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This is a role as a Senior Support Worker at Felbrigg House, a residential service for individuals with Learning Disabilities and Autism. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the wellbeing of service users, overseeing the running of shifts, and supervising support staff. The role offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and opportunities for career development within the Elysium Healthcare group.

As a Senior Support Worker, you will join a supportive team providing care and support to individuals with Learning Disabilities and Autism. Your key responsibilities will include organizing and overseeing the smooth running of shifts, ensuring the wellbeing of all service users, responding to challenges or concerns, and supervising support staff. You will also organize activities, administer medication, communicate with families and professionals, oversee daily reports and budgets, complete financial audits, and carry out health and safety checks. This is a challenging yet rewarding role that requires a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and vigilance.

About us

Are you an experienced Senior Support Worker looking to elevate your career, where you can make a real difference and change lives for the better? If so, join Felbrigg House  and provide care for Service Users with Learning Disabilities and Autism. You will be key in supporting individuals to lead a full and valued life. It’s a career that you can take pride in.

At Felbrigg House ,you will have the chance to develop your skills and career. With a huge range of courses on offer, if you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, Elysium Healthcare can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.

We are currently advertising for female candidates only in order to provide the best possible service for our residents.  

What you will be doing 

You will join an inclusive, supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with Learning Disabilities and Mental Health conditions. You will have the opportunity to use your knowledge and skills to help change the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in society.

As a Senior Support Worker some of your key responsibilities will include organising and overseeing the smooth running of a shift, ensuring the wellbeing of all service users, responding to any challenges or concerns and supervising support staff. You will organise activities, administer medication, communicate with families and professionals, oversee daily reports, budgets, complete financial audits and complete H&S checks.

It can be quite a challenging environment at times, so a positive attitude, compassion, resilience and vigilance are important. It is hugely rewarding to see people improve because of you; being able to do something today that they couldn’t do last week.

No two days are the same in this role, offering plenty of engagement and motivation. While there's a degree of routine, you can expect a diverse work environment. Our rota includes days, nights, and weekend shifts to ensure a well-balanced team effort.

As a Senior Support Worker you will have

• Experience as Senior Support Worker or extensive care experience from a Learning Disability and Autism residential setting and hold the NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care
• Leadership skills and experience
• Strong empathy and a caring and compassionate nature
• Willingness to support residents with personal hygiene
• Excellent people and communication skills, and a good sense of humour
• Deal with challenging behaviours
• Have a positive and professional approach
• Be reliable, flexible, hard-working and honest
• Be local or within commutable distance

You must live in the UK and have the Right to Work in the UK full time.

20-hour Student and Skilled Worker Visa's cannot be accepted.

Where you will be working

Location: St Alphege Road, Dover, Kent CT16 2PU

Felbrigg House is an old rectory, situated in the conservation area of Dover and has been completely renovated to provide a spacious beautiful character home, with two fully enclosed gardens and 11spacious bedrooms with full en-suite facilities. 

This specialist service is designed for those individuals with a Learning Disability who require a high level of support to live within a community setting and will continue to require this longer term.

What you will get

• Annual Salary of £25,350
• The equivalent of 25 days annual leave– plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking in local streets.
• 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 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.