Care Assistant

Superior Healthcare; Hove; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in healthcare is urgently recruiting Care Assistants in Hove to support young clients in their family homes. The role involves working long-term with clients, providing assistance with personal care, ventilator management, and ensuring the wellbeing of the individuals served. Full-time or part-time shifts are available, with flexible hours and opportunities for overtime.

Benefits

Paid training and annual refreshers

Wellbeing support including counselling

Employee referral bonus

Reward programmes for employees

In-house support team

Qualifications

• At least 6 months experience in a UK care environment.
• Experience in complex care preferred.
• Ability to provide ventilator management care.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with daily living tasks and personal care.
• Provide ventilator management and follow care plans.
• Ensure clear communication and prioritise client wellbeing.

Skills

Confident communication

Ventilator care

Patient handling

Safeguarding awareness

Job description

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Superior Healthcare is urgently recruiting Support Workers, Carers and Health Care Assistants in Hove to support our young client living in their family home.

Who are we? Superior Healthcare delivers round-the-clock care to children, young people, and adults with long-term complex health conditions.

Our goal is simple: we support clients to live life to the full— independently, happily, and safely at home — while providing our care team with fantastic benefits, genuine support, and opportunities to progress.

As a Care Assistant, you’ll work long-term with one or a few clients, supporting one person per shift. You’ll assist clients with ventilator management, PEG feeding, moving and handling, personal care, and daily living tasks.

Shift Pattern:

Choose to work full-time or part-time hours. Enjoy a fixed rota, with the option of overtime, and select from:

• Type: Wake Nights
• Hours: Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
• Time: 22:00 – 08:00
• Additional shifts are available locally in East Sussex to fill full-time hours.

Superior Healthcare is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer. Employment is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and professional references.

Responsibilities

• Confident and clear communication with the client.
• Assist the client with moving and handling.
• Ability to provide ventilator care, and perform oral and nasal suctioning.
• Carefully understanding and following the client's care plan, as advised by the Nurse Manager.
• Prioritising the client's wellbeing, including raising any safeguarding concerns.

Requirements

• At least 6 months experience in a UK care environment.
• Complex Care experience.
• UK driving license is not essential, but preferred.
• Choice of day, night and weekend shifts
• Blue light card - we’ll pay for it.
• Reflecting the hard work that you do.
• Earn a £50 voucher for every friend you refer who joins our team.
• Thorough paid training and supported induction, with annual paid refreshers.
• We help you save for Christmas.
• Wellbeing support including up to 6 face-to-face counselling sessions.
• In-house wellbeing team to support you.
• 24/7 live chat and video calls with trained counsellors, and free financial and legal advice.
• We reward Employees of the Month with a £100 voucher.
• Consistent support from our team of Nurses and Field Care Supervisors.