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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work: Would you like to have...
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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Would you like to have fun and feel appreciated? Do you enjoy making someone's day by going the extra mile? If the answer is yes why not spring into action and do something today!
We have a variety of shifts patterns, both full and part time available in the Oxford.
Some of our many benefits include:
- Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
- £10.00 per hour
- 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. 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.
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. 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 support and care for people with different abilities. We currently have an age range of between 30– 50 years old. We support a number of people; we communicate closely with the people we support family as they are a big part of their lives. We thrive in making a difference in the people we support life by having compassion and committing ourselves, helping them to achieve their goals by providing them with courage. “Best life possible” is something we always aim to achieve; we like to believe that the people we support also contribute to staff’s best lives possible.
Our Home
- We are a supported living home made up of houses bungalows and flats
- There is shared space in the house 1 and house 2 where we can eat together and chat which includes the kitchen, dining room and sitting room.
- There is parking available on-site for friends and family
- We have a large front garden where we enjoy having BBQs and in summer watching our flowers grow! We have plans to do up our garden and have more flowers planted!
Our home is convenient for getting out and about:
- We close to all local amenities, and we are also close to Cowley centre
- We have lovely parks nearby where we enjoy walking
- Good bus links to Oxford centre and other surrounding areas. We live in house and have our own mobility vehicles
Most of us are mobile but some need a little bit of physical assistance to get around our house and out and about. We have different challenges in our lives which include epilepsy, cerebral palsy dysphagia, autism and learning disabilities. We have a staff team who are all trained and familiar with supporting someone with similar needs.
We need someone who will try and get to know us and understand our wishes and desires, to be patient, respectful, to be understanding, to have a sense of humour, to enjoy similar activities as we do.
We want someone who is confident in what they do, can ask us questions, and allow us to also ask questions. We want new ideas that we can try out.
Your values:
You don't necessarily need to come in the care sector - what is important are your values, work ethic, a caring and compassionate nature, good communication skills, and a genuine passion to make a difference, daily, to the lives of the people that we support.
We know it takes a special person to work in social care and we recognise that not everyone that would be perfect for the role, will have professional experience. This is why we're really passionate about recruiting to individuals’ values and we recruit people from all walks of life; From people with vast experience in a support worker or care assistant role, from people with lived experiences who may have friends or relatives with disabilities or have looked after older relatives, to people with no experience at all.
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
If you are interested in learning more about the role before submitting your application, please feel free to contact
Carol-anne Phypers, our recruitment specialist, for a friendly informal chat on 07890 963057 or email
carol-anne.phypers@c-i-c.co.uk
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 recruitment@c-i-c.co.uk
Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.
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