Mental Health Support Worker

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

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £13.15/hour

Apprenticeship scheme

Flexible working

Overtime opportunities

Coaching & appraisal

Cycle to Work scheme

Wellbeing centre

Job summary

Cygnet Hospital Bury Dunes in Greater Manchester is seeking confident Mental Health Support Workers to join our team. A full-time contract of 37.5 hours per week with 12-hour shifts across days, nights and weekends at Cygnet Hospital Bury Dunes.

You will support adults with various personality disorders and mental health issues on high priority wards, providing physical and emotional support, safeguarding, and maintaining a safe environment.

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 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 and 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

Empathy

Excellent communication

Team player

Safeguarding

Flexibility

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 Mental Health Support Workers with a passion for delivering outstanding care.

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

Your role will be working with male/female service users on one of our high priority Adult wards working with various personality disorders and mental health issues.

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 providesa wide range of inpatientmental health services for men and women including specialist deaf services andemergency 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? We'll offer you

• Salary: £13.15 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
• 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.