Job title: Advanced Support Worker
Company: Community Integrated Care
Job description: Are you a Support Worker that is looking to progress in your career? Or are you already a senior or team leader?
Would you like to gain more qualifications, enjoy more specialist training, and have more responsibility?
This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate, skilled and experienced care professional, to step up, supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism, some with complex needs, to lead their best life possible! Working full time, across four services in Basingstoke, you will need to be a driver.
Benefits include:-
- Starting pay from £12.72 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 – wear your own casual clothes
- Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
- We will pay for your DBS
- Guaranteed & Contracted Hours
- Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
- Shopping Discounts Scheme – free blue light card
- 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 enrich the lives of the people we support 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:
This role is to be the ‘go to person’ for the team, someone who can support them, and the service leader too. We need you to be a person who is extremely knowledgeable and experienced. One who is able to work independently sometimes, and with the teams who are based across four different services as well. The role will include supporting people with personal care and to mobilise using their wheelchairs, to integrate into the community and enjoy other like-minded people’s companionship!
The people we support enjoy trips out, and going for lunch at cafés too! Some also attend regular clubs, their list of activities is vast!
We need a staff team who can support with all forms of transport; we have our own mobility vehicle but the people we support also enjoy using their bus passes, taking the train or using a taxi. We need someone who can confidently support them to manage physical and mental health and can support at physio sessions in a hydro pool too.
You’ll be able to come to work every day and use the very best of your personality and skills, as you support people who share your interests to do the things, they love the most.
We’re looking for candidates who are caring, dedicated, love working with people and share the values that make our charity so special.
Your values:
The ideal candidate will have a Level 3 in Social Care and strong experience in mental health, autism and sensory communication, and physical health.
If you do not have a qualification, we can support you to gain one.
You will know how to connect with people and be passionate about supporting people to live independently. You will also be a brilliant mentor and share your skills and experiences with your colleagues.
We will develop your talents with a range of specialist training, including the opportunity to learn Positive Behaviour Support methods, Makaton and the Picture Exchange System.
During recruitment you will meet the people we support in their home. This will allow you to see their wonderful personalities first-hand and fully understand the level of support that they require.
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.
If you are interested in learning more about the role before submitting your application, please feel free to contact Natasha Palliser our recruitment specialist, for a friendly informal chat on 07816 266959 or email
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
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
Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.
Expected salary:
Location: Basingstoke, Hampshire
Job date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 04:07:00 GMT
