Support Worker (Days)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Apprenticeship scheme

Overtime opportunities

Coaching & appraisal

Wellbeing centre

NHS blue light card

Perkbox benefits

Job summary

Cygnet’s Beckly House in Shelf, West Yorkshire, is seeking a confident Care & Support Worker. You’ll work 42 hours per week with 12-hour shifts, alternating weekends, days only, to support people with learning disabilities and complex needs in a person-centred approach.

The role offers apprenticeship opportunities, flexible overtime, coaching and supervision, and wellbeing benefits as part of a supportive NHS provider environment.

Qualifications

• Genuinely driven to make a real difference in people’s lives.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work well in a team.
• Sensitive and intuitive with energy for a varied, stimulating environment.
• Able to empower and support 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 and report on medical and welfare needs.
• Safeguard.
• Maintain a safe, clean environment for all.
• Support service users to access the community and participate in work, college, hobbies, days out and holidays.
• Involve service users in tasks such as cooking and cleaning to support growth and learning.

Skills

Communication

Team player

Empathy

Person-centred approach

Job description

About the role

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 Beckly House.

Beckly is a specialist residential service in Shelf, Halifax 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 people 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.

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.

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 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

Requirements

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

Salary & benefits

• Salary: £13.15 per hour, rising to £13.45 per hour after three months (£29,435.70 first year), rising to £13.70 per hour 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
• 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.
• 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.

Location

Beckly House, Shelf, Halifax, West Yorkshire, UK.

Work hours: 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.

Closing Notice

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