Senior Support Worker

NHS Jobs; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 33 days

Wellbeing support

Blue Light Card

Pension contribution

Free meals

Onsite parking

Job summary

Elysium Healthcare is seeking a Senior Support Worker to join Beck House in Darlington. You will support people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs, providing compassionate care and helping individuals lead meaningful lives.

The role includes shift leadership, medication administration, and collaboration with families and professionals. You’ll work across days, nights, and weekends in a supportive team.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent is required.
• Experience in Mental Health and challenging behaviour.
• Willingness to assist residents with personal hygiene.
• Live locally or be within commutable distance.
• Right to work in the UK; visas cannot be accepted.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the smooth running of each shift and ensure wellbeing of service users.
• Supervise support staff and coordinate activities.
• Administer medication and maintain daily reports, budgets and audits.
• Communicate with families and professionals; complete H&S checks.

Skills

Senior Support Worker experience

Empathy

Strong communication

Mental Health care

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

Are you an experienced Senior Support Worker, holding a NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care, and looking to elevate your career, where you can make a real difference and change lives for the better? If so, join Beck House in Darlington, and provide care for people with continuing challenging behaviour and high support needs. You will be key in supporting individuals to lead a full and valued life. It’s a career that you can take pride in. At Beck House you will have the chance to develop your skills and career. With a huge range of courses on offer, if you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, Elysium Healthcare can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.

What you will be doing:

You will join an inclusive, supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with Mental Health conditions. You will have the opportunity to use your knowledge and skills to help change the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.

• organising and overseeing the smooth running of a shift
• ensuring the wellbeing of all service users
• responding to any challenges or concerns
• supervising support staff

• organise activities
• administer medication
• communicate with families and professionals
• oversee daily reports
• budgets
• complete financial audits
• complete H&S checks

It can be quite a challenging environment at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important.

It is hugely rewarding to see people improve because of you; being able to do something today that they couldn’t do last week.

No two days are the same in this role, offering plenty of engagement and motivation. While there's a degree of routine, you can expect a diverse work environment.

Our rota includes days, nights, and weekend shifts to ensure a well-balanced team effort.

As a Senior Support Worker you will have:

• Experience as Senior Support Worker or extensive care experience in Mental Health and hold the NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care Leadership skills and experience
• Strong empathy and a caring and compassionate nature
• Willingness to support residents with personal hygiene
• Excellent people and communication skills, and a good sense of humour
• The ability to deal with challenging behaviours
• A positive and professional approach
• To be hard-working and honest, reliable, flexible
• To live 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.

Where you will be working:

Location: Beck House, Hammond Drive, Lakeside, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 5TH Beck House is a registered care service with nursing that forms part of Elysium’s Learning Disabilities & Autism complex care service, which provides six bespoke single-person apartments, enabling individuals to live in their own space.

What You’ll Get:

• Annual base salary of £26,656
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
• Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
• Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
• Pension contribution, to help secure your future
• Free meals and onsite free parking

About us: Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 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.

All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users.