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Casual Care Assistant Spennymoor £13/hr, Spennymoor
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Client:
UKCIL
Location:
Spennymoor
Job Category:
Other
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EU work permit required:
Yes
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Job Reference:
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Job Views:
3
Posted:
05.05.2025
Expiry Date:
19.06.2025
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Job Description:
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(b9c3) Can you help care for a young boy who loves others and has a smile that can light up a room?
This young boy enjoys being talked to, reading storybooks with pictures, bouncing on a trampoline to the song 'Horsey Horsey', and splashing in a warm pool while Bing and Horrid Henry are playing.
He has significant health needs that are life-limiting. He requires assistance to breathe, which can become an urgent situation. Full training will be provided. You will help stretch his body to keep him comfortable, ensure he is medicated and fed via a tube, and assist him during sleep by helping him move and breathe safely during the night.
The family environment is busy, with dogs, and involves helping at home with education and therapies, as well as outings. Willingness to participate in activities like trampoline and swimming weekly is needed. Ability to drive a wheelchair-accessible van is required.
Rate of pay: £13 per hour
Schedule: 12 hours per week, mainly evenings (3-8 pm), occasional 11-5 shifts, or waking night shifts (7 pm-7 am), including weekends. The rota is planned 6 weeks in advance.
Services include:
* Personal Care
* Social & Leisure activities
Training in:
* Moving & Handling
Transportation requirements:
* Full UK driving license
* Ability to drive a motability-equipped car
Medical skills required:
* Safe administration of medication
* Continence care
* Suction (nasal/oral)
* PEG feeding
Schedule, Pay & Hours:
* Monday to Sunday, various shifts including mornings, afternoons, evenings, and overnight shifts
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