Bank Support Worker Driver inBrighton inBrighton PUBLISHED 8 OCT 2024

This role as a Bank Support Worker Driver at Elysium Healthcare in Brighton involves caring for people with learning disabilities and complex needs. You will be part of a supportive team, providing compassionate care and support to help improve the lives of the individuals in your care. The job offers competitive pay, flexible working, and opportunities for training and development.

As a Bank Support Worker Driver, you will join an inclusive and supportive team at Dane House in Brighton, providing care and support to people with learning disabilities and complex needs. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include ward rounds, analyzing behaviors, updating patient records, and assisting with personal care. It's a challenging but rewarding role, where you'll use your knowledge, experience, and caring nature to make a positive difference in the lives of the people you support.

About us

Be part of making lives better as a Support Worker at Dane House  in Brighton  and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like.

Use your knowledge, experience, and caring nature to make a positive difference to the lives of people with Learning Disability.

You’ll be looked after, with a fulfilling career where you’re valued, recognised, and supported, with colleagues there for you and a culture built on kindness and teamwork.

There’s also a range of training and development options available to help you achieve your career aspirations, allowing you to grow and succeed as a Support Worker and beyond. Over 2,000 staff had a promotion last year, that’s 25% of the workforce, so the opportunities really are there.  

What you will be doing

You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with Learning Disability  conditions, using your knowledge and skills to help people along their recover pathway towards leading a valued and fulfilled life.

Your day-to-day will include ward rounds, analysing behaviours and adapting care accordingly with colleagues, updating patient records, and providing overall care and support, which may include assisting with personal hygiene.  

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 a 0 Hour Contract, 12.5hours a day 3-4days a week including nights and weekends. 

Where you will be working:

Location:
 
Dyke Road Avenue, Brighton, East Sussex, BN1 5LE

You will be working at Dane House, an immaculate, a six bed service for people with learning disability and/or with complex needs and behaviours that challenge. It boasts a range of communal amenities including sensory facilities and a large garden.

You will be caring for people who may have transitioned from residential schools or colleges, moved out of the family home or who need to move from a failed placement in the community.

Dane House is within easy distance of local shops, leisure facilities, churches and cafes, and is just 3 miles from the centre of Brighton. Brighton has excellent transportation links across Sussex and the south coast and London is just an hour away by train.

 

What you will get

• • Hourly rate of £13.50 (including 12.07% holiday allowance uplift)
  • Free meals 
  • Wellbeing support and activities
  • Mandatory training
  • Flexible working opportunities
  • Option to become perm

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.