The opportunity and what makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work

Are you an experienced Support Worker, Senior or Manager looking for a new challenge? Do you want to make a positive impact on the lives of vulnerable adults, ensuring they receive fantastic, person-centred support? If so, maybe a Service Leader Level 1 role with a leading charity is the opportunity you're looking for! Our Benefits:

• Salary of £30208 per year
• 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 senior leaders
• 25 Days annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays
• Pension Scheme
• No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
• Hybrid working - split your time between the service and home
• We will pay for your DBS
  
• We will pay for your Blue Light Card
• Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
• Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
• Financial Hardship Fund
• Investment in your wellbeing

Our charity was founded in 1988 and we were one of the pioneers of the ‘Care in the Community’ agenda, enabling people to move out of long-stay institutions and live more fulfilling lives.

We have a proud history of breaking boundaries and are always looking for new ways to make a positive difference through bold ideas, innovative projects and impactful partnerships.

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

Based in Flimby, our Service Leader Level 1 is responsible for the day to day management of a supported living service, ensuring we provide the absolute best level of person-centred support to the individuals we work with. You will be responsible for:

• The safety of the people supported, from recruiting the right staff, to training and mentoring them to ensure high standards of daily support
• Supervisions, probation meetings, team meetings
• Rota management
• Health and safety audits and risk assessments
• Quality and KPI compliance
• Training

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. Our ideal candidate should hold a professional qualification in Health and Social Care, i.e. Nurse, Social Worker, NVQ/SVQ, Care Management Level 3 etc A full UK driving license and your own vehicle are required for this role.

About you:

This is a great opportunity to make a genuine difference, where you will be responsible for leading an engaged and motivated team to change lives and deliver person-centred outcomes for every person we support. You will also take the lead by driving performance, setting the pace and direction within services, promoting a positive and passionate culture, and ensuring that services are appropriately and effectively resourced to change lives for the better. 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 Eva Otto, our Recruitment Specialist, on [email protected].