Title:Female Waking Night Support Workers
Location:Uckfield, TN22
Nearest Tube/Station:Uckfield
Wage:£25,350.00 + gross per annum, £13.00 weekdays, £15.00 weekends, gross per hour
Driver required?Essential
Use of a car?On Duty
Essential: Waking night experience. Supporting a child with complex medical needs, PEG, manual handling, satisfactory references and DBS
Start Date:ASAP
Days & Hours:Shifts available Term Time:Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 8.00pm – 8.30am, School holidays:Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday 8.00pm – 8.30am
Family/Client Pets: Friendly Labrador
About this client/child:
Tom (12) is a lovely young man who likes animals, enjoys exploring nature and playing in the garden. Tom has athetoid cerebral palsy, respiratory problems, epilepsy, and severe dystonia. Tom is non-verbal but can express his likes and dislikes. Tom is fully dependent on others for all his personal care, transfers, and mobilisation in his wheelchair. He is fed a blended diet and received fluid and medication via a Gastrostomy.
Overview of role:
We are seeking several people to support Tom. In this role you’ll tend to all Tom’s needs throughout the night. Staying in the carers room, you will watch him throughout the night via a monitor, and respond to any seizures he has, and assist with all his personal care needs.
Who this job would suit:
This job would suit a patient, caring and empathetic female* support worker who enjoys working within a family home. Someone who understands the importance of remaining vigilant throughout the night.
What’s great about this job:
This is a lovely opportunity for someone who is interested in engaging with, and having a positive impact on Tom’s life and giving reassurance to his family that he has the best care throughout the night. There are great training opportunities.
Client/Family met by Snap?
No. We areworking in association with a private client/case manager on this vacancy; they will be carrying out all recruitment, including shortlisting and interviewing. By applying for this vacancy, you agree to Snap Care sending your CV and contact details directly to our client for their consideration. Please see our websitefor more info on how Snap works with associated companies/clients.
Kamila is recruiting for this role
kamila@snapcare.co.uk
or 020 7729 2200
Snap Care is committed to safeguarding children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We are committed to equality of opportunity and recruitment/selection decisions are based only on individuals' ability to best do the job. *Where a specific gender is stated as essential, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1, schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.