Support Worker | Pindar House

Neuro Rehab Times; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension & development

Discounts

Wellbeing centre

Cycle to Work

Employee discounts

Recruitment referrals

Job summary

Cygnet Pindar House is seeking a confident Support Worker with a passion for delivering outstanding care. You’ll work 42 hours a week across days, nights and weekends in a neuropsychiatric service for men with acquired brain injuries.

Provide physical and emotional support, safeguard residents, and help maintain a safe, clean environment while learning and growing through our apprenticeship scheme and benefits.

Qualifications

• Genuinely driven with a desire to make a real difference in people’s lives.
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
• Empathetic and capable of providing a stimulating, varied environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for service users.
• Offer physical and emotional support and guidance.
• Learn individuals’ needs and provide appropriate assistance.
• Assist with medical and welfare needs and report as required.
• Safeguard residents and maintain a safe, clean environment.

Skills

Excellent communication

Team player

Empathy

Supportive approach

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 Support Worker with a passion for delivering outstanding care.

You’ll be working 42hours a week (Days, Nights and Weekends), making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at Cygnet Pindar House.

Cygnet Pindar House is our 22 bed Neuropsychiatric care and treatment service for men affected by acquired brain injuries. It is a safe and secure place to aid recovery as well as offering those diagnosed with a progressive neurological disease like Huntington’s Disease, a caring and longer term placement to support and help manage the progression of their symptoms.

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.

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 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.

What next?

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