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 Bradley Apartments as a Team Leader 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. Team Leaders are also responsible for staff support, supervisions, updating trackers and daily paperwork checks. You will be working nights on a rolling rota (including weekends). The rota is flexi rolling, there are no mixed shifts. 12 hours night from 8pm to 8.20am. As a Team Leader you will have: Ideally 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 Proficient in using computer and microsoft excel 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: Bradley Road, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN37 0AA You will work at Bradley Apartments, a specialist service for men and women living with complex needs who may have a primary diagnosis of learning disability, mental health issue or personality disorder. You will work as part of the multidisciplinary team to support people who display behaviours of concern and pose challenges for services, including those with highly complex and severe challenging behaviour. Bradley Apartments is located in Bradley, Grimsby, and North East Lincolnshire. The location provides a more relaxed local environment than a busy inner-city setting, which supports service users engaging in their therapeutic programme, thus increasing the pace of recovery and speeding up discharge. What you will get: Annual salary of £27,664 The equivalent of 33 days annual leave– 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. 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.