Vacancy 3: Waking Night Support
Location: Sutton Coldfield
Salary: £15\.00\-£16\.50 per hour (dependent on experience)
Shift Pattern: Sunday – Friday 8 pm – 8 am (rota system)
We are looking for experienced Paediatric support workers who are reliable, flexible, and motivated individuals to work with our client. Providing 1\-to\-1 and 2\-to\-1 support within the family home. You will be working with a 5\-year\-old non\-verbal female client with no voluntary movement who enjoys music, Barbies, sensory engagement, switch toys and her fluffy pets, hamsters and kittens. The client has complex care needs; although an NG tube is in place, this is only for hydration and medication administration. The client is fed a pureed diet orally from a spoon, as instructed by the private speech and language therapist; a dietitian is in place. The client is reliant on support for transfers, engagement and all activities of daily living. Due to personal care support, the family have requested female candidates only, with experience in paediatric complex care.
Duties:
- Assisting with activities of daily living; time appropriate, bedtime, morning routine.
- Use your own initiative regarding medical interventions and escalate when appropriate.
- Providing implementation of therapeutic programmes as directed by professionals.
- Provide personal care, complete washing and dressing routines, and apply sleep system.
- Undertake mandatory and bespoke training in line with clients’ needs and requirements.
- Provide management of seizures, administration of recovery medication as and when required.
- Observations and monitoring throughout the night.
- Preparing meal blends as guided by the client’s mum and offering suitable hydration and flushes.
- Administering of prescribed and PRN medication as per the client support plan and eMAR chart.
- Reporting all concerns to the client’s case management team and her mum.
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team and become familiar with the client’s communication style.
- Provide support with nasal suctioning when required.
Qualifications/Experience: NVQ level 2 or equivalent would be preferred but not essential; relevant experience of working with complex care in Paediatrics is preferable. Successful candidate would preferably have a nursing or specialist rehab facility background and awareness and confidence to support client with their NG tube/seizures and complex medical needs.
Special Requirements: Car driver is preferred but not essential
Closing date: Wednesday 29th July
Interview date: 12th and 13th August 2026
Email: Nicole@akacasemanagement.co.uk to request an application form.
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM APPLICANTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE UK, AND WE CANNOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP
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