Support Worker

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Blackburn (OK); On-site; USD 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Apprenticeship scheme

Flexible overtime

Employee discounts

Cycle to Work scheme

Wellbeing centre

Job summary

Cygnet Fountains in Blackburn is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to join our high-support inpatient service. You’ll work full-time (42 hours) across days, nights, weekends and bank holidays, delivering compassionate care to men with complex needs.

Responsibilities include promoting wellbeing, assisting with medical and welfare needs, and safeguarding residents in a safe, clean environment. DBS check is required for successful candidates.

Qualifications

• Be genuinely driven to make a difference in people’s lives.
• Excellent communicator and a good team player.
• Sensitive and intuitive with energy for a varied environment.
• Willing to empower and support service user independence.
• DBS check is required for successful candidates.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Sensitivity

Empowerment

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

Support Workerwith a passion for delivering outstanding care at

Cygnet Fountains.

You’ll be working

full time, 42 hours a week

at Cygnet Fountains (working days, nights, weekends and Bank Holidays).

Cygnet Fountains

is a high support inpatient rehabilitation (level 2) service for men who have severe and enduring mental illness and who may have been detained under the Mental Health Act. The individuals we support come to us following multiple placement breakdowns, failed treatment programmes or stepping down from secure settings.

• 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
• 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…

• An opening to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme
• Flexible working with opportunity for overtime
• Employee discount savings & Cycle to Work scheme
• 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.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Support Worker

Company: Cygnet Salary: £13.15 - £13.15 Hours: Full-time Location: Blackburn, BB2 1TU Job type: Permanent Posting date: 19 Aug 2026 Closing date: 16 Sept 2026

Summary

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

Support Workerwith a passion for delivering outstanding care at

Cygnet Fountains.

You’ll be working

full time, 42 hours a week

at Cygnet Fountains (working days, nights, weekends and Bank Holidays).

Cygnet Fountains

is a high support inpatient rehabilitation (level 2) service for men who have severe and enduring mental illness and who may have been detained under the Mental Health Act. The individuals we support come to us following multiple placement breakdowns, failed treatment programmes or stepping down from secure settings.

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…

• Salary: £13.15 per hour
• 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

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.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

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