Advanced Support Worker (Peterhead, South Australia)
Are you a Support Worker looking to progress in your career? Would you like to gain qualifications, enjoy specialist training, have more responsibility and earn more money? Community Integrated Care is recruiting for an Advanced Support Worker with flexible shift patterns. This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced support worker to step up. You will support adults with learning disabilities and autism who have complex needs to lead the best life possible.
Benefits & USP’s
- Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
- £14.81 per hour
- Work for a multi award‑winning Charity that invests all its 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
- Pension Scheme
- No uniform – we wear our casual clothes
- Flexible working hours and shift patterns
- We will pay for your DBS / PVG
- 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 enrich 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.
Community Integrated Care supports vulnerable adults living in the community to live the best lives possible by providing person‑centred support. Each person we support has their own support plan, which details what support they would need, so you can expect to provide support in all aspects of their daily lives. This might include helping with personal care, medication administration, financial support, attending community groups, preparing meals and attending social activities. We are looking for versatile individuals who are keen to support people to try new activities and provide positive reassurance and guidance to help improve independent living skills. We provide support 24 hours a day from Monday to Sunday and all contracted staff are required to work some weekends. We are looking for full‑time workers.
Responsibilities
The ideal candidate will be responsible for:
- Providing person‑centred support to adults with learning disabilities and autism.
- Assisting with personal care, medication administration, financial support, and daily living activities.
- Supporting clients to attend community groups and social activities.
- Implementing support plans and ensuring independence and wellbeing.
- Working flexibly, including weekends and shifts, to provide continuous care.
Qualifications
- Level 3 in Social Care.
- Strong experience in mental health, autism, sensory communication, and physical health.
- Experience in social care if lacking formal qualification.
- Patience, empathy, compassion, strong work ethic, reliability, honesty, determination, problem solving, and resilience.
Apply Process
If you have read this advert and feel like it’s exactly the role and organisation you’re looking for, please click ‘Apply’ to complete our short application form. If you are interested in learning more about the role before submitting your application, please feel free to contact, our recruitment specialist, for a friendly informal chat.
A Place I Belong
Community Integrated Care aims to be a warm, welcoming and inclusive employer, where all colleagues feel they belong. We want to be 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. Through encouraging and embracing a range of diverse backgrounds, experiences, capabilities and viewpoints, we build a stronger, richer, and more vibrant workforce that reflects the people we support and the communities in which we work.
We have a 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.
Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer. We’re proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where colleagues are encouraged to share their thoughts and where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level.
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