Spinal Injury Care Assistant

Abbots Care; Hitchin; On-site; GBP 1,378,000 - 1,653,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training & development

Clinical support

Supportive management

Making a difference

Team-based care

Job summary

Abbots Care in Hitchin is seeking compassionate care workers to join a dedicated team providing 24/7 home-based support to a client with a life-changing spinal cord injury. The role focuses on maintaining independence and community involvement within the client’s home environment.

You will deliver personal care, mobility support, meals, and social activities, with full training provided by the company. Shifts are 7am–7pm and 7pm–7am (waking night), with one weekend every other week.

Qualifications

• Spinal cord injury care
• Complex care
• Bowel management
• Catheter care
• Moving and handling
• Autonomic dysreflexia awareness and management

Responsibilities

• Personal care and daily living support
• Bowel management every morning
• Catheter care and bladder washouts
• Support with eating and drinking
• Safe moving and handling using a mobile hoist (two-person transfers)
• Community access, appointments, and social activities
• Accompanying client to prayer visits and outings
• Promoting independence, dignity and wellbeing
• Cook/Meal preparation in line with client’s vegetarian lifestyle

Job description

We have an exciting opportunityto join our team based in Hitchin!

Abbots Care is an award-winning domiciliary community care company in Hertfordshire with a CQC rating of outstanding. Our community-based support care workers provide care to our service users within their own homes to help them remain as independent as possible.

We are seeking kind and compassionate individuals to join our ever expanding team! We have been providing support and care within the community since 1995 to various different service user types including children and the elderly.

We are looking for compassionate, dedicated and experienced care workers to join a specialist team supporting a client who sustained a life-changing spinal cord injury following a fall in 2022.

This is a rewarding opportunity to provide high-quality, person-centred care to one consistent client, helping her maintain independence, access her community, and enjoy family life.

Our client is a warm, family-oriented lady who lives at home with some of her children. She enjoys spending time with her family, attending prayers and being involved in her local community. She is seeking carers who can build positive relationships with both her and her family and become a valued part of her support network.

As part of a dedicated care team, you will support our client with all aspects of her daily living, including:

• Personal care and daily living support
• Bowel management every morning
• Catheter care and bladder washouts
• Support with eating and drinking
• Safe moving and handling using a mobile hoist (two-person transfers)
• Community access, appointments, and social activities
• Accompanying Jas to prayer visits and other outings
• Promoting independence, dignity and wellbeing always
• Cooking / Meal Preparation, Our client leads a vegetarian lifestyle. Carers may eat meat themselves; howevermeat should not be prepared alongside her meals.

Due to our client requiring 24 hour care the shift times are 7am-7pm / 7pm-7am (waking night) – you will also be required to do 1 shift every other weekend.

Previous experience in the following areas would be highly advantageous:

• Spinal cord injury care
• Complex care
• Bowel management
• Catheter care
• Moving and handling
• Autonomic dysreflexia awareness and management

Full training will be provided for the right candidate with a strong caring attitude and willingness to learn.

What We Offer

• Ongoing training and professional development.
• Clinical support and supervision.
• A supportive and experienced management team.
• The opportunity to make a genuine difference in someone's life.
• The chance to be part of a dedicated team helping an individual rebuild confidence, independence, and enjoyment in life following a significant spinal injury.

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