Company Description
Location: Kidderminster
Pay Rate: Up to £14.50 per hour
Shifts Available: Nights available
What we offer
Advantage Healthcare is part of City & County Healthcare Group. You’ll have access to all the resources, career pathways, benefits, investments, opportunities, and security that being part of City & County Healthcare Group brings. It’s the best of both worlds.
What you’ll get
1. Maternity/Paternity leave
2. Pension scheme
3. Paid annual leave
4. Refer a friend scheme
5. Cycle-to-work scheme
6. Enhanced DBS check
Job Description
What you'll do
Our client is a child with a complex neuromuscular condition who requires a kind, caring, and engaging support worker to provide overnight assistance within the family home. Our client has a medical history that includes significant early health challenges and ongoing enzyme therapy, which is currently showing positive improvements in strength and development.
Support is required during the night to ensure our client’s safety, comfort, and reassurance. The role involves being attentive and interactive when needed, responding appropriately to care needs, and helping to maintain a calm environment. Our client enjoys conversation, social interaction, toys, and screen-based activities, and communicates verbally with additional support through visual prompts and Makaton.
The successful applicant will be patient, reliable, and compassionate, helping our client and family feel safe and supported throughout the night. Experience with complex needs is desirable, though a caring and confident approach is essential.
What you’ll do:
7. Providing dedicated 1:1 care.
8. Supporting with mobility, communication, and personal care
9. Delivering clinical care in a variety of complex needs.
Qualifications
What you’ll need
Previous experience with PEG feeding required.