Male Support Worker

NHS; Tandridge; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Support Worker to join its team in Oxted, England. This role involves providing dedicated care to individuals with mental health conditions, including personal support and record management. Ideal candidates will possess compassion, resilience, and a positive attitude. The position offers an hourly pay rate of £12.85, annual leave, training opportunities, and various wellbeing benefits.

Benefits

Hourly pay rate of £12.85

33 days annual leave

Wellbeing support and activities

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role or relevant client group is advantageous.
• Positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important.

Responsibilities

• Join a supportive team providing care to individuals with mental health conditions.
• Assist with ward rounds, updating patient records and personal care.
• Support individuals in their recover pathway.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Vigilance

Job description

This is a role as a Support Worker in a specialist residential care service for individuals with learning disabilities, including autism and sensory and communication impairments. The aim is to support residents to lead a full and valued life, enabling them to live more independently through community engagement, developing social networks, and building coping strategies.

Main duties of the job

As a Support Worker, you will join an inclusive and supportive team providing care and support to people with mental health conditions. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include ward rounds, analyzing behaviors, updating patient records, and assisting with personal care. It can be a challenging but rewarding environment, where you can make a positive difference in people's lives.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established and stable company with over 8,000 employees, providing a range of healthcare services across England and Wales. As part of the Ramsay Health Care global network, there are opportunities for growth and development within the organization.

Job responsibilities

Be part of making lives better as a Support Worker atOrmesby HouseinOxtedand 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 withmental health 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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Be part of making lives better as a Support Worker atOrmesby HouseinOxtedand 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 withmental health 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.

What you will be doing

You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people withmental healthconditions, usingyour 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.

Where you will be working:

Location: West Hill,Oxted, Surrey,RH8 9JB

You will be working at Ormesby House, a Learning Disability and Autism service providing a specialist residential care for men and women with a range of learning disabilities, including autism and sensory and communication impairments.

You will work alongside the multidisciplinary team to support 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. Service users may be transitioning from children’s residential services, education, moving out of the family home.

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.

We are actively encouraging male candidates to apply for this opportunity due to the need of service. This is to accommodate the needs of our residents in the most efficient manner.

What you will get:

• Hourly pay rate of £12.85
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• 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 Packageso 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.

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• No specific qualifications are required, but experience in a similar role or with the relevant client group would be advantageous. A positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance are important for this role.

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.