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Job summary

Main area
Learning Disabilities
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Pro Rata: 7am until 2.30pm, 1.30pm until 9.00pm and 8.40pm until 7.00am (Shifts))
Job ref
325-7329082-PLD-A
Employer
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Rosewood
Town
Horley
Salary
£25,768 Incl. 5% HCAS, pa, pro rata.
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/09/2025 23:59

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Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Support Worker

NHS AfC: Band 2

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust  to work for.  This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Job overview

Rosewood is a registered care home with nursing services, accommodating up to eight individuals with learning disabilities and associated profound physical and health needs. The home is registered to perform two regulated activities:

1.    Providing accommodation for persons who require nursing or personal care

2.      Treating disease, disorder, or injury

Rosewood is a spacious, purpose-built bungalow featuring eight large single rooms. These rooms are designed to cater to both male and female adults and include overhead tracking systems. Some rooms are also equipped with epilepsy monitoring systems, enabling us to meet the complex needs of each resident.

Our dedicated staff team comprises both nursing care professionals and support workers. They are committed to helping residents engage in active lifestyles that support their personal aspirations and life dreams.

Main duties of the job

1.    Support people using our services in line with their individual care plan to promote as much independence as possible.

2.    To assist with all aspects of personal care (supporting continence needs, showering, bathing etc.) in accordance with individual’s support needs.

3.    Participate in the ongoing monitoring of the health (mental and physical) and behaviour of people using the service. 

4.    Reporting and recording all relevant information and reporting to Shift Leader any changes in the person.

5.    Act as a keyworker for named individuals within the service.

6.    Support an active and enjoyable lifestyle of individuals, by encouraging a range of leisure and social interests. Support on holidays, as identified in their person-centred plans.

7.    To provide person centred support as identified within the care plan ensuring respect, privacy, and dignity always.

8.    Help to maintain and develop relationships between individuals and their families, friends and significant others.

 

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Please note if the role has been advertised as a Home Working Contract Only - Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidates residence and will be discussed on offer. 

We look forward to receiving your application!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see Job Description.

You will be part of a professional team supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, complex health needs in the services they access and their wider community.  You will be working closely with relatives, carers, friends, advocates, colleagues, other professionals. You will play a key role in promoting and deliver a consistently high-quality, safe, person-centred service that encourages individuals to be as independent as possible in their care and wellbeing, and to enjoy a good quality of life at all times, in an environment of dignity, compassion and respect.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Care Certificate or willingness to complete within 12 weeks of starting role.
Desirable criteria
  • NVQ level 2

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of caring for someone, either work of family member.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with people with Learning Disability in a care home or day service.

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Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mae Lorenzo
Job title
Home Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01293774907
Additional information

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