Childrens Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare; Penwortham; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maternity/Paternity leave

Paid annual leave

Refer a friend scheme

Enhanced DBS check

Job summary

Advantage Healthcare, part of City & County Healthcare Group, is seeking a Children's Complex Care Assistant in the UK. Full training and clinical support will be provided to develop skills in caring for a child with neurological development delays and self-harming behaviours.

You may engage in PEG feeding, medication support, and home-based activities. Ideal candidates are experienced with children, able to work night and day shifts, and possess a friendly, outgoing personality with strong

Qualifications

• Experience working with children.
• Ability to work night and day shifts.
• Social and outgoing personality.
• Ability to build rapport with a nonverbal child who communicates by finger and eye movements.

Responsibilities

• Care for a child with neurological delays and global development delays.
• Support PEG feeding and regular medication administration.
• Assist with activities at home and in the garden, promoting safety and wellbeing.

Skills

Experience with children

Night and day shifts

Social and outgoing

Rapport with nonverbal child

Job description

Shifts Available:Afternoon 3 pm - 9 pm and Waking Nights 9 pm to 7 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, and security that being part of City & County Healthcare Group brings. It's the best of both worlds.

What you'll get

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

Job Description

What you'll do

This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your current skill base and join us as a Children's Complex Care Assistant. You will have full training and clinical support to develop and enhance skills in various complex areas and with this particular child who has a Neurological condition leading to Global Development and Neurological Development delays and Self Harming behaviours. Our client has a PEG feed, needs regular medication and support to help with avoiding situation leading to self harm. They enjoy time at home in the garden, playing football and spending time with their family.

Qualifications

Experience working with children will be beneficial.

Ability to work night and days

Social and outgoing person

Can build a rapport with a young person who is non verbal but communicates using finger and eye movements.

Additional Information

Why choose us?

We're an equal opportunities employer. Thanks to the commitment of our health care assistants we see extraordinary achievements happen every day. We're transforming the care industry by working smarter, using innovative tech and driving forward positive change. As the largest care company in the UK, we have care assistant vacancies across the country and we offer a world of career opportunity, choice and security.