Complex Care Support Worker - Bank

NHS; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated Complex Care Support Workers to join their bank care team. This role offers flexible and rewarding work, assisting clients with complex needs such as brain injuries and spinal injuries. You will engage in personalized routines, provide emotional support, and collaborate with healthcare professionals to ensure continuity of care. If you are passionate about making a difference in people's lives and possess excellent communication skills, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a supportive team and help provide high-quality care to those in need.

Qualifications

• Passion for working with people and providing care.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Support clients with daily living activities and personal hygiene.
• Administer medication and monitor health conditions.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals for comprehensive care.

Skills

Communication Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Compassion

Flexibility

Ability to deal with challenging behaviors

Education

Experience in complex care

Previous experience in care

Job description

This is a complex care support worker role within the Libertatem Healthcare Group, a provider of high-quality care and support services. The role involves providing flexible, rewarding work as part of a bank care team, assisting clients with a range of complex needs, such as brain injury, cerebral palsy, or spinal injuries. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work across various client packages in the South Wales region, ensuring continuity of care.

Main duties of the job

As a Complex Care Support Worker, you will be responsible for supporting and engaging with personalized routines, including the use of hoists, completing daily living activities such as personal hygiene and mobility, administering medication and monitoring health conditions, providing emotional support and companionship, and maintaining accurate records of care provided. You will collaborate with healthcare professionals and family members to ensure comprehensive care for the clients.

About us

Libertatem Healthcare Group is a national provider of care and support services, with a focus on delivering the best possible care and support for clients who have sustained personal injuries or suffered from medical negligence. The organization is dedicated to promoting independence, communication, and providing its employees with the tools to achieve the highest standards of care.

Job responsibilities

Come join our bank care team – Help make a difference!

We have an opportunity for support workers looking for flexible, rewarding work in a supportive team.

As part of our bank care team you’ll be able to pick up work when available and when/where suits you across several of our clients in the South Wales region, providing them with an excellent continuity of care.

Due to our clients' support needs, successful candidates will ideally have previous experience working with complex needs, brain injury/cerebral palsy or spinal injuries though this will not be essential. However, experience working in care or with similar needs is required, and training will be provided so that you are able to work across any of the packages in the region.

Pay: Dependent on package (ranges from £14.50 - £15.00 weekdays and £15.50 - £17.00 weekends)

Hours: Flexible, what and where works for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting and engaging with personalized routines inclusive of hoists.
• Completing daily living activities, including personal hygiene and mobility.
• Administering medication and monitoring health conditions.
• Providing emotional support and companionship.
• Maintaining accurate records of care provided and reporting any changes in clients’ conditions.
• Collaborating with a range of healthcare professionals and family members to ensure comprehensive care.

Requirements:

• A genuine passion for working with people and providing care.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Compassionate, patient, and empathetic nature.
• Reliability, commitment, and flexibility.
• Previous experience in a similar role, preferably in complex care.
• Ability to deal with challenging behaviors.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Libertatem's care philosophy is based on independence, communication, and our people. We're dedicated to providing our clients with the best possible support and our people with the tools to achieve it. If you are looking for a rewarding role, where you can make a real difference in someone’s life, we would love to hear from you. For more information contact [e-mail]

Our Safeguarding Commitment

Libertatem Healthcare Group recognizes the benefits of people and organizations working together to prevent and stop both the risks and experience of abuse or neglect, whilst balancing the right to be safe with the right to make informed choices. At the same time, making sure that both adults' and children’s wellbeing is promoted, including taking into consideration their views, wishes, feelings, and beliefs in deciding on any action. With this in mind, we will work to adhere to the six key principles that underpin all safeguarding work.

The Libertatem Healthcare Group is rated OUTSTANDING with the Care Quality Commission and is a registered provider with CIW in Wales.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• The successful candidate should have a genuine passion for working with people and providing care, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a compassionate, patient, and empathetic nature, reliability, commitment, and flexibility. Previous experience in a similar role, preferably in complex care, is desirable, as well as the ability to deal with challenging behaviors and work both independently and as part of a team.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.