Job Description
Are you ready for a rewarding career where you can truly make a difference in the lives of others?
At Grangemead, a top-tier respite and emergency service for adults with learning disabilities located in Hailsham, we are looking for a passionate Support Workers to join our dedicated team. Our beautifully refurbished facility provides a warm, hotel-style atmosphere complete with en-suite accommodations and interactive sensory equipment to enrich our guests' experiences.
We offer a fun holiday experience for both long and short respite stays, promoting life skills, independence, community presence, and opportunities for guests to forge new friendships. Our emergency services accommodate individuals facing challenging life circumstances such as safeguarding issues, homelessness, illness, bereavement, or the end of placement with caregivers.
As a Support Worker you will collaboratively in teams alongside Senior support works, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of our guests.
As a Support worker your responsibilities will include:
* Administering medication
* Engaging guests in enjoyable activities
* Preparing drinks and snacks when needed
* Assisting with personal care
* Supporting guests with a range of needs, from low-level support to high and complex requirements, including PEG feeding, managing challenging behaviours, and moving and handling support.
This role also entails performing security checks and maintaining cleanliness to uphold Grangemead's high standards, ensuring a safe environment for all guests.
We value your unique qualities! We believe that your core values matter most. We are committed to providing excellent training opportunities, thorough induction, and ongoing supervision to help you develop the necessary skills for success in this role.
We're seeking candidates who are:
* Enthusiastic and positive
* Committed to creating a friendly and supportive atmosphere
* Hardworking and dedicated
* Well-organised with time management skills
* Resilient under pressure
* Compassionate and caring
Our rotas operate on a 6-week rolling schedule, with Support Workers completing both early shifts from 07:30 to 14:00 and late shifts from 15:00 to 21:30, please note this includes working 2 in every 3 weekends.
See example of rota below:
MonTueWedThurFriSatSun07.30 - 14.00OFFOFF15.00 - 21.3007.30 - 14.0014.30 - 21.3007.30 - 15.00
If you're ready to embark on this fulfilling journey and wish to apply for this role, please follow the 'Apply Now' button above and upload your CV and a Cover Letter. We will be using your Cover Letter to shortlist so please be sure to address how you meet all the criteria in the person specification, drawing on any relevant work/life experience, education, or personal interests.
Please download the Job Description & Person Specification.
Interviews will be held face to face at Grangemead as guest involvement is a crucial part of our recruitment process. Interviews will take place week commencing 21 July. If for any reason you can't make this date please let us know and we may be able to offer an alternative.
Support Work is a privilege and offers the chance to turn kindness into a career. How often are you able to support another human being to live life to the full? In this job you can every day.
We offer a diverse range of benefits to help and support you during your employment. More information can be found on our benefits page.
For an informal discussion about this opportunity contact Claire Murphy - Team Leader claire.murphy@eastsussex.gov.uk to request a MS teams call or phone call.
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Vocational Training through Apprenticeships is now available to our staff, ranging from entry level to degree level qualifications. You can talk to the hiring manager and the apprenticeship team about what qualifications would be relevant to you and this job role, and if it is possible to support you in apprenticeship training.
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Additional Information
This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced check for Regulated Activity with the Disclosure & Barring Services (previously the Criminal Records Bureau). For further information about what is required in this process please go to Please note that we require evidence of an overseas police check if you have lived or worked abroad.
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.
If you require sponsorship to work in the UK please let the hiring manager know this in your application so we can check eligibility for sponsorship for the role. For further information please go to
If you require any reasonable adjustments, due to disability, to enable you to participate fully in the process please contact the hiring manager on the contact details above.