Senior Support Worker and Carers Champion

Job Description

If you care for others without a second thought and are looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference and changes lives for the better and enjoy a £1000 welcome bonus then a Senior Healthcare Assistant and Carers Champion at the modern purpose-builtservice, Pinhoe View could be the right choice for you.With previous experience working in healthcare through the NHS or private sector, youll receive training to join the team where you will be valued and supported, with career development opportunities available. Its a career that you can take pride in while enjoying the satisfaction of helping people and seeing them improve. Its what delivering great healthcare should feel like. What you will be doingYou will join the team that works well together to provide care for people with acute mental health conditions. Whether you have been a Support Worker or a Care Worker, you will utilise your experience to support people to lead a valued and fulfilled life.As a Senior Healthcare Assistant, youll play a vital role in engaging with family and carers throughout the patients journey at Pinhoe View at the beginning of their admission through to discharge. You will act as a key stakeholder ensuring that family membersare provided with the knowledge equipped to support their family members admitted into hospital, updating carers of the patients care and treatment where appropriate. This can include ensuring family members are provided a brochure on admission, engaged inwelfare calls and offered the opportunity to provide feedback. 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; being able to do something today that they couldnt do last week because of you.The Elysium Wellbeing team is on hand to keep you feeling great; be it a chat, massage or group activities. Who doesnt like a free massage at workWith a huge range of courses that will see you grow and succeed. If you have the aspiration, capability and dedication, we can give you the support and opportunities to help you achieve your career goals.Where you will be workingLocation: Pinhoe View, College Way, Exeter, EX1 3PZPinhoe View is a new purpose-built facility where a range of mental health services are provided for adults with acute mental health conditions across two wards and eight individual flats.The 24-hour acute inpatient service is supported by a full multidisciplinary team, which specialises in the assessment, treatment and stabilisation of people suffering from a significant mental health episode and in crisis. You will work shift patterns includingweekends, bank holidays and nights.Standard shifts are 12 hours a day, working 3 days one week, 4 days the next.What you will get* Annual salary of £20,970.00* £1000.00 Welcome Bonus* The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - plus your birthday off! * Free meals and parking * Wellbeing support and activities * Career development and training * Pension contribution * Life Assurance * Enhanced Maternity Package * Flexible working opportunities There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.About your next employerYou will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care.With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities& Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each persons individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidateswill be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.