Day Support Worker

Cygnet; Mansfield Woodhouse; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apprenticeship scheme

Flexible working

Overtime

Coaching & appraisal

Cycle to Work scheme

Employee discount savings

Recruitment referrals

Wellbeing centre

Job summary

Cygnet is hiring a Care & Support Worker at Cherry Tree House in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire. You will join a dedicated residential service supporting people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs.

Working full time, 42 hours a week on 12-hour day shifts, you will provide physical and emotional support, promote independence, and help maintain a safe, warm environment. DBS check is enhanced as part of the process.

Qualifications

• Excellent communicator and a good team player.
• Genuine desire to make a real difference in people’s lives.
• Sensitive and intuitive with energy to provide a trusting, stimulating environment.
• Helping to empower and support service user independence.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Communication skills

Team player

Empathy

Patient care

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 a confident Care & Support Worker with a passion for delivering outstanding healthcare.

You’ll be working full time, 42 hours a week (12 hour day shifts only) in our specialist residential service, Cherry Tree House. Cherry Tree House is a specialist residential service in Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, complex needs and behaviours that may challenge.

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? We’ll offer you...

• Salary: £13.15 – £13.70 per hour


• 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


• Recruitment referrals


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

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

What next?

If you care about making a difference – we want to talk to you.