Waking Night Support Worker
1 day ago
Ref CC/ABC
Spending time with his family, being outdoors enjoying nature and being with animals (especially his pet Labrador) is what our delightful 15-year-old client loves to do best. C is looking for a Support Worker to join his team to help him manage his athetoid cerebral palsy and severe dystonia. C is a wheelchair user, non-verbal and is fully dependent on others for all activities of daily living.
**The Role/Client**:
C is looking for a Waking Night Support Worker to join his growing team to help manage his athetoid cerebral palsy, severe dystonia (which affects his movements) and respiratory difficulties (when he is unwell). C is a wheelchair user and he is moved using hoists and slings.
C requires assistance with all activities of daily living including personal care, washing and dressing in the mornings and getting ready for bed. C has a blended diet and receives all fluids and medication via a PEG and Mic-key Button. He suffers painful reflux from his feeding tube so this needs to be managed and monitored carefully. C is non-verbal and uses facial expressions and some Eye Gaze to communicate and is able to express his likes and dislikes to his family and team.
**The duties/routines for this role are as follows**:
- Monitoring throughout the night.
- Assisting our client with changes of position/equipment which includes moving and handling.
- Updating parents on our client’s condition as required.
- Administration of medication via peg.
- Providing comfort and reassurance.
- Personal care tasks.
- Administration of food and drinks via peg is required.
- Completing full records of care delivered.
- Alerting the sleeping night carer to assist.
Full training in all aspects of our client’s care will be given and you will be fully supported by his Case Manager.
**About You**:
- You will have a minimum of 1 year’s experience supporting a child/young person with complex needs.
- You will be confident in manual handling, providing personal care and gastrostomy management.
- You will be positive, reliable, and able to build a relationship of trust with our client and his family.
- You will need your own vehicle to travel to our client’s home given the rural location.
- You will be comfortable working around animals as our client has a friendly Labrador dog, and does not suffer from pet allergies.
**Pay**:
- £16 per hour on weekdays.
- £18 per hour Weekends.
- £24 Bank Holidays (weekdays) £27 Bank Holidays (weekends).
**Hours / Shifts available**:
- An average of 25 hours a week.
- Week 1 Mon & Tues 20:00 to 08:30 (12.5 hours x2 = 25 hours).
- Week 2 Tues & Fri 20:00 to 08:30 (12.5 hours x2 = 25 hours).
Additional hours to cover sickness and holidays are always available.
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**_ Our posts require an enhanced DBS certificate and operate a non-smoking environment, at all times._
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