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Bank Housekeeper

Bury, BL8 2BS
£11.60 per hour
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About the role

Overview

Bury, BL8 2BS
Full Time
£11.60 per hour
29 November 2024

We are looking for an outstanding Housekeeper with a passion for making a difference to others. 

You’ll be working on a flexible bank contract with 8 hr shifts available from 8:30am across both weekdays & weekends within Cygnet Hospital Bury, in this role you will be helping to maintain a safe and healthy environment for the people in our care. 

Cygnet Hospital Bury provides a wide range of inpatient mental health services for men and women including specialist deaf services and CAMHS provision for adolescents.

Each service user has a bedroom with en suite facilities and a range of communal spaces including a gym, laundry, occupational therapy kitchen, therapy garden and woodland walkways down to the Elton Reservoir.

At Cygnet, our perks go way beyond pension schemes and excellent professional development.

You’ll also enjoy shopping, travel and leisure discounts – as well as a range of healthcare and financial benefits – to support you to be happy both in and out of work.

With us, you’ll have the chance to progress your career in a vibrant, supportive culture tailored to help you thrive.

Apply now to enjoy excellent career prospects while being part of an organisation that cares about helping people.

Your day-to-day…

  • Ensure the site maintains a high level of cleanliness 
  • Carry out daily & weekly cleaning regimes 
  • Maintain & replenish stock and ensure that equipment is clean & well maintained
  • Employ safe working practices & adhere to health & safety procedures 
  • Comply with Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations

Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…

  • Strong career progression opportunities 
  • Expert supervision & support
  • Employee referral scheme
  • Pension scheme
  • “Cycle to work” scheme & employee discount savings

You are… 

  • Experienced in cleaning, housekeeping or domestic work (desirable)
  • Knowledgeable of COSHH (desirable)
  • Friendly, conscientious & have a positive attitude
  • A good communicator

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

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.

Benefits & Rewards

NHS Staff Discounts

Cygnet provides its staff with NHS discounts across a range of high street retailers. The discounts can be redeemed by showing your Cygnet ID badge. You can also get further discounts by registering your details with Health Service Discounts and Blue Light Card.

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On-site Benefits

Cygnet provides free meals and free on-site parking for employees at work.

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Cycle To Work Scheme

Cygnet will give you exclusive access to a range of benefits with our Cycle To Work scheme.

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Enhanced Maternity

In addition to statutory pay, Cygnet provides enhanced maternity pay.

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Haley Hanson

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Haley has recently joined the therapy team from support worker. Haley is very passion about her job. Patients here at aspen clinic requested therapy animals for a long time. Haley organised a donation day and raised money for us to have quails. She put forward the idea which was approved. Now we have our very own quails! Haley goes above and beyond

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Maria Iqbal

Team Leader
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Maria provided great comfort for one of our residents who really struggles having a blood test. She managed on 2 occasions to successfully support nursing staff to get very important blood tests completed for this resident. Thank you for your hard work comforting this resident Maria.

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Priyanka Bakshi

Counselling Psychologist
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Priyanka deserves to be rewarded for her hard work developing a functional analysis for a complex young person. Her work is helping our team to develop a formulation to understand the young person and support them in the best way. Priyanka has dedicated a lot of her time to this and we are very lucky to have her as a part of our team.

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Leanne Tonks

Nurse
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Leanne is someone who started at Cygnet in Domestic Services and has worked from this position to support, a nursing associate, and completed her nurse training with Cygnet. She is now employed on the same ward where she started and she is excelling in the role. She is confident and competent and she has a can do attitude and gets tasks completed.

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Kristina Robinson

Cleaner
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Kristina goes above and beyond every single day at work, she is incredible at supporting the residents and having the ‘on the spot’ tools and knowledge to diffuse situations and inspire residents to change their mindset. She is great at helping residents to express themselves and to be as independent as possible. She is an asset to the team.

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Felly Loota-Ebola

Support Worker
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Felly has established an incredibly strong relationship with a resident who shows particularly challenging behaviours. Felly worked consistently with this resident whilst he was in the hospital, never once complaining and allowing for this time to be alot easier for the resident as he had someone there that he likes and trusts to help him.

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Khumbalani Moyo

Support Worker
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Khumbalani recently supported a resident to hospital who hasn’t successfully attended a hospital appointment for many years. Through his comforting techniques and communication he managed to safely and calmly support this gentleman to carry out a successful appointment. Well done Khumbalani thank you for your comforting support.

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Andrew Chikaura

Support Worker
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Andrew ensured that a service user who had in the past refused to visit family was taken there, despite this was late in the day Andrew took him to see his family, that brief moment made a lot of difference in the life of the family. The family who where gathered with other extended members where very grateful.

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Juan Mass

Speciality Dr
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Dr Mass has been dedicated to working with and supporting patients with their physical health. Recently, 81% of the patients at Sherwood House have consented to engage with blood tests. This is a huge increase in comparison to previous months and a direct reflection of Dr Mass hard work and dedication.

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Ajibola Peters

Digital Media Technical Instructor
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We were recently filming a Music 2 Empower video with a patient at Cygnet Bury Hudson and Ajibola came in on his day off to support both the patient and us with the filming. Giving up his free time to do this shows how much it means to Ajibola to showcase the achievements of service users and demonstrates not just flexibility but Passion & Support.

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