Bank Senior Support Worker

NHS; Long Lee; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

This is a rewarding opportunity to join Elysium Healthcare as a Bank Senior Support Worker at their Community Houses in Keighley, Yorkshire. You will be part of a team providing care and support to adults with complex mental health needs, helping them in their rehabilitation journey and supporting independent living. The role offers flexible working, competitive pay, and opportunities for career development.

Main duties of the job

As a Bank Senior Support Worker, you will join a team that works together to provide care and support to patients with mental health conditions. Your duties will include assisting service users with daily tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and community activities, as well as encouraging independent living. You will need to have a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance to work in this challenging but rewarding environment. The role offers flexible working arrangements, with 12.5-hour shifts on a 0-hour contract.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established and stable company with over 8,000 employees, providing 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 are opportunities for growth and development within the organization.

Job responsibilities

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 Bank Senior Support Worker role at Community Houses could be the right choice for you. 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. Our Care Home service, known as Community Houses, has rapidly expanded with 4 sites across Keighley that offer a step-down service to adults with complex mental health needs. You will help our Service Users to carry out routine daily tasks - everything from help with cooking, cleaning, activities in the community and encouraging independent living in their future. You will even have day trip visits to the seaside with service users as part of this role. What you will be doing: You will join a team that works well together to provide care to patients with mental health conditions; supporting 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; being able to do something today that they couldn’t do last week because of you. We can offer you flexible working - you will work 12.5 hour days, on a 0 hour contract. Where you will be working: Location: Steeton, Sutton-In-Craven and Cowling, Yorkshire. We provide support for adults with complex mental health needs who have often been discharged from more secure environments. With 21 beds across 4 Community Houses and situated in the semi-rural areas of Steeton, Sutton-In-Craven and Cowling, the services are ideally located for safe, structured and gradual reintegration into the community. A driving licence is not essential for the role, but due to the location of the services, please ensure that you are able to commute on public transport if living out of area. Many existing staff that live in and around Keighley, Steeton and Colne use public transport very successfully. Day shifts start at 7:35am.

What you will get

• Hourly rate of £12.85 (plus 12.07% holiday allowance uplift)
• Two-week paid induction
• Free parking
• Mandatory training to ensure you are fully able to do your job at the best of your ability.
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Pension contribution to secure your future (Optional)

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 required, but you should have experience working in a healthcare or social care setting, and a genuine passion for supporting individuals with mental health needs.

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.