This is a bank, 0 Hour Contract position as a Support Worker at Dane House in Brighton, working for Elysium Healthcare. The role involves providing care and support to people with Learning Disabilities, using your knowledge, experience, and caring nature to make a positive difference to their lives. The job offers an hourly rate of £13.50 (including 12.07% Holiday Allowance Uplift), free meals, wellbeing support, and other benefits.
Main duties of the job
As a Support Worker, you will join an inclusive and supportive team that works together to provide care to people with Learning Disabilities. Your responsibilities will include ward rounds, analyzing behaviors, updating patient records, and providing overall care and support, which may include assisting with personal hygiene. It can be a challenging environment at times, but it is highly rewarding to see people improve because of your involvement. This is a temporary, bank position with shifts of 12.5 hours per day.
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 growth and career progression.
Job responsibilities
Be part of making lives better as a Support Worker at Dane House in Brighton 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.
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. Over 2,000 staff had a promotion last year, that’s 25% of the workforce, so the opportunities really are there.
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 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.
This is a bank, 0 Hour Contract and shifts are 12.5 hours per day.
Where you will be working
Location: Dyke Road Avenue, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 5LE
You will be working at Dane House, an immaculate six-bed service for people with Learning Disabilities and/or with complex needs and behaviours that challenge. It boasts a range of communal amenities including sensory facilities and a large garden.
You will be caring for people who may have transitioned from residential schools or colleges, moved out of the family home or who need to move from a failed placement in the community.
Dane House is within easy distance of local shops, leisure facilities, churches and cafes, and is just 3 miles from the centre of Brighton. Brighton has excellent transportation links across Sussex and the south coast and London is just an hour away by train.
What you will get
* Hourly rate of £13.50 (including 12.07% Holiday Allowance Uplift)
* Free meals
* Wellbeing support and activities
* Weekly pay!
* Mandatory training
* Flexible working opportunities
* Option to become permanent
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.
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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