Support Worker

Cygnet Group; Lockerbie; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible overtime

Coaching & appraisal

Employee discounts

Cycle to Work scheme

Job summary

Cygnet Trinity Lodge in Lockerbie is seeking a confident Support Worker to join our team. You’ll work full time (42 hours per week) on day or night shifts across a specialist residential service for adults with learning disabilities and complex needs.

Starting £13.45 per hour and rising to £13.75 per hour after probation, the role offers flexible shifts and a range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing and development within a national network of care services.

Qualifications

• Genuinely driven with a desire to make a real difference in people’s lives.
• Excellent communicator and a good team player.
• Sensitive and intuitive with energy to provide a trusting, stimulating and varied environment.
• Passionate about empowering and supporting service user independence.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Excellent communicator

Good team player

Empathetic & compassionate

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 confident

Support Worker with a passion for delivering outstanding care.

You'll be working

full time 42hours a week

(day shifts or night shifts), making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at

Cygnet Trinity Lodge.

This i

s a specialist residential service for adults with learning disabilities and complex needs. The team supports people who have behaviours that may challenge and associated mental or physical health needs.

Located in the heart of a residential part of Lockerbie, the service has an abundance of community-based activities and facilities. The people we support are encouraged to be involved in the local community as much or as little as they wish to be.

At Cygnet, our perks go way beyond pension schemes and excellent professional development.

You'll also enjoy shopping, travel and leisure discounts - as well as a range of healthcare and financial benefits - to support you to be happy both in and out of work.

• 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? We'll offer you...

• Flexible working with the opportunity for overtime
• Regular coaching & appraisal
• Employee discount savings & Cycle to Work scheme

Starting £13.45 per/hour up to £13.75 per/hour post probation.

You are...

• Genuinely driven with a desire to make a real difference in people’s 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

Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

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.