Complex Care Assistant

Prestige Nursing; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at a forward-thinking care provider, where your role as a Complex Care Assistant will be pivotal in enhancing the quality of life for individuals with complex needs. You will provide essential support to clients, helping them with personal care, medication management, and daily activities, all while ensuring their comfort and happiness. This role offers a variety of shifts tailored to your lifestyle, and the opportunity to work closely with a supportive team that values your contributions. If you are passionate about making a difference and have experience in care, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Benefits

Paid post-employment eLearning

Pension scheme

Blue light card

Free DBS check

Enhanced maternity/paternity and adoption schemes

Continued professional development

Holiday pay

Employee Assistance line

Referral bonus of £500

Qualifications

• Experience in care with a focus on supporting individuals with complex needs.
• Strong communication skills to interact effectively with clients and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and medication management to clients.
• Support clients during outings and assist with daily activities.

Skills

Communication Skills

Medication Management

Personal Care

Emotional Support

Driving

Education

Six months’ paid experience in care

Job description

Complex Care Assistant

Plymouth

Pay rate: £12.84 – £19.26 per hour – weekly pay

Shifts are 0800-1900hrs

Female only

Shift Pattern:

• Shifts to be discussed at interview stage

About Prestige Nursing & Care Plymouth – Proud to be rated ‘Outstanding’ with the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Here at Prestige Nursing & Care Plymouth, the most important factor in everything we do is that the people we support, and our staff team, are happy and safe. We are a friendly and supportive team with quality at the forefront of everything we do and most importantly, we care as much as you.

Who will you be helping to make life better for?

Prestige Nursing & Care are looking for experienced Care Assistants to support a lady in her own home who has complex care needs. She lives at home with family who are also very involved in her care, are extremely proactive and responsive to her needs. Your role is to support the family and provide respite support to them – to accompany her on outings and to the day centre when required. She has a suitable mobility vehicle which you would need to drive – so drivers are important in her team. This lady has learning disabilities and complex health needs; she has cerebral palsy and therefore has complex moving and handling needs too. She isn’t able to communicate verbally but with her laughter (and sometimes cries) – she is able to guide you as to whether she is happy or not. She loves staff to sing and dance around her, she loves activities, and she enjoys interaction/company.

How will you be helping?

• Medication management and administration
• Peg feeding
• General emotional support
• Diabetes control
• Oral suctioning
• Assist to day centre
• Personal care
• Insulin administration
• Cough assist
• Nebuliser

What we offer:

• Paid post-employment eLearning at £10.00 per hour
• A variety of shifts to suit your lifestyle
• Work with our own clients, no agency work.
• Pension scheme
• Blue light card
• Free DBS check
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and adoption schemes
• Continued professional development to support you & your career
• Holiday pay
• Refer a friend and receive £500 with our ‘Who’s your plus one?’ incentive – T&C’s apply
• Employee Assistance line – available 24/7 and fully confidential for our staff
• Support from your local branch team and out of hours support.

We’re looking for:

• Six months’ paid experience in care
• Excellent communication skills
• A driver’s licence is a bonus but not essential
• Good professional and personal references

In line with CQC & Care Inspectorate regulations, we require and will undertake Enhanced DBS/PVG, Right to Work, Reference and Employment History checks in line with Government guidelines for this role and safer recruitment best practice.

Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be an extension to timelines.

All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing & Care colleagues are responsible for promoting Equal Opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any client or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, identity or any other perceived difference.

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