Support Worker

Overview

We are looking for confident Care & Support Workers with a passion for delivering outstanding care. You will work full‑time (37.5 hours per week) with 12-hour shifts across days, nights and weekends at Cygnet Hospital Bury Hudson, a secure mental health service for men with personality disorders. Each service user has a bedroom with en suite facilities and communal spaces including a gym, laundry, occupational therapy kitchen, therapy garden and woodland walkways to the Elton Reservoir.

Responsibilities

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach for all service users, patients and residents.
• Provide guidance and encouragement through physical and emotional support.
• Learn about individuals’ specific needs and provide help in the most appropriate way.
• Assist with medical and welfare needs and report as required.
• Safeguard.
• Maintain a safe and clean environment for all.

Qualifications

• Genuinely driven with a desire to make a real difference in people’s lives.
• Excellent communicator and good team player.
• Sensitive and intuitive with the energy required to provide a trusting, stimulating and varied environment.
• Capable of empowering and supporting service‑user independence.
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
• Attendance of a 3‑week full‑time paid induction at the start of employment (Monday to Friday 9:00–17:00).

Benefits

• Salary: £13.15 per hour.
• Flexible working with opportunity for overtime.
• Regular coaching and appraisal.
• Employee discount savings and Cycle to Work scheme.
• Opportunity to undertake further learning with our excellent apprenticeship scheme.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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