Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare Limited; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A compassionate care worker is sought to assist a young boy with complex disabilities. Responsibilities include providing tracheostomy care, PEG feeding, and personal care within the family home. The role demands empathy, dedication, and offers full training, making it a rewarding opportunity.

Benefits

Maternity/Paternity leave

Paid annual leave

Refer a friend scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced DBS check

Qualifications

• No prior care experience needed; full nurse-led training provided.
• Empathetic, dedicated professional needed for high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Provide tracheostomy care and PEG feeding assistance.
• Administer medication and offer personal care.
• Support with positioning and use of hoist equipment.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Job description

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Waking Nights: Monday – Sunday 9:15 pm – 7.15 am

What we offer

Advantage Healthcare is part of City & County Healthcare Group. You’ll have access to all the resources, career pathways, benefits, investments, opportunities, professional paediatric training, and security that being part of City & County Healthcare Group brings. It’s the best of both worlds. We can also support our clinical team with revalidation.

What you’ll get

• Maternity/Paternity leave
• Paid annual leave
• Refer a friend scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Enhanced DBS check

Job Description

What you'll do

A compassionate and reliable professional care worker is sought to support a young boy with complex disabilities in the Newton Hall area of Durham. You will work in the family home, where he lives with his parents and siblings.

Due to his medical condition, the client requires full support and constant monitoring. Key duties will include providing tracheostomy care, assisting with PEG feeding for some of his nutrition, administering medication, and offering personal care. Given his limited mobility, he requires full assistance with positioning, and you will use various equipment, including a ceiling hoist, to help with this. While he is non-verbal, he communicates through subtle gestures that, once understood, allow you to recognise his needs and feelings.

This is a rewarding role for someone who is professional, empathetic, and dedicated to providing high-quality care.

Qualifications

What you’ll need

You don’t need any care experience to apply for this role, just plenty of care, compassion, and resilience as we provide full nurse-led training.