Bank Support Worker

Austin Fraser; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization as a Bank Support Worker at Castleholme Lodge in Huddersfield. You will provide compassionate support to individuals with mental health conditions, ensuring their care and recovery in a rewarding role. Opportunities for training and career advancement are available in a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Hourly rate of £12.85 including holiday allowance

Two-week paid induction

Free meals and parking

Mandatory training

Wellbeing support and activities

Optional pension contribution

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in mental health support.
• Ability to work in a challenging environment.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide care to people with mental health conditions.
• Assist with daily living activities, including personal hygiene.
• Participate in ward rounds and analyze patient behaviors.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Vigilance

Positive Attitude

Job description

Be part of making lives better as a Bank Support Worker at Castleholme Lodge in Huddersfield 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 Mental Health Service.

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 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 ward rounds, analysing behaviours and adapting care accordingly with colleagues, updating patient records, and 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 shift pattern is 12.85 hours a day, 3-4 days a week including nights and weekends.

Where you will be working:

Location: Castleholme Lodge, 4 Bryan Road, Edgerton, Huddersfield, HD2 2AH.

Castleholme Lodge is situated in Huddersfield with excellent transport links to the surrounding areas. It is undergoing a complete refurbishment to ensure best environment for service users and staff to thrive in.

Castleholme Lodge will be a 20 bed Care Home with nursing, providing a range of mental health services for adults with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. It will form part of a cluster of Elysium services across the Yorkshire and Midlands region that work closely together in support of each other.

What you will get

• Hourly rate of £12.85(including 12.07% holiday allowance uplift
• 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.