Childrens Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare Limited; Reigate; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Advantage Healthcare Limited as a care assistant, supporting a young boy with cerebral palsy and an acquired brain injury. Your role will focus on providing companionship, assisting with medical appointments, and enabling outings into the community while ensuring medication management and safety. This position offers opportunities for skill development in a rewarding environment.

Benefits

Maternity/Paternity leave

Paid annual leave

Refer a friend scheme

Enhanced DBS check

Qualifications

• Experience in healthcare or paediatric care is essential.
• Knowledge of PEG feeding and seizure management is crucial.
• Familiarity with cerebral palsy and its challenges preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support a client with companionship and community outings.
• Assist with medical appointments and mobility support.
• No clinical support required.

Skills

Healthcare experience

Paediatric care experience

Knowledge of cerebral palsy

PEG feeding

Seizure management

Job description

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Shifts Available: Weekdays: 9:45 pm - 9:45 am | 3:45 pm - 9:45 pm

Access to vehicle required due to geographical location of role.

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 care assistant. You will support a client who seeks companionship and outings into the community for socialising. No clinical support is required.

At Advantage Healthcare, we care for and support people of all ages, in the community and in their homes, with conditions such as Spinal Cord injury, Muscular Dystrophy, acquired brain injuries, and other complex needs. Every day will be different, presenting new challenges. You will be making your clients’ days brighter while developing your skills and knowledge.

The client is a young boy with cerebral palsy and an acquired brain injury. He requires medication via PEG feed, seizure monitoring, and pain management.

He also needs support with medical appointments and mobility, as he uses a wheelchair in the community.

He has a supportive family who have transformed their home to include an amazing sensory room!

He enjoys engaging with his team and family, with activities like trips to the park for riding his trike, listening to music, or going to the cinema.

Qualifications

What you’ll need

Experience in healthcare or paediatric care, including PEG feeding, seizure management, and knowledge of cerebral palsy, is essential.