Airway suctioning, PEG feeding, cerebral Palsy, Stanmore

Description

Waking Night Carer, North London, HA7. Full and part-time contracts are available for an experienced Waking Night Carer to join a directly employed care team providing 2:1 support to a fabulous young lady with complex needs. Up to £20.80 Gross per Hour

Nearest Station: Stanmore Underground Station
Salary/Wage: Weekdays: £18.80 | Weekends: £20.80 | Gross per Hour
Driving Requirements: Yes, WAV (wheelchair accessible vehicle) Automatic Drive
Essential: Experience supporting children or young adults with complex care and medical needs, including airway suctioning, confident in all aspects of manual handling. Nonsmoker / vaper. This role is open to *Female applicants only.
Start Date: ASAP
Days & Hours: 8.00pm to 8.00am. Full and part-time hours available
Pets in Home: Yes, one friendly labrador
Recruiter Contact: Janet

About the Client

Winnie, 18, is a fabulous girly girl, with a great sense of humour; a social butterfly who loves to laugh! She loves to have her hair and nails done, to look as fabulous as she is. Winnie has a long list of hobbies and interests, including listening to music, watching movies and all things arts and crafts. Winnie has Cerebral Palsy (GMFCS Level 5), scoliosis and Dystonia. She requires oral suctioning, nebulisers, and has a Gastrojejunostomy in situ for all nutrition, fluids and medication. She is a wheelchair user and communicates using switches. Due to her care needs Winnie has 2:1 support, 24/7. Winnie lives in Stanmore with her mum, in a fully adapted home that includes a therapy room and attends college. Snap Care, working in collaboration with Winnie’s case management, are recruiting Waking Night Carers to join her growing team.

The Role at a Glance

The Waking Night Carer will work alongside another team member, assisting and supporting Winnie with her bedtime / night routine, providing support in all areas of health, care and medical needs. This is an active night shift, Winnie requires constant monitoring, regular suctioning and repositioning etc. The Waking Night Care team work collaboratively and are vigilant, with the overall goal of ensuring Winnie is safe, comfortable and getting as many hours of quality sleep as possible. Much more information is available from Snap Care.

This Job Would Suit

For this role you will be experienced in complex care (PEG, Suctioning), reliable, caring and dedicated. Being a team player is essential, along with having excellent communication, organisational skills and competent recording, documenting and updating care plans. *Female candidates only.

Why You’ll Love This Role

This role will give you the opportunity to really make a difference to a young person and in return you will receive excellent training, ongoing support and supervision, and be part of a professional, highly skilled team.

Recruitment Process

This vacancy is being managed through Snap Care’s Shortlist Service. We will review all applications and verify the essential criteria are met before passing suitable CVs and contact details to our client/case manager, who will continue the recruitment process directly. By applying, you consent to your details being shared with our client.

Please note: Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship for any of our vacancies.

If a specific gender is required, this is a genuine occupational requirement under paragraph 1, schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

Ad ID: 5417342598