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Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Female Support Worker in Redhill, where you will make a meaningful difference in the lives of individuals with learning disabilities and Autism. This role offers competitive pay, excellent benefits, and opportunities for professional development within a supportive team environment.

Benefits

33 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays)
Free meals and parking
Wellbeing support and activities
Career development and training
Pension contribution
Life Assurance
Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

  • Experience working with individuals with learning disabilities and Autism.
  • Strong empathy and communication skills.
  • Valid UK driving license preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Assist residents with personal hygiene and daily activities.
  • Manage challenging behaviors and support community engagement.
  • Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to implement care plans.

Skills

Empathy
Communication
Compassion
Resilience
Flexibility

Education

Experience as a Support Worker or Care Assistant

Job description

This role as a Female Support Worker at Elysium Healthcare in Redhill, Surrey, provides an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people with learning disabilities, Autism, and challenging behaviors. You will be part of a supportive team, delivering personalized care and support to help residents lead more independent and fulfilling lives. The position offers competitive pay, excellent benefits, and opportunities for professional development.

Main duties of the job

As a Female Support Worker, you will use your empathy, communication skills, and experience in learning disabilities and Autism to provide compassionate care and support to the residents. This includes assisting with personal hygiene, managing challenging behaviors, and enabling residents to participate in community activities and develop life skills. You will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to implement individualized care plans, with a focus on helping residents achieve their goals and live more independently.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a network of over 90 services across England and Wales. As part of the Ramsay Health Care global network, the company has a unique approach to the delivery of care, with a strong emphasis on teamwork, professional development, and making a positive impact on the lives of the individuals they serve.

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 Holkham Housein Redhill, Surrey,as a Support Worker and provide care for people with learning disabilities, Autism and behaviours which may be seen as challenging;where you’ll support andencourage 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’ll work35 hours per week, working 7 hours a day with shift patterns of 7am-2.30pm and 2.30pm-10pm, with weekends on a rota basis, so flexibility is a must.

Where you will be working Location:Holkham House,Asylum Arch Road, Redhill Surrey, RH1 6JJ

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 where their placements may have broken down or where their needs are no longer being met.

The aim of the service is to encourage individuals to lead a full and valued life, enabling them to live more independently through a programme of active community engagement, developing meaningful social networks and developing robust coping strategies.

The home has ten full en-suite bedrooms, two lounges and a large garden. Located in Redhill in Surrey, there are an excellent range of facilities and amenities close by.

Redhill has direct train access to London and Brighton and the M25 and M23 motorways are 3 miles away.

In this role you will:

  • We are looking for a female Support Worker to efficiently assist our female residents
  • Hold a valid UK driving licence (preferred to assist with community visits)
  • Have strong empathy and a caring and compassionate nature
  • Be willing to support residents with personal hygiene
  • Have excellent people and communication skills, and a good sense of humour
  • Deal with challenging behaviours
  • Have a positive and professional approach
  • Be reliable, flexible, hard-working and honest
  • Be local or within commutable distance

You must live in the UK and have the Right to Work in the UK full time.20-hour Student and Skilled Worker Visa's cannot be accepted.

What you will get

  • Hourly rate of £12.85
  • The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
  • Free meals and parking
  • Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
  • Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
  • Pension contribution to secure your future.
  • Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
  • Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

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.

Person Specification
Qualifications
  • You should have experience as a Support Worker or Care Assistant, with a background in working with individuals with learning disabilities and Autism. Strong empathy, communication skills, and a positive, compassionate attitude are essential. A valid UK driving license is preferred to facilitate community visits.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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