Night Support Worker (Female)

NHS; Dover; On-site; CAD 46,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Dover seeks a Night Support Worker to provide essential care for men and women with severe learning disabilities and autism. The successful candidate will work night shifts, providing support to encourage residents to live fulfilling lives. Strong communication skills, empathy, and resilience are crucial for this role. Join a diverse team dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of individuals in need of high levels of support.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individuals with learning disabilities.
• Caring and compassionate nature.
• Ability to handle challenging behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Provide care and support to residents with severe learning disabilities.
• Encourage independence and a valued life for residents.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Communication skills

Empathy

Resilience

Sense of humour

Job description

Overview

This is a night support worker role at Felbrigg House, a specialist residential service for men and women with a range of learning disabilities, including autism and sensory and communication impairments. The job involves providing care and support to residents, encouraging them to lead a full and valued life and enabling them to live more independently.

Main Duties of the Job

As a Night Support Worker at Felbrigg House, you will be responsible for providing care and support to residents with severe learning disabilities, autism, and behaviours that may be seen as challenging. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to help the residents lead a full and valued life, supporting them to become more independent. The role requires strong communication skills, a caring and compassionate nature, and the ability to deal with challenging behaviours. You will work night shifts from 9 pm to 7:30 am, 37.5 hours per week including weekends.

About Us

Elysium Healthcare is a leading provider of specialist mental health, learning disability, and autism services in the UK. With over 8,000 employees and a network of over 90 services across England and Wales, Elysium Healthcare is part of the global Ramsay Health Care group, which employs over 86,000 people worldwide.

Job Responsibilities

Are you a naturally empathetic, caring and compassionate Support Worker in the UK with experience of caring for people with learning disabilities? Do you want a fulfilling career, where you can make a difference and change lives for the better in a culture of kindness and teamwork? Where you’ll be supported with development opportunities to grow you as a person and in your career?

Join Felbrigg House in Dover as a Night Support Worker and provide care for people with severe learning disabilities, Autism and behaviours that may be seen as challenging; where you’ll support and encourage them to lead a full and valued life, enabling them to live more independently.

You’ll be great with people – a real ‘people person’, able to communicate effectively – explaining yourself clearly in the right tone to suit the situation and be really good at understanding others (behaviours and expressions, as well as vocal). Having a good sense of humour and resilience, and a willingness to help residents with their personal hygiene are also important.

What you will be doing:

You will join an inclusive, supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with learning disabilities and mental health conditions. Whether you have experience as a Care Assistant or Support Worker, you will use your knowledge and skills to help support people lead a valued and fulfilled life.

Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will use your excellent communication skills and experience as a Support Worker with a background in Learning Disabilities & Autism to provide care and support people through their care pathway. It can be quite a challenging environment at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important. But it is hugely rewarding to see people improve because of you, being able to do something today that they couldn’t do last week.

You will work night shifts only covering 9 pm to 7:30 am, 37.5 hours per week including weekends.

We are encouraging female candidates to apply for this role to support our female residents in the most efficient manner.

Where you will be working: St. Alphege Road, Dover, Kent, CT16 2PU. Felbrigg House is part of our Learning Disability and Autism division and provides a specialist residential service for men and women with a range of learning disabilities, including autism and sensory and communication impairments. This specialist service is designed for those individuals with a learning disability who require a high level of support to live within a community setting and will continue to require this longer term. Clients may be transitioning from children’s residential services, education, moving out of the family home. We are also experienced in successfully managing clients moving from services