Support Worker

NHS Jobs; Long Lee; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apprenticeship scheme

Flexible overtime

Coaching & appraisal

Cycle to Work scheme

Wellbeing centre

Job summary

Hawkstone, Bradford-based NHS care service, is hiring a Care & Support Worker to provide person-centered support. You’ll work full-time 42 hours per week with 12-hour day shifts and a two-week rolling rota, including alternate weekends, and you will join a team delivering compassionate, inclusive care to adults with learning disabilities and complex needs.

On offer: a competitive hourly rate, opportunities for learning through our apprenticeship scheme, flexible overtime, regular coaching and

Qualifications

• Genuine drive to make a difference in peoples lives.
• Excellent communication and teamwork.

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 and provide help in the most appropriate way.
• Assist with and report on medical & welfare needs.
• Safeguard.
• Maintain a safe, clean environment for all.
• Support service users to access the community, to attend work, college, hobbies, activities, days out & holidays.
• Support service users to grow, develop & learn through engaging them in tasks like cooking & cleaning.

Skills

Communication

Team player

Empathy

Person-centred care

Job description

We are looking for a confident Care & Support Worker with a passion for delivering outstanding healthcare. You'll be working full time 42 hours a week, 12 hour shifts, including alternate weekends (four shifts week one, three shifts week two, on a two week rolling rota), days 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.

Please be aware that this vacancy may close before the advertised date if the role is filled.

Your day-to-day

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all the people in ou r care
• Provide guidance & encouragement through physical & emotional support
• Learn about individuals specific needs & provide help in the most appropriate way
• Assist with and report on medical & welfare needs
• Safeguard
• Maintain a safe, clean environment for all
• Supporting service users to access the community, to attend things like work, college, hobbies & activities, days out & holidays
• Supporting the service users to grow, develop & learn through engaging them in tasks such as cooking & cleaning

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
• Able to empower & support service user independence

Salary & benefits

• Salary: £13.15 per hour, rising to £13.45 per hour after three months (£29,435.70 first year), rising to £13.70ph after 18 months
• An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme
• Flexible working with opportunity for overtime
• Regular coaching & appraisal
• Expert supervision & peer support
• Employee discount savings & Cycle to Work scheme
• Wellbeing centre with exercises, recipes, financial and mental health advice

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

Cygnet has 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 & its families.