Complex Care Assistant – Nights

Prestige Nursing & Care; South Cheriton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 33,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

1 hour paid travel time per shift

Weekly pay

Job summary

Prestige Nursing & Care in Crewkerne, Somerset is seeking a compassionate Complex Care Assistant for night shifts (10.00pm – 08.00am) to support a young man at home. The role focuses on waking night care, personal care, safeguarding wellbeing and building trust with the family. Training and ongoing support are provided.

You will work with a dedicated Taunton team, receive weekly pay and access extensive training, DBS checks, and career development opportunities.

Qualifications

• A minimum of six months’ paid care experience
• A caring, compassionate and reliable nature
• Excellent communication skills
• A commitment to delivering outstanding person-centred care
• Good professional and personal references
• A driving licence is advantageous but not essential

Responsibilities

• Providing waking night support and observation
• Supporting with bedtime and morning routines
• Assisting with personal care
• Monitoring and responding appropriately to seizures
• Supporting the safe use of a BiPAP machine
• Promoting dignity, comfort and wellbeing at all times
• Building a positive and trusting relationship with the client and family

Skills

Care experience

Excellent communication

Reliability

Compassionate

Dignity and wellbeing

Job description

Complex Care Assistant – Nights
Location: Crewkerne, Somerset
Shifts: Night shifts, 10.00pm – 08.00am
Pay: £16.01 – £24.02 per hour with weekly pay

• Plus 1 hour of paid travel time per shift
• 11 hours paid for every shift worked

At Prestige Nursing and Care, people are at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for a compassionate, reliable and dedicated Complex Care Assistant to join our Taunton team, supporting a wonderful young man who lives with his family in Crewkerne. This is an opportunity to make a genuine difference to one person’s life whilst working in a rewarding role with excellent support, specialist training and career development opportunities.

About the Client

Our client is a placid and kind-natured young man living with his family in Crewkerne. Although he is non-verbal and non-mobile, he enjoys interaction and communication and has a busy daily routine. He is looking for a caring and attentive person to provide waking night support, helping him settle into bed, monitoring his wellbeing overnight and ensuring he remains safe and comfortable throughout the night. He uses a BiPAP machine and experiences seizures, but full specialist training will be provided so you feel confident supporting him. He also requires assistance with his morning routine, including personal care, showering and getting dressed ready for the day ahead.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Providing waking night support and observation
• Supporting with bedtime and morning routines
• Assisting with personal care
• Monitoring and responding appropriately to seizures
• Supporting the safe use of a BiPAP machine
• Promoting dignity, comfort and wellbeing at all times
• Building a positive and trusting relationship with the client and family

Why Choose Prestige Nursing and Care?

• 1 hour of paid travel time included with every shift
• Weekly pay
• Paid shadow shifts before working independently
• Paid post-employment eLearning
• Flexible working patterns
• Work with our own clients
• Free Enhanced DBS check
• Blue Light Card discounts
• Pension scheme
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption benefits
• Ongoing training and professional development
• Holiday pay
• Care Friends referral scheme
• 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Friendly local branch support and out-of-hours assistance

What We’re Looking For

• A minimum of six months’ paid care experience
• A caring, compassionate and reliable nature
• Excellent communication skills
• A commitment to delivering outstanding person-centred care
• Good professional and personal references
• A driving licence is advantageous but not essential

If you’re looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference every day whilst receiving excellent support and training, we’d love to hear from you.

In line with CQC and 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. You may be asked to provide your employment details through HMRC. Whilst we endeavour to keep the recruitment process as short as possible, due to the nature of these important checks there may be extension to timelines. As a private provider of home care in the UK, Prestige Nursing and Care is not affiliated to the NHS, as such we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of any employment visa at this time. All our clients are equally entitled to have their needs met in a safe, fair and balanced way. Prestige Nursing and 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. We reserve the right to close this position early.