Support Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

Cygnet Healthcare are looking for confident Support Workers with a passion for delivering outstanding care to join our New Service Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton opening in Summer 2024.

At Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton you will be working 42 hours per week including days/nights and weekends.

Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton is our new state-of-the-art PICU & Acute hospital for men, in the West Midlands. The service will be opening in mid-2024.

The service will feature two wards. A 12-bed PICU ward and a 17-bed Acute ward. Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton will have a full multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and will support the acute needs of adults requiring rapid access to mental health services, including those who may need an intensive care environment.

Your day-to-day at Cygnet Hospital Wolverhampton:

• 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 medical & welfare needs
• Report on medical & welfare needs as required
• Safeguard all patients and visitors to the service
• Safeguard
• Maintain a safe, clean environment for all
• Use innovative methods to improve patient care

You are

• Genuinely driven with a desire to make a real difference in peoples lives
• An excellent communicator & a good team player
• Sensitive & intuitive with the energy required to provide a trusting, stimulating & varied environment
• Passionate about empowering & supporting service user independence

Why Cygnet? Well offer you

• £11.00 rising to £11.45 Per Hour (Increasing April 2024)
• Strong career progression opportunities
• Expert supervision & support
• Employee referral scheme
• Pension scheme
• Cycle to work scheme & employee discount savings
• Blue Light Discount Scheme

Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Desirable

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Cygnet Health Care

Address

Wolverhampton

WV11 1UH

Employer's website

https://www.cygnethealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)