Support Worker

Cygnet Group; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 39,565,000 - 40,501,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee discount savings

Blue Light Discount Scheme

Job summary

Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton is inviting applications for an experienced Mental Health Support Worker to join our acute/PICU team. You will work full-time across days and nights, including weekends, at our Wolverhampton site, delivering compassionate care to adults in a fast-paced environment.

We offer progression, expert supervision, a pension scheme, and employee discounts. The role requires prior acute/PICU mental health experience and a DBS check.

Qualifications

• Experienced Mental Health Support Worker with over 6 months of experience within an ACUTE/PICU mental health setting or over 2 years of mental health experience.

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 & provide help in the most appropriate way
• Assist with medical & welfare needs
• Report on medical & welfare needs as required
• Safeguard all patients and visitors to the service
• Safeguard
• Maintain a safe, clean environment for all
• Use innovative methods to improve patient 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.

Cygnet Group is currently recruiting experienced Mental Health Support Workers with a passion for delivering outstanding care to join our service at Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton.

At Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton, you will be working full-time 42 hours per week (07:45 am/pm till 08:00 pm/am), including days/nights and weekends.

Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton is our state-of-the-art PICU & Acute hospital for men, in the West Midlands.

The service features two wards. A 12-bed PICU ward and a 17-bed Acute ward. Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton has a full multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and supports the acute needs of adults requiring rapid access to mental health services, including those who may need an intensive care environment.

We’re focused on length of stay and making sure individuals move as quickly and safely as possible from our services to the most appropriate and least restrictive environment for them. Individuals can step down through the pathways available within Cygnet services.

Referrals can come to us from all areas, including other acute services and prison services.

Experienced Mental Health Support Worker with over 6 months of experience within an ACUTE/PICU mental health setting or over 2 years of mental health experience.

Your day-to-day at Cygnet Hospital, Wolverhampton:

• 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 all patients and visitors to the service
• Safeguard
• Maintain a safe, clean environment for all
• Use innovative methods to improve patient care

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

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…

• Salary: £13.15 Per Hour
• Increasing to £13.45 Per Hour after 3 Months
• Strong career progression opportunities
• Expert supervision & support
• Pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme & employee discount savings
• Blue Light Discount Scheme

Please note that successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

This vacancy may close before this date if a large number of applications are received.

What next?

If you care about making a difference – we want to talk to you.