Support Worker

**Pay rate**: £11.70

**Shift Pattern**: Shifts available: Days & Nights - 12hr shifts Mon to Sun with

Opportunity to pick up extra shifts for annual leave/sickness.

**Location**: Littleport

**Requirements**: Complex care, Care experience

We’ve got an exciting opportunity for the right person to work with a mature man with Cerebral Palsy. He lives alone in the Littleport, Cambridgeshire but mum lives close by and dad visits regularly, very much close to family and younger brother. He has a tracheostomy tube which means he is unable to vocalise at all, so he uses eye gaze computer system when up during the day, and a word board if not able to access the computer.

Your role is support is to meet his medical, personal care and day-to-day assistance needs. You will work alone and as part of a team, operating on shifts to provide 24/7 care

If you are resilient, reliable and looking for a role that truly makes a difference to someone else’s life then we want to hear from you.”

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Support with all aspects of daily living
- Complex care such as PEG & tracheostomy
- Moving & handling
- Medication

**Skills Knowledge and Expertise**:

- Experience with challenging behaviours and learning disabilities
- Help with Tracheostomy care
- Knowledge of PEG (not essential)
- Have an encouraging nature to support this Individual emotionally & psychologically
- Commit to keeping thorough records
- Have a pure zest for life & a caring can-do attitude

**Who we are**
Here at Bespoke Health and Social Care, our fundamental belief is that individuals and their families should be empowered to make choices and have control over their care which enables them to live safely at home, promotes their independence and offers them a circle of support to fulfil their unique potential and aspirations.

We are a leading national provider (part of Acuity Care Group), supporting adults and children in the community with long term complex health care needs.

**Benefits**:

- Access to Westfield Rewards - an exclusive rewards website, with access to special offers on all your favourite goods and services from over 1,000 leading online and high street retailers, restaurants, travel companies and destinations
- Access to the Blue Light Card discount scheme
- Opportunity to obtain NVQ’s in Health and Social Care
- Fully paid on the job training, with shadowing in place
- Fully paid DBS
- Contracts available
- Progression opportunities within the organisation
- Pension enrolment
- Access to Westfield Health Cash Plan
- 24/7 management support
- A great Refer a Friend scheme - receive up to £500 when you refer a friend or family member.