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Support Worker (days and nights available)

Employer
Priory Group
Location
Teignmouth, Devon, England
Salary
£8.50 - 8.50 per hour
Closing date
1 Mar 2019

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Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Job Role
Nursing Support Worker

Job Details

**Support Worker vacancies at Riverview, a CQC "Outstanding" rated service**

We are advertising for full time Support Workers to join our growing team at Riverview in Teignmouth.

Riverview is a residential service that provides personalised, high quality, safe support for nine adults with complex needs including Autism, behaviours that challenge, acquired brain injury and learning disabilities.

Riverview was rated “Outstanding” by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in February 2017 – placing it in the top 1% of adult social care services in the country.

On a daily basis we support our individuals to achieve their goals and aspirations to improve quality of life and be an active part of the community. On a daily basis individuals access the wider community and are encouraged to lead an active and integrated life.

We support individuals with activities such as:
  • Swimming
  • Pub visits and lunches out
  • Personal shopping
  • Visits to and with family
  • Bowling trips
  • Long walks
  • Visits to the beach
  • Clothes shopping
  • Theatre trips
  • Daily living skills (including personal care)

And much more.

Quotes from family members and staff

Before moving to Riverview They used to be in a sparse room, now they have personal belongings, they never went out, now they go into town to the local coffee shop and people know them", and " The change has been dramatic. (Family member)

“Challenging at times but fulfilling job where you make a great difference to people's daily life and reap rewards each day” (Staff member)

“The smile I get makes me realise this is so much more than just a job” (Staff member)

“The positive atmosphere makes me happy and love my job” (Staff member)

“It’s the feeling at the end of the day when you know you have done something great and supported someone to overcome a fear or obstacle” (Staff member)

“Extremely rewarding and active” (Staff member)

Please take a look at the link below if you feel this could be the job for you. You will never look back

Career Pathways

As a Priory Group employee, you’ll be able to chart your long-term career along defined pathways (from Support Worker to CEO), each path providing you a fulfilling work environment and support from a world class organisation to achieve your professional goals. We want to invest in you to achieve the next step in your career, so you can continue to make a difference in people’s lives.

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer.

Company

Nursing at Priory Healthcare

At Priory Healthcare, we’re passionately committed to making a real and lasting difference for everyone we support. But that’s just the start. As a recognised leader in the healthcare sector, we’re equally passionate about harnessing the potential of everyone on our team – including our rapidly growing community of RMN’s.

So join us and we can promise you one of the most dynamic and supportive career environments in the sector.

We are already the largest mental health provider in Europe and treat upwards of 80 conditions in over 275 facilities around the country. But look beyond our size and you will also discover an unrivalled reputation for providing quality, inspiring innovation and delivery value for our service users.

What does this mean for you? More than you might imagine.

For a start, there’s greater clinical diversity here than anywhere outside of the NHS. This offers you the chance to develop your career at the forefront of nursing practice in one or  more of our six specialist areas – Acute Mental Healthcare, Secure, Rehabilitation and Complex Care, Eating Disorders and Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

You will enjoy excellent learning and development resources, too. In addition to benefiting from our award-winning e-learning programme, your structured career progression could include supported study for specialist diplomas, preceptorships if you are newly qualified, a range of other externally accredited courses, the option of becoming a trainer on your own site, and much more besides.

Our working environment and culture are also exceptional. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team of doctors, psychiatrists, therapists and other health care specialists. We don’t just work together. We listen to each other, share ideas, explore new ways of doing things and actively pursue innovation and excellence is all that we do. So while the work can be incredibly demanding, you will never lack the support, collaboration and encouragement you need to perform to your best and achieve your true potential.

As for recognition and rewards, they are everything you would expect from an organisation that values your expertise and commitment. And your career prospects? Well, the sheer scope and scale of our behavioural care services – and the pace of our development as a business – means that you can grow as far and fast as we do.

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