Complex Care Support Worker

Location: Charlton, London SE7
Days & Hours:Fixed Term Contracts (12 months) and Bank hours available for various shifts including; 3pm to 9am Monday to Friday after school, weekends and longer hours during school holidays, waking night shifts require carers to be awake all night.

Pay:£12.60-£18.90 an hour dependent on shift (sleeping nights paid at £10p/h)
Driver required? Desirable
Driving Clients Car?Desirable to driveour clients Wheelchair Adapted Vehicle (WAV), automatic
Using Own Vehicle for work purposes?Desirable as beneficial when required to attend training.
Essential:Experience of supportingchildren with complex needs.Experience of working in a family home.Confident with PEG feeding, suctioning, epilepsy and administering medication.
Accommodation (while on duty):5-bedroom family home with adaptations, carers suite with a bed, kitchenette and washing machine located on the top floor of the property.
Interviews Week Commencing: Interviews will happen on a rolling basis. This advert will close when sufficient applications have been received. Please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application can be considered.
Start Date:ASAP (subject to satisfactory employment checks)

Elijah, born in 2013, lives at home with his mother and sees his father and grandmother at weekends. Heenjoys watching TV, listening to music and spending time with family.

Elijah has Cerebral Palsy affecting all 4 limbs and communication difficulties. He requires close monitoring of his epilepsy. He has a gastrostomy and requires suctioning at times to manage his secretions. Due to his complexity he requires observation monitoring. He is dependent on carers for all of his care needs, transfers and mobility and uses a wheelchair. He requires hoisting for all transfers which requires assistance of 2 carers.

You will be joining a small care team within a family home where you will be taking direction from Elijahs Mother/ The Case Manager/ The Team Leader to ensure that Elijah receives all the care he needs. He requires full assistance with his daily routines and all of his personal care needs. The role will include a mixture of PEG feeding and suctioning, monitoring and recording health status and observations, medication administration, supporting his mobility via hoisting and assisting with all of his therapies.

This job will suit someone who has experience of working in a family home, working with children with complex care needs including epilepsy, PEG feeding, suctioning, manual handling, monitoring and recording observations. Elijah would love someone calm but very proactive and able to bring lots of enthusiasm to the role, who is able to promote his learning, care and independence in the home and community.

This is wonderful opportunity to join a supportive family and care team where you can make a real difference to Elijahs life by maximising his opportunities,a truly rewarding role for someone who is able to communicate effectively and has an ability to work with patience, tact, understanding, warmth, and compassion.

• Pay and Benefits:
• £12.60-£18.90 an hour dependent on shift(sleeping nights paid at £10p/h)
• On-going training & support provided
• 5.6 weeks annual leave pro rata
• Pension (subject to qualifying status)
• Free DBS check.

In order to promote continuity of our high care standards, you will be offered:

• Induction,
• Relevant training opportunities (including The Care Certificate),
• Regular clinical supervision/review meetings,
• On-going support from a dedicated Case Manager and HR department

Safeguarding
ILS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients within the activities we undertake, and ILS expects all our clients employees and workers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or workers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment. This position will require:

• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
• Satisfactory references, including your last employer.
• An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. A conviction will not necessarily prevent you from being employed.

It would be great to receive your application if you have the following skills/behaviours:

Essential

• Confident working with people with medical conditions, especially epilepsy.
• Must be able to work with specialist equipment (training will be provided). A Handling Management Plan is available andisdesigned to reduce the risk of handling injuries, but you may be required to bend, kneel, squat, push or pull.
• Confident about working in our clients own home and sensitive to the needs and wishes of his parents. Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the importance of maintaining confidentiality and to respect our client and their family's need for privacy.
• Keen to see our client develop and show a willingness to carry through physiotherapy, speech and language and occupational therapy programmes on a daily basis. Training will be given as required.
• Happy to learn new things hoisting, feeding, personal care routine, use of equipment etc. Training will be given.
• Aptitude and desire to work with children with complex needs.
• Flexible and able to use own initiative with common sense beyond the obvious.
• Patient and tolerant with a cheerful, caring and positive attitude.
• Proactive, consistent and encouraging approach.
• Responsible attitude with a good sense of humour.
• Reliable, trustworthy and a good communicator.
• Proactive approach to developing an appropriate range of activities and water confident.
• Willing to participate in a variety of outdoor activities.
• Flexible with start and finish times according to the needs of our client.
• Excellent literacy and numeracy skills and confident using IT.
• Non-smoker - This post operates a non-smoking environment.
  
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• Experience of working waking nights.
• Experience of working with children with special needs (This is preferred but enthusiasm, patience and willingness to learn is desirable).
• Full driving licence (endorsements to be disclosed) and able to drive.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marriage and civil partnerships and religion and belief.

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