Job Summary
This is a rewarding role as a Support Worker at Ballington House in Leek, where you will be part of an inclusive and supportive team providing care to people with a range of mental health conditions. You'll have access to training and development opportunities to help you achieve your career aspirations, while working in a culture built on kindness and teamwork.
Main Duties of the Job
As a Support Worker, you will be responsible for talking and interacting with service users, supporting, encouraging, and motivating them with all aspects of their recovery and treatment goals, such as daily living tasks and community involvement. You will also carry out duties allocated by the multidisciplinary team, update patient records, respond to incidents, and ensure a clean and safe environment. This can be a challenging role at times, but it is hugely rewarding to see people improve because of your involvement.
What You Will Be Doing
You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with a range of mental health conditions, 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 talking and interacting with service users, supporting, encouraging, and motivating them with all aspects of their recovery and treatment goals, such as daily living tasks, community involvement, carrying out duties allocated by the MDT, updating patient records, responding to incidents, supporting mealtimes, and ensuring a clean and safe environment.
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.
The shift pattern is 12.5 hours a day, 3-4 days a week including nights and weekends, totaling 37.5 hours per week.
Where You Will Be Working
Location: Ballington Gardens, Leek, Staffordshire ST13 5LW
You will be working at Ballington House, a 13-bedded mental health rehabilitation hospital that provides services for women with complex mental health needs. The environment at Ballington House offers a pathway from admission to discharge which incorporates three phases: the assessment phase (accepting help), the rehabilitation phase (believing, trying, and learning), and the community phase-out (self-reliance).
What You Will Get
* Annual salary of £25,057.50
* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
* 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 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 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
* No specific qualifications are required, but experience as a Support Worker in the UK and a caring, compassionate, and resilient nature 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer Details
Employer Name: Elysium Healthcare
Address: Elysium Healthcare, Leek, ST13 5LW
Employer's Website: https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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