Complex Care Assistant (Adults and Children) - Guildford

Complex Care Assistant (Adults and Children) - Guildford 

Full Training Provided

As a Newcross Home Carer, you will provide essential care and support to children and/or adults in their own homes, living with a range of complex healthcare needs. It is essential that you have worked in similar environments previously and are able to work well under pressure.

We have a range of shifts available, including days, nights and weekends or a combination of these. This presents you with the opportunity to tailor your rota to suit family and other commitments.

Within your role you will be responsible for assisting with key health provision functions, including administering medication, pain relief and various domestic and healthcare tasks to assist the service users with day to day living. 

Although we provide full training, we are especially interested to hear from applicants who have gained experience through working with any of the following:

• Tracheostomy
• Ventilator
• PEG
• Brain Injury
• Spinal Injury
• Learning Disability
• Degenerative medical conditions (such as Motor Neurone Disease).

Our person centred service is designed to enable the service users to interact with their friends, families and also the local community, enabling them to maximise their independence and live fulfilling lives. In order to support your success in this role, you will have access to comprehensive training and 24 hour support. And to ensure that you always have enough work you will be employed on a permanent, flexible contract with guaranteed hours. 

Benefits of joining our Woking Complex Care Team:

• Up to £15.04/hr paid weekly, incl holiday pay
• Permanent, flexible hours contract
• Agreed mileage expenses for most clients
• Free uniform upon joining
• Free Criminal Record Check (DBS) upfront
• Recommend a friend scheme, paying up to £500 per new recruit
• Your own online account area to enter availability, download timesheets and receive payslips
• Local line manager and branch support
• Ongoing training and development through our training credits scheme

In order to be considered for this role you must have the following:

• The ability to prove your right to live and work in the UK
• At least 3 months’ previous paid experience working in a complex care environment in the UK within the last 3 years
• Referee contact details for your current place of work, including a manager who can comment on your clinical ability, and for all employments in the past 18 months or your 3 most recent jobs

If you have an NVQ2 / SVQ2 in Health and Social Care, or currently work in a care assistant job, you could be fast tracked through our recruitment process.

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If you cannot apply online, please call 0800 252 881. Newcross Healthcare Solutions is committed to promoting equal opportunities and nothing in this job advert is intended to discriminate against anyone in any way.