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.
Cygnet Group are looking for a confident Care & Support Worker with a passion for delivering outstanding healthcare.
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), nights only, making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at Beckly House.
Beckly is a specialist residential service in Shelf, Halifax – 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.
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, rising to £13.45 per hour after three months (£29,435.70 first year), rising to £13.70ph 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
- Recruitment referrals
- 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.
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