Complex care assistant

Routes Healthcare (North) Limited; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Consistent shifts with the same client

Career progression

Refer-a-friend bonus up to £250

Job summary

Routes Healthcare (North) Limited is seeking a caring and focused support worker to assist a child with complex clinical needs at home and in school. You will help develop their time in school, respond to communication through behaviour, and engage with the child using play and sensory activities.

Role includes overnight and daytime shifts with guaranteed hours after probation, offering career progression within a supported home care team. Must have UK work rights and a calm, patient approach.

Qualifications

• At least 6 months UK care experience, including support for children with complex health needs.
• Experience with non-verbal communication, epilepsy and behaviours that may challenge.
• Confidence following clinical care plans, including tube feeding.

Responsibilities

• Support jejunostomy tube feeding and gastric drain management.
• Monitor and care for a Port-a-Cath.
• Carry out blood glucose monitoring.
• Follow epilepsy, seizure and sepsis protocols, escalating concerns.
• Provide full personal care, including continence support.
• Record care and clinical observations accurately.
• Work with the family, school staff and healthcare professionals.

Skills

Care experience

Non-verbal communication

Epilepsy awareness

Blood glucose monitoring

Care planning compliance

Education

NVQ Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

£15.00 per hour (including holiday pay) | Fully funded Enhanced DBS

Routes Healthcare does not offer sponsorship.

Shifts

Nights: Tuesday and Thursday, 8pm-8am

Days (school-based): Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 7:45am-4pm

Guaranteed hours available after successful probation.

About the role

You will support a child with complex clinical needs at home and at school, helping them build up their time in school. They communicate through behaviour rather than words, so you'll need to get to know them well, respond to their communication and talk to them throughout care and play. They enjoy their iPad, sensory toys and getting out and about with their family.

You will:

• Support jejunostomy tube feeding and gastric drain management
• Monitor and care for a Port-a-Cath
• Carry out blood glucose monitoring
• Follow epilepsy, seizure and sepsis protocols, escalating concerns
• Provide full personal care, including continence support
• Record care and clinical observations accurately
• Work with the family, school staff and healthcare professionals

You will need:

• At least 6 months' UK care experience, including supporting children with complex health needs
• Experience with non-verbal communication, epilepsy and behaviours that may challenge
• Confidence following clinical care plans, including tube feeding
• Right to work in the UK
• Flexibility to work days and nights, at home and in school
• A calm, patient and playful approach

Desirable:

experience with gastric drains or Port-a-Cath care; NVQ Level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care.

What we offer

• Consistent shifts with the same client
• Career progression
• Refer-a-friend bonus of up to £250