Team Leader Support Worker

The Team Leader Support Worker role at Elysium Healthcare's Arabella Drive House in Roehampton, London offers a fulfilling career caring for people with severe learning disabilities, Autism, and challenging behaviors. As a highly empathetic and compassionate healthcare professional, you will use your excellent communication skills and experience in Learning Disabilities & Autism to provide personalized support and enable service users to live more independently. This is a temporary position with a competitive annual salary of £26,130 and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your well-being, growth, and future. As a Team Leader Support Worker, you will join a supportive, inclusive team that works collaboratively to provide high-quality care and support to individuals with learning disabilities and mental health conditions. You will use your strong empathy, caring nature, and communication skills to assist service users through their care pathway, encouraging them to lead a full and valued life. This can be a challenging environment at times, but it is highly rewarding to see the positive impact you can have on people's lives. You will work a 3-week rolling rota with a mix of late and early shifts, ranging from 7.5 to 8.5 hours, including weekends. Elysium Healthcare is a leading provider of specialist mental health, learning disability, and neurorehabilitation services in the UK. With over 8,000 employees and a network of over 90 services across England and Wales, Elysium Healthcare is part of the global Ramsay Health Care group, which employs over 86,000 people worldwide. Elysium is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment, and is a Disability Confident employer. Are you a naturally empathetic, caring and compassionate Healthcare Assistant or 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 Arabella Drive House as a Team Leader Support Worker and provide care for people with severe learning disabilities, Autism and behaviours that may be seen as challenging; where you’ll support and encourage service users 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. Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will use your excellent communication skills and experience as a Team Leader 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 will be working on a 3-week rolling rota with a mixture of late and early shifts. There are a mixture of shift lengths from 7.5 hour to 8.5 hours (including weekends). As a Team Leader you will have: Have or working towards NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care Hold a valid UK driving licence (preferred to assist with community visits) 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. Where you will be working: Location: 185 Arabella Dr, Roehampton, London SW15 5LH Arabella Drive is based in Roehampton and is part of our learning disability and autism division and provides support for people who may be living with moderate learning disabilities with associated health needs, autism and behaviours which, due to their diagnosis may be seen as challenging. Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will offer support to people as part of their care pathway. Whether it is moving from their community placement or a family home because they require more structured care and support. Your aim will be 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. What You’ll Get At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future: Annual base salary of £26.130.00 The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window. Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub! Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts Life Assurance, for added peace of mind Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support. 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time Pension contribution, to help secure your future Free/subsidised meals and onsite/local free parking About your next employer: Elysium Health care has 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 Are you a naturally empathetic, caring and compassionate Healthcare Assistant or Support Worker in the UK with experience of caring for people with learning disabilities?