Support Worker

Are you a naturally empathetic, caring and compassionate Support Worker in the UK with experience of caring for people with learning disabilities?

Do you want a fulfilling career, where you can make a difference and change lives for the better in a culture of kindness and teamwork? Where you’ll be supported with development opportunities to grow you as a person and in your career?

Join Walcott House in Bognor Regis as a Support Worker and provide care for people with severe learning disabilities, Autism and behaviours may be seen as challenging; where you’ll support and encourage them to lead a full and valued life, enabling them to live more independently.

You’ll be great with people – a real ‘people person’, able to communicate effectively – explaining yourself clearly in the right tone to suit the situation and be really good at understanding others (behaviours and expressions, as well as vocal). Having a good sense of humour and resilience, and a willingness to help residents with their personal hygiene are also important.

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. Whether you have experience as a Care Assistant or Support Worker, you will use your knowledge and skills to help support people lead a valued and fulfilled life.

Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will use your excellent communication skills and experience as a Support Worker with a background in Learning Disabilities & Autism to provide care and support people through their care pathway.

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’ll work 35 weekly hours, permanent full-time contract. Shifts: 7am - 2.30 pm; 2pm - 9.30 pm. Long shift if you prefer: 7am - 9.30 pm     

 Extra hours available and optional. 

Where you will be working
 
Location: Walcott House, 12 Annandale Avenue, Bognor Regis, West Sussex PO21 2EU
 
Walcott House provides a nine bed specialist residential service for men and women with a range of learning disabilities, including autism and/or sensory and communication impairments. We are specialists in working with epilepsy and complex needs. The service is staffed 24 hours a day by a dedicated team of Support Workers, led by an experienced Registered Manager.

The service is designed for those individuals who require a 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, education, or moving out of the family home. We are also experienced in successfully managing clients moving from services where their placements may have broken down or where their needs are no longer being met. The aim of the service is to encourage individuals to lead a full and valued life, enabling them to live more independently through a programme of active community engagement, developing meaningful social networks and developing robust coping strategies.

The house is situated in Bognor Regis in West Sussex, which is a seaside town with a good range of local facilities and amenities. Bognor Regis has direct train access to London and good train and road links across the south.
 

In this role you will:

• Have strong empathy and a caring and compassionate nature
• Be willing to support residents with personal hygiene
• Have 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. 

What you will get

• Annual base salary of £23,387 (£12.85 hourly pay rate)
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• 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.