Complex Carer/ Children

County Carers; Reading; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A compassionate care provider in Reading is seeking an experienced Complex Care Support Worker for a paediatric client with significant healthcare needs. The role requires expertise in paediatric complex care and essential competencies along with fluency in English. The position offers competitive pay rates, ongoing support, and the opportunity to make a real difference in a child's life.

Benefits

Competitive pay rates

Full support from experienced teams

Ongoing training and development

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a complex care role with children.
• Up-to-date mandatory training and clinical competencies.
• Reliable and able to build trust with the child and family.

Responsibilities

• Provide complex care for a child with significant healthcare needs.
• Support clients in a compassionate and professional manner.

Skills

Paediatric complex care experience

Suctioning

Epilepsy management

VP shunt care

PEG feeding

English fluency

Job description

Job Title: Complex Care Support Worker - Paediatric Client

Location: Reading

Hours: Mon-Fri 8.30am-2.30pm

Pay Rate: £20ph weekdays and £33 per hour weekends

About Us

County Carers is a trusted provider of complex care, supporting clients and their families with tailored, compassionate, and professional home-based care. We are currently looking for an experienced Complex Carer to join our team and support a young child with significant healthcare needs.

You will be fully supported by our expert management and clinical team, but we are looking for someone with a strong background in complex paediatric care who can confidently hit the ground running.

Role Requirements

We are specifically seeking a carer who has experience working with children with complex needs and is fully trained and competent in the following areas:

• Paediatric complex care experience (essential)
• Suctioning
• Epilepsy management
• VP (Ventriculoperitoneal) shunt care
• PEG (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy) feeding
• Breath-holding episodes

Essential Criteria

• Must be fluent in English - this is a specific request from the client's family
• Proven experience in a complex care role, must be with children
• Up-to-date mandatory training and clinical competencies (or willingness to update through us)
• Reliable, compassionate, and able to build trust with both the child and their family
• Enhanced DBS (or willingness to undergo one)

What We Offer

• Competitive pay rates
• Full support from our experienced office and clinical teams
• Ongoing training and development
• The opportunity to make a real difference in a child's life

We have had applicants who did not have sufficient complex care experience, we are looking to shortlist only highly experienced candidates at this stage.

If you are only available a few days a week, this is ok as we are typically looking for a few carers to share the shifts throughout the week.

We have a dedicated onboarding team who will ensure the correct safeguarding process prior to anyone meeting the client.