Are you a naturally empathetic, caring and compassionate 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 Ranworth House in Eastbourne as a Support Worker and provide care for people with severe learning disabilities, Autism and behaviours may be seen as challenging; where you’ll support and encourage them 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 withlearning disabilities and mental health conditions. Whether you have experience as a Care Assistant or Support Worker, you will use your knowledge and skills to help support people lead a valued and fulfilled life. Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will use your excellent communication skills and experience as a Support Worker 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’ll work from 9pm to 7.30am, rolling rota of 4 nights on, 4 nights off.  Where you will be working   Location: 1 Prideaux Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN21 2NW        Ranworth House is part of our Learning Disability and Autism division and provides a specialist residential service for men and women with a range of learning disabilities, including autism and sensory and communication impairments. The home is a large, detached house with two lounges, a sensory room, dining room, kitchen and surrounding garden. Each person has their own spacious en-suite bedroom. It is located in Eastbourne in East Sussex. This seaside town enjoys an excellent range of facilities and amenities including parks and gardens. Eastbourne has direct train and road access to London and good road links around the area. In this role you will: Have strong empathy and acaring 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 orwithin 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.    What you will get Annual salary of £ 23,219 The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthdayoff! Free meals 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.