Support Worker - Darlington, United Kingdom - Cygnet

Cygnet

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Darlington, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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We are looking for a confident Support Worker with a passion for delivering outstanding healthcare.

You'll be working full time 42 hours a week, 12 hour shifts, days and nights, including two weekends a month, making a positive difference to the lives of the people in our care at the Albert Ward, Victoria House.

Cygnet Victoria House is a 26 bed mental health inpatient service for men.

The service, split across two wards, provides a safe and stabilising environment for men who are experiencing an acute episode of mental illness and require an emergency admission.

Albert Ward is our 9 bed male PICU( Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit) service at Cygnet Victoria House and accepts emergency and crisis admissions.

Our aim is a short, rapid intervention to help service users regain a sense of control and order in their lives, so they can move to a less restrictive care setting and ultimately return home.

The service provides expert, intensive, short-term, individualised care for service users detained under the Mental Health Act. Service users will present with increased risks that require them to be assessed and treated in a PICU environment.

The service has a seclusion suite for individualswhose risk level may require a period of time nursed within a seclusion environment.

At Cygnet, our perks go way beyond pension schemes and excellent professional development - you'll also enjoy discounts with our free NHS blue light card, rewards gateway offering 10% or more off supermarket shopping, private health cash plans, free confidential mental health support and more, to support your wellbeing in and out of work.

Your day-to-day

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

Why Cygnet? We'll offer you

Opportunities for further qualifications and training
Flexible working with the opportunity for overtime
Regular coaching & appraisals
Benefits including free NHS blue light card, rewards, money off supermarket shopping, private health cash plans, pension scheme, mental health support and much more

You are

Genuinely driven with a desire to make a real difference in people's 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

Cygnet has been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years. In this role you'll have the chance to make a real impact on patients, service users & their families.