Support Worker

Cygnet Health Care; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Manchester is seeking confident Care & Support Workers to provide outstanding care in a full-time role. You will work 12-hour shifts supporting service users with mental health issues in a safe, nurturing environment. Ideal candidates will be passionate about making a difference and possess excellent communication skills. This position offers various benefits including discounts and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Employee discount savings

Cycle to Work scheme

Opportunities for further learning

Qualifications

• Genuinely driven to make a real difference in people's lives.
• Ability to provide a trusting, stimulating, and varied environment.
• Passion for empowering and supporting service user independence.

Responsibilities

• Offer enhanced care through a flexible learning approach.
• Provide guidance and encouragement via physical and emotional support.
• Assist with medical and welfare needs.
• Maintain a safe, clean environment.

Skills

Excellent communication

Team player

Sensitivity

Empathy

Job description

Overview

We are looking for confident Care & 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 involve working with male and female service users on one of our high priority Adult wards, addressing varied 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.

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.

Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others — every day.

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? We'll offer you

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

A career at Cygnet comes with excellent benefits. Whether it's saving you money on the high street, with healthcare, holidays & leisure - or securing your future with professional development and a pension - we support you to be happy both in & out of work.

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.

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 & their families.