Nights Support Worker (PT) Poole, England
FindersKeepers Rec.
Full Time
Poole, England
15 - 17 GBP HOURLY Today
Job description
Waking Nights Support Worker
This job is based in Poole, Dorset, BH12
Please note, we are unable to process applications from candidates who currently live outside of the UK or offer sponsorship for any of our advertised roles.
This job is based in Poole, Dorset, BH12
Please note, we are unable to process applications from candidates who currently live outside of the UK or offer sponsorship for any of our advertised roles.
Our bright, clever 12-year-old client is looking for a Support Worker to join her team. B is non-verbal but has a great understanding of her wants and needs which she is able to communicate using blinking and Eye Gaze. She is a happy and loving girl who lives with her family and pet dog in a busy and lively home, and she forms strong bonds with her support team.
The Role/Client:
- B has complex needs including Cerebral Palsy and requires full time 2 to 1 care. She is a wheelchair user and requires assistance with all activities of daily living including full personal care.
- B requires regular suctioning and is on a fully blended diet fed via her gastrostomy.
- If you don’t have this already, you will be provided with full on the job training in administration of medications, suctioning, feeding and digestion and moving and handling.
- Staff will be required to spend a little time with B before she goes to bed, so this can include a relaxing quiet activity or watching a little bit of tv. B requires hourly checks in person for her SATs as well as her coughs throughout the night, so staff would need to be monitoring B via her monitor screen at all times and go into her room when needed. B also has her meds at around 8:45/9pm, 11pm and in the morning when she wakes as well as her physio routine in the morning.
About You:
- You will have a minimum of 1 years’ experience working in Care.
- We are looking for someone who works well in a team and is hard working, has a great sense of humour, is empathetic and has a strong dedication to caring for others. You will be an outgoing person with good communication skills.
- You will be flexible and a good timekeeper.
- B has a younger sibling who might be around before B goes to bed, you will be comfortable with interaction with her sibling whilst preparing B for her night-time routine.
- The family have a lively dog so you will be a dog lover with no allergies.
Pay:
- £15 per hour Weekdays.
- £17 per hour Weekends.
- £30 per hour Bank Holidays.
Hours / Shifts: 11 Nights per month to be worked on a rota basis. Rota will be made up to 6 month’s in advance.
If you are only able to work certain nights of each week, please do still apply as these can be discussed with the Care Team.
Job advertisements may be for a specific gender, this is a genuine occupational requirement and is stated in accordance to the Equality Act 2010, paragraph 1, schedule 9. We encourage applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, race, beliefs, sexual orientation, pregnancy/maternity, disability and marital status, a criminal conviction may not necessarily prevent employment. Our posts require an enhanced DBS certificate and operate a non-smoking environment, at all times.
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