Support Worker Twickenham, England
Elysium Healthcare
Full Time
Twickenham, England
21547 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
Introduction
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 Lichfield Lane could be the right choice for you.
Whether you are an experienced Support Worker from 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.
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.
What you will be doing
You will join an inclusive, supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with learning disabilities at our site in Twickenham. Whether you have experience as a Healthcare Assistant or Care Worker, you will use your knowledge and skills to help support people lead a valued and fulfilled life.
No two days will be the same as during shifts, you will have access to the company vehicle, and you will take pride in safely escorting and driving staff, visitors and service users to local destinations across Twickenham and Southwest London surroundings.
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 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.
Where you will be working
Location: 1 Lichfield Lane, Twickenham, London TW2 6LA
You will be working at Lichfield Lane House, providing support for people who may be living with severe learning disabilities, autism and behaviours. Service users may also have profound and multiple communication difficulties, sensory impairments and physical health problems.
You will working alongside a multidisciplinary team to promote social inclusion through meaningful community engagement. You will support service users to develop social networks and engage in a range of activities to live purposeful lives.
Whether you are an experienced Support Worker from 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.
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.
What you will be doing
You will join an inclusive, supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with learning disabilities at our site in Twickenham. Whether you have experience as a Healthcare Assistant or Care Worker, you will use your knowledge and skills to help support people lead a valued and fulfilled life.
No two days will be the same as during shifts, you will have access to the company vehicle, and you will take pride in safely escorting and driving staff, visitors and service users to local destinations across Twickenham and Southwest London surroundings.
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 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.
Where you will be working
Location: 1 Lichfield Lane, Twickenham, London TW2 6LA
You will be working at Lichfield Lane House, providing support for people who may be living with severe learning disabilities, autism and behaviours. Service users may also have profound and multiple communication difficulties, sensory impairments and physical health problems.
You will working alongside a multidisciplinary team to promote social inclusion through meaningful community engagement. You will support service users to develop social networks and engage in a range of activities to live purposeful lives.
The shift patterns include working 7.5 hours a day between the hours of 7:00am and 9.30pm, including weekends on a rota basis. Permanent, full time.
All what we expect from you is:
All what we expect from you is:
- We are encouraging males drivers to apply for this Support Worker vacancy based in Twickenham, and must hold the UK driving licence, as part of the role, you will be using the company vehicle to escort the staff and service users to the local destinations. This is to accommodate the needs of our service users in the most efficient manner.
- 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. No Visa Sponsorship for this vacancy.
What you will get
- £11.05 hourly rate
- Enjoy a £500 welcome bonus*
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave + your birthday off!
- Free meals
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Career development and training
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance
- Flexible working opportunities
- 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 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.
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.
Elysium Healthcare
www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/careers
Borehamwood, United Kingdom
Joy Chamberlain
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Private
Healthcare Services & Hospitals
2016
