Senior Support Worker

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.

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 Senior Support Worker with a passion for delivering outstanding care.You’ll be working 42 hours a week (to include days, nights, and alternate weekends), making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at Cygnet Hospital Kidsgrove. Cygnet Hospital Kidsgrove is our hospital for women in Staffordshire.

There are two wards at the hospital; a 20 bed Acute service for women and an 11 bed Highly Specialised Personality Disorder Rehabilitation service. Crocus Ward provides a safe and stabilising environment for women who are experiencing an acute episode of mental illness and require an emergency admission. Burleigh Ward provides specialised support for women with a personality disorder and other complex needs.

Your Day\-to\-Day…

• Offer enhanced care with a flexible learning approach to all individuals 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 as required


• Support management in the day\-to\-day running of the service


• Undertake supervisory \& administrative responsibilities


• Safeguard


• Maintain a safe and clean environment for all.

• An experienced Support Worker ready to step up to a new challenge


• Genuinely driven to make a difference in people’s lives


• Confident, assertive \& ambitious for yourself, service users \& the organisation


• An excellent communicator \& good team player


• Sensitive \& intuitive with the energy required to provide a trusting, stimulating \& varied environment


• Able to empower \& support service user independence


• Organised, committed \& keen to develop your management \& leadership skills.

• Opportunities to undertake further learning \& career development


• Flexible working with opportunities for overtime


• Regular coaching \& appraisal


• Expert supervision \& peer support


• Employee discount savings \& Cycle to Work scheme


• Recruitment referrals


• Wellbeing centre with exercises, recipes, financial \& mental health advice.

*What next?*

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

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*What next?*

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

Click the button to apply

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