Overview
The Night Support Worker role at Elysium Healthcare in Bognor Regis involves providing compassionate and empathetic care to individuals with severe learning disabilities, autism, and challenging behaviors. You will be part of a supportive team that works together to help residents lead a fulfilling and independent life. The role requires excellent communication skills, a positive attitude, and the ability to handle challenging situations with resilience and vigilance.
Responsibilities
As a Night Support Worker, you will be responsible for providing care and support to individuals with learning disabilities and mental health conditions during the night shift. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team to address the needs of the residents, using your knowledge and experience to help them achieve their goals and live more independently. The role can be challenging at times, but it is highly rewarding to see the progress and improvement in the residents' well-being.
About us
Elysium Healthcare is an established and stable company with over 8,000 employees and a network of over 90 services across England and Wales. They are part of the global Ramsay Health Care network, which employs over 86,000 people worldwide. Elysium Healthcare is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment, and they are a Disability Confident employer.
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. Whether you have experience as a Care Assistant or Support Worker, you will use your knowledge and skills to help support people lead a valued and fulfilled life.
Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will use your excellent communication skills and experience as a Support Worker 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’ll work night shifts, on rota, 9pm – 7:30am, 3 shifts on and 3 shifts off. Permanent, 36.75 weekly hours, full-time contract.
Where you will be working:
You will be working at Walcott House, a Learning Disability and Autism service which provides a specialist residential service 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 provide care and support to 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. We are also experienced in successfully managing clients moving from services where their placements may have broken down or where their needs are no longer being met.
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.
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.
What you will get
* Annual salary of £24,556 (£12.85 hourly rate)
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
* Free meals and parking
* 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 Package 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.
Qualifications
* You should have experience as a Care Assistant or Support Worker, with a background in Learning Disabilities and Autism. Strong communication skills, a compassionate and resilient nature, and the ability to work effectively in a team are essential.
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.
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