Support Worker - Female - Waking Nights and Sleeping Nights
Location: Harrow, London
2 x Support Workers, each 20‑hour per week.
Working nights: 10 pm to 8 am. Waking night shifts fixed Thursday & Friday. Sleeping night shifts flexible Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday.
Pay: £18.00‑£19.00 per hour weekdays & weekends; sleeping nights National Living Wage plus £1 at weekends; bank‑holiday uplift.
Monthly leave 5.6 weeks pro‑rata. Free DBS and ongoing training including The Care Certificate. Regular clinical supervision.
Safeguarding: proof of eligibility to work in the UK, recent employer references, enhanced DBS check. Conviction not necessarily preventing employment.
Interview: via Teams; start date ASAP.
About Carrie
13‑year‑old with complex needs: acquired brain injury, epilepsy, PEG feeding. Home‑schooled, requires full personal care. Enjoys park outings and lunch at local restaurants.
We are looking for a compassionate, professional, and respectful caregiver.
Essential skills & experience
* Experience supporting children with complex medical needs, ideally Acquired Brain Injury
* Confident with epilepsy management and PEG feeding
* Comfortable working night shifts (waking and/or sleeping)
* Able to work with specialist equipment (training provided)
* Willingness to bend, kneel, squat, push or pull as part of manual handling (handling management plan)
Desirable
* Suctioning experience
* Experience administering medication and following therapy‑led care plans
Personal qualities
* Supportive, kind, patient, energetic
* Integrity, honesty, reliability, professional
* Client‑centred, puts needs first, adapts to pace
* Quality‑focused, detailed, high standards
* Positive, can‑do attitude, celebrates progress
Additional requirements
* Confident working in a family home, sensitive to family wishes
* Build professional relationships with team
* Strong verbal and written communication, IT literate
* Organised, proactive, flexible, cover shifts at short notice
* Punctual, trustworthy, empathetic
* Committed to equality, diversity, inclusion
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity, race, marriage, civil partnerships and religion and belief.
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