Support Worker

Cygnet Group; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working with overtime

Coaching & appraisal

Supervision & peer support

Employee discount savings

Cycle to Work scheme

Apprenticeship scheme

Job summary

Cygnet Group is seeking confident Care & Support Workers for Cygnet Hospital Bury Hudson in the Greater Manchester area. The role is full-time, with 37.5 hours per week and 12-hour shifts across days, nights and weekends.

Successful applicants will undergo a 3-week paid induction (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm) and must complete an enhanced DBS check. You will provide compassionate care, support service users, and work as part of a team to maintain a safe and respectful environment within secure mental

Qualifications

• Induction: 3 week full-time paid induction at start of employment (Mon-Fri 9am - 5pm).
• Enhanced DBS check required for successful applicants.

Responsibilities

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all 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.

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 Care & Support Workers with a passion for delivering outstanding care.

You'll be workingfull time (37.5 hours per week)with 12 hour shifts across days, nights & Weekends at Cygnet Hospital Bury Hudson.

Cygnet Bury Hudson providesa wide range of securemental health services for men including individuals with a diagnosis of personality disorder.

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.

Note:Successful applicants would be required to attend a 3 week full time paid induction at the start of employment. (Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm)

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
• Flexible working with opportunity for overtime
• Regular coaching & appraisal
• Expert supervision & peer support
• Employee discount savings & Cycle to Work scheme
• An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme.

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.