Support Worker (Nights)

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

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Blue Light Card discounts

Perkbox vouchers

Private health cash plans

Confidential mental health support

Cycle to Work

Job summary

Cygnet is hiring a Care & Support Worker for Dene Brook in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. You will provide person-centred care, supporting individuals with learning disabilities, autism, and complex needs. The role includes night shifts, a two-week rolling rota, and on-site duties.

The position offers opportunities for training, wellbeing support, and benefits such as discounts, health plans, and confidential mental health resources. Salary starts at £13.15 per hour and increases over time.

Qualifications

• Personal qualities include being genuinely driven to make a difference
• Excellent communicator and good team player
• Sensitive and able to provide a trusting, 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 accordingly
• Assist with and report on medical and welfare needs
• Safeguard and maintain a safe, clean environment
• Support service users to access the community and activities
• Engage service users in tasks such as cooking and cleaning

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Person-centered care

Job description

About the role

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), nights 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. 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.

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 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

Personal qualities

• 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

Why Cygnet?

We'll offer you... 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.

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

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.