With regret, our client's do not offer sponsorship
Location: Charlton, London SE7
Days & Hours: Fixed Term Contracts (18 months) both part-time and full-time hours available.
Waking Nights: Monday to Friday, 19:45–09:00 Waking night shifts require carers to be awake all night.
Afterschool Shifts: Monday to Friday, 15:30–20:00 with longer hours available during school holidays
Weekends: 08:45–20:00
Pay: £17.14 - £19.28 an hour dependent on shift (sleeping nights paid at £NLW p/h)
Driver required? Desirable
Driving Clients Car? Desirable to drive our clients Wheelchair Adapted Vehicle (WAV), automatic
Using Own Vehicle for work purposes? Desirable as beneficial when required to attend training.
Essential: Experience of supporting children with complex needs. Experience of working in a family home. Confident with PEG feeding, suctioning, manual handling - using a hoist, epilepsy management and administering medication including emergency medications (midazolam and diazepam).
Accommodation (while on duty): Family home with adaptations.
Interviews Week Commencing: Interviews will happen on a rolling basis. This advert will close when sufficient applications have been received. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application can be considered.Start Date: ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)
Elijah, born in, lives at home with his mother and sees his father and grandmother at weekends. He enjoys watching TV, listening to music and spending time with family.
Elijah has Cerebral Palsy affecting all 4 limbs and communication difficulties. He requires close monitoring of his epilepsy. He has a gastrostomy and requires suctioning at times to manage his secretions. Due to his complexity he requires observation monitoring. He is dependent on carers for all of his care needs, transfers and mobility and uses a wheelchair. He requires hoisting for all transfers which requires assistance of 2 carers.
You will be joining a care team within a family home where you will be taking direction from Elijah’s Mother/ The Case Manager/ The Team Leader to ensure that Elijah receives all the care he needs. He requires full assistance with his daily routines and all of his personal care needs. The role will include a mixture of PEG feeding and suctioning, monitoring and recording health status and observations, medication administration, supporting his mobility via hoisting and assisting with all of his therapies.
This job will suit someone who has a clinical background, experience of working in a family home, working with children with complex care needs including epilepsy, PEG feeding, suctioning, manual handling, monitoring and recording observations. Elijah would love someone calm but very proactive and able to bring lots of enthusiasm to the role, who is able to promote his learning, care and independence in the home and community.
This is wonderful opportunity to join a supportive family and care team where you can make a real difference to Elijah’s life by maximising his opportunities, a truly rewarding role for someone who is able to communicate effectively and has an ability to work with patience, tact, understanding, warmth, and compassion.
1. Pay and Benefits:
2. £17.14 - £19.28 an hour dependent on shift (sleeping nights paid at £NLW p/h)
3. On-going training & support provided
4. 5.6 weeks annual leave pro rata
5. Pension (subject to qualifying status)
6. Free DBS check.
In order to promote continuity of our high care standards, you will be offered:
7. Induction,
8. Relevant training opportunities (including The Care Certificate),
9. Regular clinical supervision/review meetings,
10. On-going support from a dedicated Case Manager and HR and compliance support
Safeguarding
ILS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients within the activities we undertake, and ILS expects all our clients’ employees and workers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or workers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This position will require:
11. Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
12. Satisfactory references, including your last employer.
13. An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. A conviction will not necessarily prevent you from being employed.