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 Brighton & Hove Clinic and provide care for young people aged 12 - 18 years with a prime diagnosis of eating disorders and who may have other mental health conditions. 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 Brighton & Hove Clinic 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.
What you will be doing
You will join an inclusive, supportive team that works well together to provide care to people with eating disorders and other mental health conditions. You will have the opportunity to use your knowledge and skills to help young people struggling with an eating disorder in order to support a safe discharge home.
As a Senior Support Worker some of your key responsibilities will include supporting the registered nurses with 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, communicate with families and professionals, oversee physical observations (NEWS/PEWS) are completed and complete H&S checks.
As a Senior Support Worker you will have:
- Experience as Senior Support Worker or experience from an eating disorder/ mental health setting and hold the NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent
- Leadership skills and experience in supervising junior staff members
- Strong empathy and a caring and compassionate nature
- Willingness to support young people with eating disorder and/or other mental health conditions
- Excellent people and communication skills, and a good sense of humour
- Have experience dealing 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: 14-18 New Church Road, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 4FH
Working at Brighton & Hove Clinic, you will join the multidisciplinary team that provides CAMHS Tier 4 service for young people aged 12 - 18 years with a prime diagnosis of eating disorders and who may have other mental health conditions.
Combining the NICE guidelines recommended therapies, the service creates bespoke programmes that provide person-centred care to support each person's physical, medical and mental health needs. Young people will participate in psycho-education to support their care plans, and are given the opportunity to engage in therapeutic programmes such as mindfulness, family and trauma therapy.
Working alongside the individual and their families, the MDT will collaboratively create care plans and risk assessments. You will empower individuals to manage and improve their health through their treatment within the community.
The service operates 24/7. You will work shift patterns including weekends, bank holidays and nights.
What you will get:
- Annual Salary of £26,811
- The equivalent of 33 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.