Waking Night Support Worker SL9

SNAP, Inc.; Chalfont St. Peter; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

SNAP, Inc. in Gerrards Cross is seeking an experienced Waking Night Support Worker to care for Elsie, a 9-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and a PEG tube.

The role focuses on overnight support, bedtime routines, positioning and managing epilepsy-related needs while remaining awake through the night. This weekend opportunity is described as rewarding and is best suited for a calm, observant female worker who enjoys teamwork within a family home.

Qualifications

• Essential Experience: Waking night experience.
• Experience supporting children or young people with SEN / Neurodiversity.
• PEG feeding.
• Epilepsy trained.

Responsibilities

• As a Waking Night Support Worker, you will provide attentive overnight support, helping Elsie with her bedtime routine, positioning and epilepsy-related needs while remaining awake and alert throughout the night.
• This role would suit an experienced, calm and observant female Support Worker who is confident supporting children with complex needs and enjoys working as part of a dedicated team within a family home.
• Where a specific gender is essential to meet the client's needs, this is a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Job description

( Female) Waking Night Support Worker, Gerrards Cross, SL9. £19.80 gross per hour. Rewarding weekend opportunity supporting an 9-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, epilepsy and complex care needs., Essential Experience: Waking night experience. Experience supporting children or young people with SEN / Neurodiversity. PEG feeding. Epilepsy trained.
Driver Required: No
Facilities: Fully adapted house. Staff will work from an office room with a laptop and monitor, located in the adjacent room to Elsie s room.

Elsie, 9, is fun-loving and enjoys swimming, farms, cartoons, shopping and time together. She has cerebral palsy, epilepsy, uses a wheelchair and has a PEG tube.

As a Waking Night Support Worker, you will provide attentive overnight support, helping Elsie with her bedtime routine, positioning and epilepsy-related needs while remaining awake and alert throughout the night.

This role would suit an experienced, calm and observant female Support Worker who is confident supporting children with complex needs and enjoys working as part of a dedicated team within a family home.

Where a specific gender is essential to meet the client's needs, this is a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9, Paragraph 1 of the Equality Act 2010.