Support Worker

NHS Jobs; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension schemes

Professional development

Cycle to Work scheme

Employee discount savings

Healthcare and financial benefits

Job summary

NHS Jobs is hiring a confident Care & Support Worker for Cygnet Acer Clinic. You will work 42 hours a week across days, nights and weekends to support women with complex mental health needs in a therapeutic setting.

Join a 28-bed service delivering assessment, treatment and rehabilitation. You will provide physical and emotional support, safeguarding, and maintain a safe, clean environment while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Enhanced DBS check required.
• Experience delivering care and welfare support.
• Ability to work flexible days, nights and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all the people 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 on medical & welfare needs as required
• Safeguard
• Maintain a safe, clean environment for all

Skills

Excellent communication

Teamwork

Empathy

Person-centred care

Job description

Helping others improve and turn their lives around theres no better feeling. Its 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 care. You'll be working 42 hours a week (Days, Nights and Weekends), making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at Cygnet Acer Clinic. Cygnet Acer Clinic is a 28 bed service providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for women with personality disorder and complex needs or acute mental health needs. Care is provided in a therapeutic environment, with a level of security matched to individual needs. The aim of the treatment, rehabilitation and re‑socialisation programme is to prepare the people in our care either for transfer to conditions of lesser security, or for a life in the community.

Your day‑to‑day

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all the people 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 on medical & welfare needs as required
• Safeguard
• Maintain a safe, clean environment for all

Why Cygnet?

• £13.15 Per Hour
• Flexible working with the opportunity for overtime
• Regular coaching & appraisal
• Expert supervision & peer support
• Employee discount savings & Cycle to Work scheme
• pension schemes and excellent professional development
• shopping, travel and leisure discounts
• range of healthcare and financial benefits to support you to be happy both in and out of work

Desirable qualities

• You are Genuinely driven with a desire to make a real difference in peoples lives
• An excellent communicator & a good team player
• Sensitive & intuitive with the energy required to provide a trusting, stimulating & varied environment
• Passionate about empowering & supporting service user independence

Requirements

• 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.

Cygnethas been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years. In this role you'll have the chance to make a real impact on patients, service users & their families.