Team Leader Support Worker (Maternity Cover)

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London is seeking a compassionate Team Leader Support Worker for a fixed-term maternity cover position. You will be responsible for leading a team, providing exceptional support for individuals with severe learning disabilities and autism, and promoting their independence. This role offers a rewarding opportunity to make a positive impact, with a salary of £26,130 and excellent benefits including career development and well-being support.

Benefits

Annual leave of 33 days

Career development and training

Life Assurance

Pension contribution

24/7 GP service

Qualifications

• Must have strong empathy and a caring nature.
• Experience in learning disabilities and autism is preferred.
• Ability to provide personal hygiene support.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of care assistants.
• Provide personalized care for residents with complex needs.
• Communicate effectively to promote residents' independence.

Skills

Empathy

Communication skills

Resilience

Ability to deal with challenging behaviours

Education

NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care

Tools

Driving licence

Job description

Team Leader Support Worker (Maternity Cover)

The Team Leader Support Worker role at Elysium Healthcare's Arabella Drive facility in Roehampton, London, offers a rewarding opportunity to make a positive impact on the lives of individuals with severe learning disabilities, autism, and challenging behaviors. This 12‑month fixed‑term maternity cover position requires a compassionate, empathetic, and skilled professional who can provide exceptional care and support to help residents lead fulfilling lives.

Main duties of the job

As a Team Leader Support Worker, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver personalized care and support to residents with complex needs. This involves using your excellent communication skills, experience in learning disabilities and autism, and a positive, resilient attitude to navigate challenging situations while promoting independence and well‑being. You will be responsible for leading and supporting a team of care assistants, ensuring high‑quality care and coordinating residents’ care pathways.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is a leading provider of specialist mental health, neurological, learning disability, and autism services in the UK. With over 90 services and a global network of 86,000 employees, Elysium offers opportunities for professional growth and development. The organization is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment, and it is dedicated to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users.

Job responsibilities

• Are you a naturally empathetic, caring and compassionate Team Leader 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?
• Join Arabella Drive in Roehampton as a Team Leader Support Worker and provide care for people with severe learning disabilities, autism and behaviours that may be seen as challenging; you will support and encourage 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. 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.

Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will use your excellent communication skills and experience as a Team Leader 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 will work 37.5 hours per week, 7.5 hours a day with shift patterns of 7am‑2.30pm and 2.30pm‑10pm, with weekends on a rota basis.

This is a 12 month fixed term position covering maternity leave.

Key attributes

• Ideally have or working towards NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care
• 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.

Where you will be working: 185 Arabella Drive, Roehampton, London, SW15 5LH. Arabella Drive is part of our learning disability and autism division and provides support for people who may be living with severe learning disabilities, autism and behaviours which, due to their diagnosis, may be seen as challenging. Residents may also have profound and multiple communication difficulties, sensory impairments and physical health problems.

What You’ll Get

• Annual base salary of £26,130
• 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

About your next employer

Elysium Healthcare has 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

• Ideally, you will have or be working towards an NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care. A valid UK driving license is preferred to assist with community visits. Additionally, you must have strong empathy, a caring and compassionate nature, excellent people and communication skills, and the ability to deal with challenging behaviours.

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.