Support Worker

NHS; Dover; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Elysium Healthcare as a Support Worker at Felbrigg House in Dover to make a positive impact on the lives of individuals with Learning Disabilities and Autism. Enjoy a supportive team environment with opportunities for training and career growth, alongside competitive benefits including salary, annual leave, and wellbeing support.

Benefits

Annual Salary of £25,057.50

25 days annual leave plus birthday off

Wellbeing support and activities

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Packages

Retail discounts and special offers

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience working with individuals with Learning Disabilities and Autism.
• Caring nature essential for supporting patients.

Responsibilities

• Conduct ward rounds and analyze behaviors for appropriate care.
• Assist with personal hygiene and care support.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Vigilance

Job description

Be part of making lives better as a Support Worker at Felbrigg House in Dover 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 Learning Disabilities and Autism.

Main duties of the job

As a Support Worker, you will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with Learning Disabilities and Autism, using your knowledge and skills to help people along their recovery 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.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is 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.

Job responsibilities

Be part of making lives better as a Support Worker at Felbrigg House in Dover 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 Learning Disabilities and Autism.

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 at Felbrigg House in Dover 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 Learning Disabilities and Autism.

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 with Learning Disabilities and Autism, using your knowledge and skills to help people along their recovery 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.

Shifts are 7-14:30 and 14:00-21:30.

Where you will be working:

Location: St Alphege Road, Dover, Kent CT16 2PU

Felbrigg House is an old rectory, situated in the conservation area of Dover and has been completely renovated to provide a spacious, beautiful character home, with two fully enclosed gardens and 11 spacious bedrooms with full en-suite facilities.

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.

What you will get:

• Annual Salary of £25,057.50
• The equivalent of 25 days annual leave (including 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 Packages 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.

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 mentioned, but the job requires knowledge, experience, and a caring nature to work with people with Learning Disabilities and Autism.

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.