Senior Waking Night Support Worker

Cygnet Group; Long Lee; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS blue light card discounts

Perkbox vouchers

Private health cash plans

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Cygnet Group is seeking a confident Senior Night Support Worker for Hawkstone in Bradford, West Yorkshire. You will work nights, 12-hour shifts, 42 hours per week, with a two-week rolling rota including alternate weekends.

You’ll support people with learning disabilities and complex needs in a specialist residential service, delivering person-centred care. You’ll be joining a team that values wellbeing and professional development, with perks like health plans, discounts, and a supportive

Qualifications

• Experience as a Support Worker or similar role.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Able to work with individuals with learning disabilities and complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for individuals in care.
• Offer physical and emotional support to service users.
• Learn about individual needs and provide appropriate help.
• Assist with medical and welfare needs and report as required.
• Support the day-to-day running of the service and take supervisory responsibilities.
• Carry out administrative tasks as needed.
• Maintain safeguarding and a safe, clean environment.

Skills

Night shift experience

People skills

Communication

Team player

Leadership ambition

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 confidentSenior Night Support Workerwith a passion for delivering outstanding healthcare.

You’ll be working full time42hours a week,12hour shifts, including alternate weekends (four shifts week one, three shifts week two, on a two week rolling rota), Nights only, making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at Hawkstone.

Hawkstone is a specialist residential service in Bradford, West Yorkshire, supporting people with learning disabilities, complex needs and behaviours that may challenge.

We encourage and enable the people we support to lead a full and happy life. We work with them to ensure they have more choice and control in their lives. We find out their strengths, abilities and preferences so that the care provided can be as person-centred and meaningful to each individual 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, perkbox 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 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 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

• £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.

What next?

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