d/Deaf Support Worker

CYGNET; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apprenticeship scheme

Cycle to Work

Employee discount savings

Job summary

Cygnet Hospital Bury Dunes is seeking confident d/Deaf Support Workers to help deliver outstanding care across our adult wards. The role is full-time (37.5 hours per week) with 12-hour shifts including days, nights and weekends, and requires native British Sign Language or Signature Level 2 to support deaf service users.

You’ll work with men and women with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs, providing physical and emotional support, reporting welfare needs, and helping create

Qualifications

• Native British Sign Language usage or Signature Level 2 is required.
• Full-time commitment (37.5 hours/week) with 12-hour shifts across days, nights & weekends.
• DBS check required before start of employment.

Responsibilities

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all service users.
• Provide guidance and encouragement through physical and emotional support.
• Learn about individuals' specific needs and provide help in the most appropriate way.
• Assist with medical and welfare needs and report as required.
• Safeguard and maintain a safe environment for all.
• Support service users to maintain independence and wellbeing.

Skills

British Sign Language

Communication

Teamwork

Empathy

Education

Signature Level 2

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. We are looking for confident d/Deaf Support Workers with a passion for delivering outstanding care.

You'll be working a full time contract (37.5 hours per week) with 12 hour shifts across both days, nights & Weekends at Cygnet Hospital Bury Dunes.

Your role will be working with male/female service users on one of our high priority Adult wards working with learning disability, autism and various mental health issues. This role requires native British Sign Language usage or a minimum Signature Level 2 as it is a deaf service.

Successful applicants would be required to attend a 3 week full time induction at the start of employment (Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm).

Cygnet Bury Dunes provides a wide range of inpatient mental health services for men and women including specialist deaf services and emergency admission services.

Each service user has a bedroom with en suite facilities and a range of communal spaces including a gym, laundry, occupational therapy kitchen, therapy garden and woodland walkways down to the Elton Reservoir.

Your Day-to-Day

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all our service users, patients & residents
• Provide guidance and encouragement through physical & emotional support
• Learn about individuals' specific needs & provide help in the most appropriate way
• Assist with medical & welfare needs and report as required
• Safeguard
• Maintain a safe and clean environment for all

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
• Helping to empower & support service user independence

Why Cygnet?

• An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme
• Flexible working with opportunity for overtime
• Regular coaching & appraisal
• Expert supervision & peer support
• Employee discount savings & Cycle to Work scheme
• Salary: £13.15 per hour

Please note: successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Please note we are able to provide a BSL translation if required.

At Cygnet, we've been changing people's lives for more than 30 years - thanks to our wide range of high-quality health services. Our care has our patients and residents at its heart and their wellness as its goal. We're always set on positive, lasting outcomes.