Bank Support Worker

Elysium Healthcare; Brighton; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly rate

Two-week induction

Free meals and parking

Mandatory training

Wellbeing support

Pension contribution

Job summary

Be part of making lives better as a Bank Support Worker at Dane House in Brighton and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

You’ll be looked after, with a fulfilling career where you’re valued, recognised, and supported, with colleagues there for you and a culture built on kindness and teamwork.

Qualifications

• Experience caring for people with learning disabilities and complex needs.
• Ability to work within an inclusive, supportive team.
• Positive attitude, kindness, and vigilance in challenging environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall care and support, including assisting with personal hygiene.
• Support people with mental health conditions along their recover pathway and aim for a valued, fulfilled life.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Teamwork

Job description

Be part of making lives better as a Bank Support Worker at Dane House in Brighton and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

Use your knowledge, experience, and caring nature to make a positive difference to the lives of people with a learning disability and complex needs conditions.

You’ll be looked after, with a fulfilling career where you’re valued, recognised, and supported, with colleagues there for you and a culture built on kindness and teamwork.

There’s also a range of training and development options available to help you achieve your career aspirations, allowing you to grow and succeed as a Support Worker and beyond. Over 2,000 staff had a promotion last year, that’s 25% of the workforce, so the opportunities really are there.

What You Will Be Doing

You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with a range of Mental Health conditions, using your knowledge and skills to help people along their recover pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life.

Your day-to-day will include providing overall care and support, which may include assisting with personal hygiene.

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 your involvement, knowing that you’ve made someone’s life better.

The shifts will be either 7.5 hours or 14.5 hours with possible nights occasionally, with possibility of getting a permanent contract in the future.

Where You Will Be Working

Location: Dane House, 52a Dyke Rd Ave Brighton, BN1 5LE

Dane House is a six-bed mixed gender community-based home, with a range of communal facilities including lounges, dining room and kitchen alongside a large garden. The people who are supported at Dane House have severe learning disabilities, autism and behaviours which, due to their diagnosis may be seen as challenging. Residents may also have profound and multiple communication difficulties, sensory impairments and physical health problems.

People may come to Dane House as part of their care pathway. They may already be living in the community, such as the family home or supported living, but require more structured care and support. They may also be moving out of a residential school. The service is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, by a dedicated team made up of the Registered Manager, Team Leaders and Support Workers. All residents are registered with the local GP and access primary care services in the community.

What You Will Get

• Hourly rate of £ 13.11
• Two-week paid induction
• Free meals and parking
• Mandatory training to ensure you are fully able to do your job at the best of your ability.
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Pension contribution to secure your future (Optional)

About Your Next Employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.