Support Carer / Support Worker - Day & Night
- Recruiter
- e-Select Recruitment Ltd
- Location
- Longfield
- Salary
- £8.50 to £14.00 per hour
- Posted
- 21 Oct 2014
- Closes
- 28 Oct 2014
- Ref
- ESR1740-SP
- Contact
- e-Select Recruitment
- Sectors
- Health, Nursing & Social Care, Carer jobs
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Are you a caring and empathetic person, with a calm nature, an interest to learn, and willingness to help with the ongoing developmental potential of young children?
1x SUPPORT CARER, 1x SLEEP-IN NIGHT CARER, 1x WAKING NIGHT CARER
Support Carer - £8.50 to £9.00 per hour
Sleep-in Night Carer - £72 to £84 per night
Waking Night Carer - £12 to £14 per hour
LOCATION: Based near Longfield, Kent, you should live within easy daily commuting distance, including; Gravesend, Dartford, Swanley, Chatham, Maidstone, Bexleyheath.
HOURS / SHIFTS:
Support Carer
07:00 -10:00
07:00 – 16:00
15:00 - 21:15
15:45 - 21:15
Sleep-in Night Carer
21:00 - 07:15
Waking Night Carer
21:00 – 07:15
Working with a private family near Longfield, Kent, you will be helping provide cover for the 24/7 care needs for their non-verbal 7 year old child, who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
As well as providing ongoing care, you will also be supporting the family and playing an important part in promoting and realising the child's greater ongoing developmental potential.
Experience and qualities required of the roles include:
* You will ideally be an experienced Carer / Care Worker / Support Carer (this may be experience gained within the family), possibly with NVQ Health & Social Care.
* Time spent working with young people or children would be an advantage.
* Hands-on experience dealing with seizures and peg tube feeding would also be an advantage, although full training will be provided.
* A calm nature, an interest to learn, considerate & empathetic, good standard of written and spoken English are all essential.
* For the Waking Night positions, it is essential that the post holders have had a minimum of 1 years’ experience of working as a lone worker, within a Waking Night Carer position. You would also have proven experience of managing a complex needs client.
* Excellent observation skills & a high level of competency are essential.
* Due to the requirements of the role and location of the family home, you must have a full driving licence and your own transport.
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