Female Support Worker

6 months ago


Staplehurst, United Kingdom Elysium Healthcare Full time

Are you looking to develop your career in healthcare? Whether you are looking for a new career or already work in healthcare and are ready to take the next step, this could be the right role for you. By joining Gresham House as a female support worker you will gain valuable experience caring for men and women with a range of learning disabilities, including autism and sensory and communication impairments.

You’ll receive all necessary training to get you started and join the dedicated team, where you can make a positive difference and change the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society. There’s also a huge range of courses on offer to help grow and develop your career. If you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, Elysium Healthcare can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.

It’s a career that you can take pride in, knowing that you will be
- instrumental in encouraging individuals to lead a full and valued life, enabling them to live more independently. You will also enjoy a £500 welcome bonus

**What you will be doing**:
You will join a dedicated team that works well together to provide care to men and women with learning disabilities; supporting people to lead a valued and fulfilled life. The aim of the service is to encourage individuals enabling them to live more independently through a programme of active community engagement, developing meaningful social networks and developing robust coping strategies.

Some of your key responsibilities will include promoting welling being and general health of service users and to help create an environment in which the service users feel secure. You will participate in medicine administration, encourage and support the service users in their personal, social, occupational and leisure development through the service and community, help in maintaining a hygienic and healthy environment and assist and support with any sensitive issues e.g. challenging behaviour.

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; thanks to you, being able to do something today that they couldn’t do last week.

**The shift pattern is 7:00am -2.30pm; 2pm - 9:30pm, including a fortnightly weekend shift, **35 hours full-time contract.**

**Where you will be working**:
**Location**:Station Rd, Staplehurst, Tonbridge TN12 0PZ

Gresham House is a 12 bedded service recognised Outstanding by the CQC, which provides support for people who may be living with moderate learning disabilities with associated health needs, autism and behaviours.

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.

**Things that you will have**:

- Must be local or based at a commutable distance and time
- The ability to show strong empathy, a caring and compassionate nature
- Willing to support the residents with the personal hygiene
- People skills, communication skills and a good sense of humour
- Willingness to deal with the challenging behaviour
- A positive and professional approach
- Reliable, flexible, hard-working and honest

**What you will get**:

- Annual Salary of £21,547
- Enjoy a £500 Welcome Bonus
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc. Bank Holidays) plus your birthday off
- Free meals on duty
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity Package
There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.

**About your next employer**:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over8,000 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.

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.


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