Cerebral Palsy Support Worker

NHS; Merthyr Tydfil; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Cerebral Palsy Support Worker in Merthyr Tydfil. This role involves providing specialized care for a young man with complex needs, supporting daily activities, and collaborating with healthcare professionals. Candidates should have a compassionate nature, communication skills, and ideally experience in a similar role.

Qualifications

• Experience in complex care is preferred.
• Ability to handle challenging behaviors required.
• Genuine passion for working with people.

Responsibilities

• Support with daily living activities including personal hygiene.
• Administer medication and monitor health conditions.
• Provide emotional support and companionship.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Patience

Reliability

Job description

Libertatem Healthcare Group is seeking a Cerebral Palsy Support Worker to join their team in Merthyr Tydfil. The role involves providing comprehensive care and support to a young man in his 20s with complex needs, including cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and mobility issues. The successful candidate will be responsible for assisting with daily living activities, administering medication, providing emotional support, and collaborating with healthcare professionals and family members to ensure the client's wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

The Cerebral Palsy Support Worker will be responsible for supporting and engaging with the client's personalized routines, including the use of hoists. They will assist with daily living activities such as personal hygiene and mobility, administer medication, and monitor the client's health conditions. The role also involves providing emotional support and companionship, maintaining accurate records of care, and collaborating with a range of healthcare professionals and family members to ensure comprehensive care.

About us

Libertatem Healthcare Group is a national provider of care and support services for clients who have sustained personal injuries or suffered from medical negligence. The organization is dedicated to putting the client's independence at the center of everything they do, offering personalized care packages tailored to individual needs.

Job responsibilities

Come Join Our Team!

We have an excellent opportunity for a support worker to work alongside our client in Merthyr Tydfil, county Borough.

Our client is a young manin his 20'swho has complex needs, including cerebral palsy, epilepsy and mobility issues. He lives at home with his mum, her partner and the clients dog, enjoys an active social life with his friends and attends church.

Due to the client’s support needs the successful candidate will ideally be male but can be female, have some experience working with complex needs, hold a full UK driving licence and possessthe softer skills of being a clear communicator with the motivation and ability to engage the client to build a solid, supporting relationship.

Pay:£14.70 per hour

Hours:Full or part-time - up to 40 per week (12 or 24 hour shifts with sleeping nights, required seven days a week)

Key Responsibilities:

The Libertatem Healthcare Group (part of Sonderwell) was established to provide the very best levels of care and support for clients who have sustained personal injuries or suffered from medical negligence. Operating on a national basis, we provide our clients with care and support wherever they are located. Our packages put our client’s independence at the very centre of everything we do.

• Supporting, and engaging with personalised routines inclusive of hoists.
• Completing daily living activities, including personal hygiene and mobility.
• Administering medication and monitoring health conditions.
• Providing emotional support and companionship.
• Maintaining accurate records of care provided and reporting any changes in clients’ conditions.
• Collaborating with a range of healthcare professionals and family members to ensure comprehensive care.

Requirements:

• A genuine passion for working with people and providing care.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Compassionate, patient, and empathetic nature.
• Reliability, commitment, and flexibility.
• Previous experience in a similar role, preferably in complex care.
• To be able to deal with challenging behaviours.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Libertatem's care philosophy is based on independence, communication and our people, we're dedicated to providing our clients with the best possible support and our people with the tools to achieve it. If you are looking for a rewarding role, where you can make a real difference in someone’s life, we would love to hear from you. For more information contact [e-mail]

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Our Safeguarding Commitment

Libertatem Healthcare Group recognise the benefits of people and organisations working together to prevent and stop both the risks and experience of abuse or neglect, whilst balancing the right to be safe with the right to make informed choices. At the same time, making sure that both adult’s and children’s wellbeing is promoted including taking into consideration their views, wishes, feelings and beliefs in deciding on any action. With this in mind, we will work to adhere to the six key principles that underpin all safeguarding work.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• The successful candidate should have a genuine passion for working with people and providing care, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a compassionate and empathetic nature, and reliability, commitment, and flexibility. Previous experience in a similar role, preferably in complex care, is desirable, and the ability to deal with challenging behaviors is also required.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.