Healthcare Assistant

Prudential Bank; Leek; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare organization as a Support Worker in Leek, where you will provide care to individuals with mental health conditions. Enjoy a supportive team environment, comprehensive training, and a fulfilling career making a positive difference in lives. The role offers a competitive salary, generous leave, and various benefits.

Benefits

33 days annual leave plus your birthday off

Wellbeing support and activities

Career development and training opportunities

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Enhanced maternity package

Retail discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting individuals with mental health conditions.
• Ability to engage and motivate service users.

Responsibilities

• Engaging with service users and supporting their recovery.
• Assisting with daily living tasks and maintaining a safe environment.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Vigilance

Job description

Are you a naturally caring and experienced Support Worker in the UK, seeking a fulfilling career where you are valued, recognized, and supported?

If you want to make a positive difference in the lives of others and help change lives for the better, consider joining the team at Ballington House in Leek as a Support Worker. Experience what delivering excellent healthcare should feel like.

We offer a range of training and development options to help you achieve your career goals, all within a supportive and friendly team environment built on kindness and teamwork.

What You Will Be Doing

You will join an inclusive and supportive team that provides care to individuals with various mental health conditions. Your knowledge and skills will support their recovery journey towards a valued and fulfilled life.

Your daily tasks will include engaging with service users, supporting and motivating them in their recovery and treatment goals, assisting with daily living tasks, facilitating community involvement, updating records, responding to incidents, supporting mealtimes, and maintaining a safe, clean environment.

This environment can be challenging at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance are essential. It is highly rewarding to see individuals improve because of your support, knowing you have made a difference.

The shift pattern involves 12.5-hour days, 3-4 days a week, including nights and weekends, totaling 37.5 hours per week.

Where You Will Be Working

Location: Ballington Gardens, Leek, Staffordshire ST13 5LW

Ballington House is a 13-bed mental health rehabilitation hospital for women with complex mental health needs. The patient journey incorporates three phases: assessment, rehabilitation, and community integration, progressing from ground floor to first floor and then to a two-bedroom apartment.

You will work alongside an experienced multidisciplinary team, including a psychiatrist, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, nurses, and support workers.

What You Will Get

• Annual salary of £25,057.50
• 33 days annual leave plus your birthday off
• Wellbeing support and activities for work-life balance
• Career development and training opportunities
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Enhanced maternity package

Additional benefits include retail discounts, special offers, and more.

About Your Next Employer

You will be part of a well-established, stable, and innovative organization with over 8,000 employees and a network of over 90 services across England and Wales, covering mental health, neurological conditions, learning disabilities, autism, and children’s services. Opportunities for growth and advancement are available.

Elysium Healthcare, part of Ramsay Health Care, operates across 10 countries with over 86,000 employees globally.

Elysium Healthcare is committed to safer recruitment practices, is a Disability Confident employer, and emphasizes safeguarding and welfare of service users. All staff are required to understand their responsibility in these areas, and employment is subject to a DBS disclosure.