Tn22 Night Carer

**Title**:Night Carer
**Location**: Uckfield, TN22
**Nearest Tube/Station**: Uckfield
**Wage/Salary**: £30,300.00 | £18.50 Gross per hour (waking hours) £12.00 gross per hour (sleeping hours)
**Driver Essential?** Yes to travel to the family’s home
**Essential**:Complex care and waking night experience**,** non-smoker/vaper
**Desirable**: PEG management, Stoma Care
**Start Date**: ASAP
**Days & Hours**: 4 shifts per week (weeknights) 10.00pm - 8.00am
**Family/Client Pets**: Yes, a cat.
**Accommodation**: Ensuite bedroom and area for the Support team
**Recruiter**: Jade Coffey

**About this client/child**:
James 19, lives at home with his parents and younger sister, he is a witty, fun-loving young man with a great sense of humour with a love for music and socialising. James has Cerebral Palsy, Dystonia, a Learning Disability, visual impairment, a PEG, and a stomabag. James communicates 'Yes’ and 'No’ through blinking, and very much enjoys being asked questions He is a full-time wheelchair user and requires support and assistance to meet all his health, care, and social needs. His home is fully adapted and has ceilingtrack hoists installed.

**Overview of role**:
The Night Carer will work 1:1 with James assisting with his established night care routine; personal care, administering medication and repositioning, as and when required. If settled by 11.00pm, James tends to sleep through the night. The Night Carer is welcometo sleep (usual hours 11.00pm - 5.00am) as you will be alerted to tend to James via a video monitor in his room. The morning routine starts at 5.00am with preparing James’ PEG feed and medication, he tends to wake at 6.00am and needs assistance to get readyfor the day ahead. The role involves providing high quality and consistent care to James. For the right person, our client can offer flexible nights during the week and work around the night carer’s schedule, however, we are ideally looking for a minimum of4 nights per week, on a permanent basis.

**Who this job would suit**:
**What’s great about this job**:
Training is provided in all aspects of this role, including nurse-led training for PEG and Stoma Care. The client is offering a permanent full-time contract and flexibility around your availability. James is a pleasant, easy-going, and charming young man witha loving and supportive family; his current team has worked with James for several years - complete testament to the family and working environment.

**Who is recruiting for this role?