Bank Support Worker

Cygnet Group; Stockport; Remote; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £13.00 per hour

12.1% annual leave allowance (£14.57ph

Flexible working

Apprenticeship scheme

Regular coaching & appraisal

Wellbeing centre

Job summary

Cygnet Group is looking for a confident Bank Care & Support Worker with a passion for delivering outstanding healthcare at Woodrow House in Stockport. You’ll have the opportunity to pick up 12 hour shifts to suit you and your lifestyle.

Woodrow House is a specialist residential service supporting adults with learning disabilities who may have behaviours that challenge and associated complex needs. The role focuses on person-centred care, independence, and community integration.

Qualifications

• Genuinely driven with a desire to make a real difference in people’s lives.
• An excellent communicator and a good team player.
• Sensitive and intuitive with the energy required to provide a trusting, stimulating and varied environment.
• Able to empower and support service user independence.

Responsibilities

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all the people in our care
• Provide guidance & encouragement through physical & emotional support
• Learn about individuals’ specific needs & provide help in the most appropriate way
• Assist with and report on medical & welfare needs
• Safeguard
• Maintain a safe, clean environment for all
• Supporting service users to access the community, to attend things like work, college, hobbies & activities, days out & holidays
• Supporting the service users to grow, develop & learn through engaging them in tasks such as cooking & cleaning

Skills

Excellent communicator

Team player

Empathetic and patient

Empower independence

Job description

Helping others improve and turn their lives around – there’s no better feeling. It’s what we do for thousands of people at more than 150 sites across the UK. Be a part of it.

Excited to grow your career?

We are looking for a confidentBank Care & Support Workerwith a passion for delivering outstanding healthcare.

You’ll have the opportunity to pick up 12 hour shifts to suit you and your lifestyle, supporting our service users at Woodrow House in Stockport.

Woodrow House is a specialist residential service, supporting adults with learning disabilities who may have behaviours that challenge and associated complex needs.

We provide specialist care and support that is tailored to individual needs, promoting independence and community integration. We encourage and enable the people we support to lead a full and happy life and work with them to find out their strengths, abilities and preferences so that their care can be as person-centred as possible.

At Cygnet, our perks go way beyond pension schemes and excellent professional development – you’ll also enjoy discounts with our free NHS blue light card, rewards gateway with vouchers for everyday purchases and shopping, private health cash plans, free confidential mental health support and much more, to support your wellbeing in and out of work.

Your day-to-day…

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all the people in our care

• Provide guidance & encouragement through physical & emotional support

• Learn about individuals’ specific needs & provide help in the most appropriate way

• Assist with and report on medical & welfare needs

• Safeguard

• Maintain a safe, clean environment for all

• Supporting service users to access the community, to attend things like work, college, hobbies & activities, days out & holidays

• Supporting the service users to grow, develop & learn through engaging them in tasks such as cooking & cleaning

You are…

• Genuinely driven with a desire to make a real difference in people’s lives

• An excellent communicator and a good team player

• Sensitive and intuitive with the energy required to provide a trusting, stimulating & varied environment

• Able to empower & support service user independence

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…

• Salary: £13.00 per hour plus 12.1% annual leave allowance (£14.57ph)

• An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme

• Flexible working

• Regular coaching & appraisal

• Expert supervision & peer support

• Employee discount savings & Cycle to Work scheme

• Wellbeing centre with exercises, recipes, financial and mental health advice

Successful candidates will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

Cygnethas been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years. In this role you’ll have the chance to make a real impact on patients, service users & their families.