Support Worker

NHS; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in England is seeking a confident Support Worker to deliver outstanding care. You will work full-time (37.5 hours per week) with 12-hour shifts across days, nights, and weekends at Cygnet Hospital Bury. The ideal candidate will provide essential support to service users with various mental health issues. In addition to making a difference in their lives, you will enjoy career development opportunities and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Further learning opportunities

Flexible working

Employee discount savings

Wellbeing resources

Qualifications

• Confident in delivering outstanding care and support.
• Driven to make a real difference in people's lives.
• Ability to provide physical and emotional support to service users.

Responsibilities

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach.
• Provide guidance and encouragement through support.
• Assist with medical and welfare needs, reporting as necessary.
• Safeguard and maintain a clean environment.

Skills

Excellent communication

Team player

Sensitive and intuitive

Empathy

Job description

We are looking for a confident Support worker with a passion for delivering outstanding care.You'll be working 37.5 hours a week (12 Hour Shifts across Days,Nights and Weekends), making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at Cygnet Hospital Bury (Dunes).

Main duties of the job

At Cygnet, we support our people to grow their careers, gain new skills and keep stepping up.Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others every day

About us

Cygnet was established in 1988. Since then we have developed a wide range of services for individuals with mental health needs, autism and learning disabilities within the UK. We have built a reputation for delivering pioneering services and outstanding outcomes for the people in our care. Our expert and highly dedicated care team of 10 000 employees empower 2864 individuals across 150 services to consistently make a positive difference to their lives, through service-user focused care and rehabilitation.

Job responsibilities

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 confident Support Workers 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 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 provides a wide range of inpatient mental health services for men and women including specialist deaf services and emergency 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 peoples 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? Well offer you

• An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme
• Flexible working with opportunity for overtime
• Regular coaching & appraisal
• 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?

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Person Specification

General Requirements

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.