Support Worker

Job summary

This is a great opportunity to join Elysium Healthcare as a Support Worker at Crossley Manor in Prescott. You will be part of a team that is committed to empowering recovery and encouraging independence for people with mental health conditions. The role offers a range of benefits including a competitive salary, generous annual leave, and opportunities for career development and training.

Main duties of the job

As a Support Worker, you will use your knowledge, experience, and caring nature to make a positive difference to the lives of people with mental health conditions. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include ward rounds, analyzing behaviors, updating patient records, and providing overall care and support, which may include assisting with personal hygiene. You will be part of an inclusive and supportive team that works together to deliver high-quality care.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. They have a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering mental health, neurological, learning disabilities & autism, children & education, providing opportunities for growth and development.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Be part of making lives better as a Support Worker at Crossley Manor in Prescott 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 Mental Health conditions.

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.

What you will be doing :

You will join an inclusive and supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with a range of Mental Health 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 hours a day, 3-4 days a week including nights and weekends.

Where you will be working :

Location :   Crossley Manor, Mill Lane, Rainhill, Prescot, L35 6NE

You will be working at Crossley Manor, a modernised low secure service that supports women over the age of 18 with complex emotional and mental health conditions which are associated with significant risk behaviours.

You will join a small team that is committed to empowering recovery and encouraging independence within a residential environment, consisting of two apartments. Crossley Manor delivers 24-hour care and is within easy reach of the M62 and national rail networks.

What you will get :

• Annual Salary of £23,693
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Salary : $23,693