If you care for others without a second thought, and are looking for a rewarding career, where you can make a difference and change lives for the better, then a Support Worker at Martham House could be the right choice for you.
It’s a career that you can take pride in while enjoying the satisfaction of helping people and seeing them improve. It’s what delivering great healthcare should feel like.
Whether you are looking for a new career or already work in healthcare through the NHS or private sector, you’ll receive training to join the team, where you will be valued and supported, with career development opportunities available.
What you will be doing
If you’re new to healthcare and are not sure if this role is for you, watch this video to get an insight into what the role could involve.
You will join an inclusive, supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with learning disabilities. Whether you have experience as a Care Assistant or transferable skills from another industry, you will use your knowledge and skills to help support people to lead a valued and fulfilled life.
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.
You will have access to the Elysium Wellbeing team, which is on hand to keep you feeling great; be it a chat, massage or group activities. Who doesn’t like a free massage at work?
With a huge range of courses that will help you grow and succeed, if you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, Elysium Healthcare can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.
The shift patterns include working, 7 hours a day, 4-5 days a week between the hours of 7:00am and 10:00pm, including weekends on a rota basis.
Where you will be working
Location: Princes Road, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 6JJ
Martham House is part of our Learning Disability and Autism division and provides specialist residential service for men and women living with a range of learning disabilities, including autism and sensory and communication impairments.
This specialist service is designed for those individuals with learning disabilities who require high level of support to live within a community setting and will continue to require this longer term. Clients may be transitioning from children's residential services, edification, moving out of the family home. We are also experienced in successfully managing clients moving from services where their placements may have broken own or where their needs are no longer met.
All what we expect from you is
- The ability to show strong empathy, a caring and compassionate nature
- Willing to support the resident with the personal hygiene
- People skills, communication skills and a good sense of humour
- Willingness to deal with the challenging behaviour
- A positive & professional approach
- Reliability, flexibility, hard work and honesty
- Team working ethos aligned to our company values
- You must live in the UK and have the Right to Work in the UK full time. 20-hour Student Visa's cannot be accepted.
What you will get
- Annual salary from £20,111*
- Enjoy a £500 welcome bonus*
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
- Free meals
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Career development and training
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity Package
- Flexible working opportunities
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.
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.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
- Base annual salary without overtime starts at £20,111, hourly rate of £11.05
- £500 welcome bonus offered on the full time contracts only, paid £250 on the first wage, and £250 after three months once passed the probation.