Overview
Cygnet Group are looking for a confident Care & Support Worker. 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 Oxley Woodhouse. Oxley Woodhouse is a specialist residential service in Huddersfield – 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.
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
Qualifications
- 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
- Able to empower & support service user independence
Salary and 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
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.
Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while reaping the rewards of making a difference to others – every day.
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