently recruiting for one full-time (36 hour) Advanced Support Worker to join our team.
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_'This role is an hourly paid role at £14.30 hourly rate. The salary advertising is an example of the annualised salary for someone working 37.5 hours a week. If you work part time, this will differ'_
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Your values:Respect, patience and understanding are key as the young man you'll be supporting is adjusting to a new home environment. It's important to take the time to understand him in order to support him to live a fantastic life as independently as possible.

Prior experience supporting people with complex needs is ess