Support Worker
Listing ref bee79d3b39
- WhereLeicester
- Pay£13.12 per hour
- Posted25 August 2026
The opportunity and what makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work
Why you'll love working with usWe need Passionate, Reliable, Full-time, Fully Flexible Support Workers , located in , Leicester (LE67) £13.12 per hour, make a real difference while doing what you enjoy. You’ll spend your full shift with the same person, building genuine connections and delivering truly person‑centred support.
Once on shift, you’ll be based in one location, giving you the chance to focus on what matters most — supporting people to live their best lives. This is a role you can really feel proud of — with purpose, stability, and real impact as you would expect working for one of the UKs largest Charities.
If you’re truly looking for a role that is self-rewarding — a job with purpose, progression, and genuine impact — you’ll find it here. Don't just take our word for it - apply today and make that one change!- £13.12 per hour
- Turn your hobbies and interests into part of the job
- Work for a multi award‑winning charity that reinvests in its people
- Supportive leaders who want you to grow
- 28 days annual leave plus pension
- No uniform — just wear what’s comfortable
- Full and Part-time Contracted hours available - you will need to be fully flexible around a rota
- Paid DBS, Blue Light Card and shopping discounts
- Career development and progression opportunities
- Strong wellbeing and support networks
About Community Integrated Care:
Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities. We transform lives by delivering high-quality, person-centred support that fosters independence and empowerment.
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.
Since then, we’ve remained leaders in social care, providing bespoke support to thousands across the UK. Today, we support more than 2,600 people and employ 6,600 caring and committed colleagues across England and Scotland.
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.
As a multi-award winning charity we ensure our colleagues and the people we support live the best lives possible. In 2025, we launched our new strategy - Best Lives, Bolder. Find our more - click here.
Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:
We have 3 separate buildings 3 of us live in one building and 2 of us live in another our age range is between 35 and 54.
We have different needs some of us have a learning disability and mental health and there are some physical needs also. One of us that has a diagnosis of mental health can also prevent with self-injurious behaviours although this is rare.
Our team are trained for all the mandatory training and safety interventions, and Epilepsy awareness.
Some of us have regular over night or weekends where we stay with our family.
We like to watch TV and one of us as a big interest in astronomy, whilst another one of us likes to do knitting this is something that is important.
What you’ll be doing
We can go out on our own but mostly we like to go out with staff or our family members there are some local shops that we like to visit and where we do our weekly shopping, we decide what we want to do on a day-to-day basis.
We need you to be committed and flexible, we need you to be engaging and prepared to support us to do the things that we enjoy, we want to know that you will listen to us and take any concerns we have seriously.
We need you to take time to get to know us and complete all the training that you need to be able to support us the best that you can so that we are happy and living our best lives.
The shift pattern varies day to day but generally there are 7am – 2.30pm and 2.30pm – 10pm and then a sleep-in shift there is additional 1:1 hours but this shift can vary depending on the day.
About you:
What we're looking for 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.
If this role is right for you, click ‘Apply’ to complete our short application form. For more information please contact Carol-anne Phypers
[email protected]. If you do need any adjustments, please email [email protected]. Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.
We’re proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, recognising our commitment to listening to colleagues and acting on their feedback. In our 2025 Engagement Survey, 59% of colleagues (nearly 3,800) shared their views, helping us achieve an Employee Net Promoter Score of +34 — a Very Good result against global benchmarks.What this role involves
General background for care worker roles. This listing’s own employer, location, pay and hours are shown above.
- Do routine checks of weight, temperature and blood pressure
- Notify senior staff of any concerns over clients' health and wellbeing
- Keep client records and care plans up to date
- Typical pay (UK)
- £20,000 starting · £25,000 experienced
- Typical hours
- 35 to 45 a week
Career background: National Careers Service · Open Government Licence v3.0
Applications open on Community Integrated Care's own careers site.
