Day Spinal Injury Care Assistant

Abbots Care; Buntingford; On-site; GBP 2,066,000 - 2,342,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Holiday

Pension scheme

Fully Paid training induction

DBS paid by Abbots Care

Blue Light Discount

Care Worker Wellbeing App

Ongoing development and diplomas

Job summary

Abbots Care is seeking reliable care workers to support a 47-year-old man with a C3 spinal cord injury living in Buntingford. The role involves complex care, personal assistance, and working 8am–8pm with alternate weekends. Training is provided by an in-house nurse assessor, and DBS is funded by Abbots Care.

Pay is £16.00 per hour with paid holiday, pension enrollment, and ongoing development. You will join a dedicated team delivering compassionate, patient-centered care in the client’s home.

Qualifications

• Experience in care is essential.
• Experience with spinal injuries desirable (training provided).
• Ability to work in a team and independently.

Responsibilities

• Provide regular personal care for the client.
• Assist with catheter and bowel care as required.
• Support the client to live as independently as possible.
• Work 8am–8pm with alternate weekends.

Skills

Care experience

Spinal injuries

Teamwork

Calm demeanor

Humor

Empathy

Tools

CCTV awareness

Job description

Abbots Care is an award-winning care provider. We provide round-the-clock care packages to support people including children, young people and adults who have long term health conditions to live in the comfort and safety of their own home.

Please note that applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We cannot accept overseas applicants.

We are seeking reliable and confident individuals to support our client, a 47‑year‑old man with a C3 complete spinal cord injury (tetraplegia) following a motorcross accident almost 3 years ago.

Our client lives in Buntingford, a town in the east of Hertfordshire with his wife and 2 Great Dane’s Thor & Mav.

Experience of working within the care sector is essential for this role, with real dedication to enabling a client living with severely limited mobility to be live as independently as possible.

Full training for this role will be provided by our in-house community nurse assessor, who works closely with our clients with complex care needs.

Our client requires regular personal care, catheter care and bowel care using a suppository

The ideal candidate should be:

• Experienced in complex care or spinal injuries desirable (training provided)
• Calm, good sense of humour, emotionally mature and non‑judgemental
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team and independently.
• Comfortable working around two very large friendly dogs
• Happy to work with CCTV in operation in the carers’ room and outside the property

The shifts are 8am-8pm, inclusive of alternate weekends

What we offer you:

• £16.00 per hour weekdays and weekends
• Paid Holiday
• Enrolment onto our pension scheme
• A designated Account Manager to answer any queries around schedule or package.
• Fully Paid training induction delivered by our inhouse training department
• Enhanced DBS paid by Abbots Care
• Blue Light Discount to use in restaurants and high street stores
• Paid ongoing development and Diplomas
• Access to our brand-new Care Worker Wellbeing App and Rewards

There are so many reasons to join our team, but these are our top five:

• Feeling of reward; There is no better feeling than knowing you have made a difference to someone’s day, week or even month.
• Flexibility: We understand the importance of having a work life balance,
• Variety: No day is ever the same and this truly is a special part of working in care.
• Real qualifications; Unlike other care providers, we offer a full range of training and opportunities to gain qualifications, we also pay for your training course as well as the time you have spent training with us
• Our perks; There are plenty of reasons you will love working with us, from our competitive pay rates to our market leading mileage pay. We have a fantastic management team and operate an open-door policy in our branches
• When you join Abbots Care, you join a family like no other. We pride ourselves on the quality of the staff we employ and when you join us, you will receive the absolute best training and ongoing support to help you in your role.

If you are a caring, resilient individual who values dignity, honesty and clear communication, we would love to hear from you.

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