Mental Health Support Worker
- Cygnet Hospital Oldbury, Oldbury
- £13.15 per hour
- Care and Support
- Full time
- Closes 10 Dec 2026
- Cygnet Hospital Oldbury, Oldbury
- £13.15 per hour
- Closes 10 Dec 2026
- Full time
- Care and Support
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 currently recruiting experienced Mental Health Support Workers with a passion for delivering outstanding care to join our team at Cygnet Hospital Oldbury.
At Cygnet Hospital Oldbury you will be working 42 hours per week including days/nights and weekends.
Cygnet Hospital Oldbury is our new state-of-the-art PICU & Acute hospital for women, in the West Midlands.
The service features two wards: a 12-bed PICU ward and a 15-bed Acute ward. Cygnet Hospital Oldbury has a full multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and supports the acute needs of adults requiring rapid access to mental health services, including those who may need an intensive care environment.
You are…
- Experienced Mental Health Support Worker with over 6 months of experience within an ACUTE/PICU mental health setting or over 2 years of mental health experience.
- 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.
- Compassion, resilience & a dedication to empower & support service user independence.
Your day-to-day at Cygnet Hospital Oldbury:
- 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 medical & welfare needs.
- Report on medical & welfare needs as required.
- Safeguard all patients and visitors to the service.
- Maintain a safe, clean environment for all.
- Use innovative methods to improve patient care.
Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…
- Salary: £13.15 Per Hour.
- Increasing to £13.45 after 3 months.
- Strong career progression opportunities.
- Expert supervision & support.
- Employee referral scheme.
- Pension scheme.
- “Cycle to work” scheme & employee discount savings.
- Blue Light Discount Scheme.
Requirements
Contracted hours: 42 hours per week including days/nights and weekends.
Please note: successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
This vacancy may close prior to this date if a large number of applications are received.
What next?
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Founded in 1988, Cygnet is a leading UK provider of specialist mental health services, learning disability services, autism support and social care.
With services across the UK, Cygnet supports thousands of people every day through a wide range of inpatient and community-based services designed to help people achieve better outcomes and live healthier, more independent lives.
Our teams work across hospitals, residential services and supported living environments, supporting young people and adults with complex mental health needs, learning disabilities, autism, acquired brain injuries and eating disorders. Every service is centred around providing safe, compassionate and person-focused care.
At Cygnet, we believe that everybody deserves the opportunity to live a life that feels meaningful, fulfilling and hopeful. That means creating environments where people feel supported, respected and empowered to make progress at their own pace.
Support looks different for every individual. For some people, it may involve helping them regain confidence and independence following a period of mental ill health. For others, it may mean providing specialist support around communication, daily living skills or emotional wellbeing. Whatever the journey looks like, our focus is always on helping people move towards a more positive future.
Our colleagues are at the heart of everything we do. Every day, they help people achieve milestones that can have a lasting impact — whether that’s building trust, developing new skills, reconnecting with loved ones or taking steps towards greater independence.
Because of this, working at Cygnet is about far more than delivering care. It’s about building genuine relationships, creating opportunities for recovery and helping people realise their potential.
Many of our roles don’t need previous experience in healthcare or social care. What matters most is sharing our values (Care, Respect, Empower, Trust and Integrity) and a genuine desire to support others. In return, Cygnet provides comprehensive training, ongoing development and clear opportunities to build a rewarding long-term career.
For many colleagues, the most rewarding part of the role is knowing they’ve made a meaningful difference to somebody’s life.
At Cygnet, those moments matter every single day.