Position Overview & Specifications
Cygnet Healthcare is looking for a Days Support Worker (Maternity Cover - 6 month) to join our team working at Nightingale (Bournemouth). If you have previously worked or are currently working as a care assistant, healthcare assistant, or support worker looking for a new opportunity or your first role within Social Care to help support residents with Autism and Learning Difficulties within a care home setting as part of the NHS partnership.
Nightingale’s is a 10-bed specialist residential care home supporting adults over the age of 18 with Autism and Learning Difficulties located in Bournemouth (BH6 3PX) in Boscombe.
What Cygnet Offer:
- Free meal when on shift. Free DBS.
- NHS Blue Light Discount Card, Reward Gateway®
- Fully Paid Training and Induction, 21 Days Paid Annual Leave, Paid breaks.
- Contributory pension scheme
What you will need:
- Positive Attitude and Caring Approach
- Strong Communication Skills
- Able to work as part of a team
- No previous care experience is required
About the Role:
- Working from 07:45am till 08:00pm on a 42 Hour Full Time Contract
- Maternity cover - 6 month contract
- Working alternate weekends
- Helping to promote resident independence
- Supporting residents in all aspects of day-to-day life, encouraging and promoting independence
- Monitoring of residents and reporting concerns to senior team members or managers
- Going out with residents into the local community to attend events, parks, restaurants and local activities
- Completing resident’s records to help monitor health and overall well-being
If this sounds like an opportunity you want to explore, please apply above using the 'Apply Now' button. Or, alternatively please email your CV to katiedixon@cygnethealth.co.uk