Support Worker

Job Title: Care Worker – Children with Complex Needs

We have full and part‑time positions available to support our 15‑year‑old son who is a full‑time wheelchair user with quadriplegic cerebral palsy and complex epilepsy.

Shift Patterns

• Waking Nights (Term Time): Monday 22:00‑07:30, Wednesday 22:00‑07:30, Thursday 22:00‑07:30, Friday 22:30‑08:30 – 38.5 hours per week.
• Waking Nights (School Holidays): Monday‑Friday 22:30‑08:30 – 50 hours per week.
• Weekdays (Term Time): Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 16:30‑20:30 – 12–20 hours per week (one carer each shift).
• Weekends (Term Time): One carer, two eight‑hour shifts per month – 12–20 hours per week.
• Weekdays & Weekends (School Holidays): Weekdays at least two 8‑hour shifts per week, weekends one carer two 8‑hour shifts per month – 16–24 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Complex moving and handling, including hoisting and safe positioning.
• Use of wheelchair and specialist equipment.
• Personal care: hygiene, oral care, continence care and pad changes.
• PEG feeding and hydration management according to care plans.
• Monitoring seizure activity and following the epilepsy care plan.
• Pain monitoring and comfort measures.
• Skin integrity management, repositioning and pressure care.
• Medication administration.

Additional Tasks by Parents

• Administration of rescue epilepsy medication.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Experience with carers for children with disabilities; training will be provided.
• Positive, bubbly and compassionate personality; good communication with young people.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Experience working waking nights preferred.

Rates of Pay

Monday to Sunday days: £16.00 per hour.Monday to Sunday waking nights: £18.00 per hour.

Legal and Disclosure

All posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS Disclosure with Adult and Child Workforce Barring.

Contact

If you require any further information, please contact Recruitment on 01608 682522 or email recruitment@ccmservices.co.uk.

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