Senior Support Worker

Cygnet; Bury St Edmunds; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Overtime opportunities

Wellbeing centre

Cycle to Work

Employee discounts

Coaching & peer support

Job summary

Cygnet Hospital Bury Forestwood is seeking a Senior Support Worker for CAMHS services. The role is a full-time contract (37.5 hours per week) with 12-hour shifts across days, nights, and weekends at our Bury Forestwood site.

Successful applicants will undergo a 3-week full-time paid induction. The service provides Tier 4 PICU, General Acute and Low Secure settings with on-site amenities and education through Forestwood School.

Qualifications

• Experience as a support worker in mental health care.
• Willingness to work 12-hour shifts including days, nights and weekends.
• Note: enhanced DBS check required or on completion.

Responsibilities

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach to all individuals in our care
• 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
• Support management in the day-to-day running of the service
• Undertake supervisory and administrative responsibilities
• Safeguard
• Maintain a safe and clean environment for all.

Skills

Mental health care experience

Communication skills

Team player

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 Senior Support Worker 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 Forestwood inside our CAMHS (Children & Adolescent Mental Health Services.)

Note: Successful applicants would be required to attend a 3 week full time paid induction at the start of employment. (Monday to Friday)

Cygnet Bury Forestwood offers CAMHS Tier 4 PICU, General Acute and Low Secure services across four wards which provide a defined treatment pathway from admission through to intervention and discharge including rapid assessment and treatment.

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.

In addition there is a diverse educational programme teaching a range of subjects available at the on-site school, Forestwood School, which is registered with the Department for Education.

Your Day-to-Day...

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach to all individuals in our care
• Provide guidance & encouragement through physical & emotional support
• Learn about individuals' specific needs & provide help in the most appropriate way
• Assist with medical & welfare needs & report as required
• Support management in the day-to-day running of the service
• Undertake supervisory & administrative responsibilities
• Safeguard
• Maintain a safe and clean environment for all.

You are...

• An experienced Support Worker in mental health care, ready to step up to a new challenge
• Genuinely driven to make a difference in people's lives
• Confident, assertive & ambitious for yourself, service users & the organisation
• An excellent communicator & good team player
• Sensitive & intuitive with the energy required to provide a trusting, stimulating & varied environment
• Able to empower & support service user independence
• Organised, committed & keen to develop your management & leadership skills.

Why Cygnet? We'll offer you...

• Salary: £14.23 per hour
• Opportunities to undertake further learning & career development
• Flexible working with opportunities for overtime
• Regular coaching & appraisal Expert supervision & peer support
• Employee discount savings & Cycle to Work scheme
• Recruitment referrals
• Wellbeing centre with exercises, recipes, financial & mental health advice.

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