Service Leader Level 1 - Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom - Community Integrated Care

Community Integrated Care
Community Integrated Care
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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

Community Integrated Care is currently seeking a dedicated and compassionate health and social care professional for a Service Leader based in Gosforth.


Benefits & USP's:


  • Salary of £26971 per year
  • 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
  • Managed by supportive senior leaders
  • 33 Days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays (for full time, part time is worked out on a prorata basis)
  • Pension Scheme
  • No uniform we wear our casual clothes
  • Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
  • We will pay for your DBS / PVG
  • 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


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

Meet the People


We are 6 young adults in our 20's and 30's and share one thing; how different and unique we all are.

We are all mobile and like to get out and about. Some of us may require different levels of support in our home or in the community. We have different challenges in our lives which include learning difficulties, communication, and autism. We have a large staff team at Ridgewood who are all trained to support us and our needs.


What is important to us

  • Our homes we are very proud of our own bungalows and have decorated them the way we like them with our own favourite things
  • Being busy we all like different things these can include shopping, music, gaming, eating out, cinema, theatre, the park, going for walks, going on public transport, bowling, days in the country and many, many more.
  • Having Fun we like to have fun at Ridgewood and have a laugh with our staff team. We love going out and having fun but we also love being as independent as possible in our bungalows. We also sometimes have parties and crafts in bungalow 1 (the office) and in the garden this is where we can all get together and have parties and barbeques
  • Our Staff we like warm, friendly, and kind staff we would not like anyone who is too loud or bossy but hopefully you like to laugh and sing It would be great if you'd like to work us especially if you are fun, like going out on adventures we promise you no two days are the same
  • Our Home There are 7 Bungalows at Ridgewood Number 1 is an office for staff The other 6 are for us we have our own tenancies and are decorate our homes how we like
  • We each have a large bathroom, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, plus a lounge and a private garden. Our neighbours are all amazing as our neighbours are each other, we have our own little street.
  • We have private parking which you can use to park your car
  • We have a shared car for outings
  • There is a big field at the front to use and have picnics on


There are lots of shops, pubs, cafés and restaurants close by South Gosforth metro is a 5-minute walk meaning getting out and about is easy.

There are also lots of local buses.


Other information


We each have at least one to one support with 4 staff on duty during the night The main shifts are Day 8am-10pm and waking nights 10pm-8am In order to support us to have the "Best Lives Possible" our team have specialist training in positive behaviour, autism and learning disabilities.


With experience working in a health or social care setting, you will have an upbeat positive manner, as well as having a genuine passion for supporting people to become a part of their local and wider community.


You will also have experience working with people supported who present behaviours that require intensive support planning and management to ensure their safety and quality of life at all times.


In addition you will be comfortable using basic IT systems that are required within the role - training can be offered to support this area.

You will also hold a professional qualification in Health and Social Care, i.e. Nurse, Social Worker, SVQ Level 3 plus supervisory un
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