Support Worker

Cygnet; Rotherham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Apprenticeship scheme

Flexible working hours

Coaching & appraisal

Supervision & peer support

Employee discounts

Referrals

Wellbeing centre

Job summary

Cygnet is seeking a confident Care & Support Worker for Dene Brook in Rotherham. You’ll work full-time, with 42 hours weekly on 12-hour shifts, including alternate weekends on a two-week rota, days only, to support residents with learning disabilities and complex needs.

The role focuses on person-centred care, safety, and wellbeing, with progression through an apprenticeship scheme and a range of staff benefits provided by Cygnet.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills are essential.
• Ability to provide empathetic, person-centered care.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to residents' needs.

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 and 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.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Empathy

Person-centered care

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 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 (4 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 Dene Brook.

Dene Brook is a specialist residential service in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, supporting people with learning disabilities, complex needs, autism 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.

At Cygnet, our perks go way beyond pension schemes and excellent professional development, you'll also enjoy discounts with our free NHS blue light card, perkbox with vouchers for everyday purchases and shopping, private health cash plans, free confidential mental health support and much more, to support your wellbeing in and out of work.

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.

An unpaid carer? We recognise that many of our colleagues have unpaid caring responsibilities and we welcome applications from unpaid carers. We value the skills and experience that caring can bring to the workplace.

Why Cygnet? We'll offer you...

• £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
• 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.