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Family Support Worker (Northamptonshire)

Irwin Mitchell (Solicitors) are recruiting on behalf of their client

Job Title: Family Support Worker

Location: Northamptonshire (NN6)

Company: AKA Case Management Ltd (www.akacasemanagement.com)

Salary: Weekday waking hours: £15 per hour, Weekend waking hours: £17 per hour, Sleep-in hours: £12.21 per hour

Hours:

All year round: 1 x Saturday per month – 8:00 – 16:30

School Holidays: Wednesdays – 14:00 – 21:00, Thursdays – 12:00 – 16:00

We are looking for a bright, enthusiastic, reliable individual, who has a positive outlook, to work within our team. They will be required to support our client in his home within the Northamptonshire area. You will be working with our 16-year-old client who enjoys being busy, active, and trying new activities. The role offers a friendly and fully adapted, working environment, supportive team, and generous rates of pay.

We would consider job-share for candidates who are interested but cannot fulfil all the above hours. Additional hours may be available to cover staff holidays/sickness.

DUTIES:

Your duties will include:

  • Providing personal care for the client and ensuring his safety
  • Enabling the client to make the most of his independence in all tasks
  • Initiating a range of fun and stimulating activities and supporting him with activities
  • Providing therapeutic activities, such as those recommended by physiotherapist to develop skills
  • Helping client develop his skills, such as expanding his vocabulary
  • Liaising with support team and family

PERSON SPECIFICATION:

Experience: We particularly welcome applications from people with experience in care, therapy or education

Skills: Able to provide high standard of personal care, proactive, good communicator, able to work on own initiative, organised and reliable

Benefits: We offer full training, regular supervision for Support Workers, access to pension scheme. The role has an excellent working environment in the client’s fully adapted home and offers generous rates of pay.

Salary: Weekday waking hours: £15 per hour

Weekend waking hours: £17 per hour

Sleep-in hours: £12.21 per hour

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE CAN ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM APPLICANTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO WORK IN THE UK AND WE CANNOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP

Closing date: 22nd May 2025

Paediatric Personal Assistant Minimum 36 Hours (Wolverhampton)

AKA Case Management are recruiting on behalf of one our clients

Job Title: Paediatric Personal Assistant Minimum 36 Hours

Location: Wolverhampton Area

Salary £15.00 per hour.

Shift Pattern: 12 hour Waking Nights working 3 days out of 7 (Flexibility required) 36 hours.

We are looking for an experienced Paediatric Personal Assistant who is reliable, flexible, and a motivated individual to work within our team, providing 1 to 1 support within the family home. You will be working with an 8-year-old female client who enjoys going to the cinema, experiencing nature walks and watching films. The client has complex care needs and is PEG fed, non-verbal with no voluntary movement so is reliant on support for transfer and engagement. Due to personal care the family have requested female candidates only, with experience in complex care.

Duties:

  • Assisting with activities of daily living that are age appropriate.
  • Use own initiative on medical intervention and escalate when appropriate.
  • Providing implementation of therapeutical programmes.
  • Provide personal care and complete washing and dressing routines.
  • Undertake mandatory and bespoke training in line with clients’ needs and requirements.
  • Provide suctioning as and when required.
  • Observations and monitoring throughout the night.
  • Management of client seizures.
  • Preparing blends for mealtimes.
  • Administering morning medication.

Person specification: Due to personal care needs family have requested female candidates only.

Qualifications/Experience:  NVQ level 2 or equivalent would be preferred but not essential, relevant experience of working with complex care in paediatrics and waking night experience is needed.

Successful candidate would preferably have a nursing or specialist rehab facility background and awareness and confidence to support client with their suctioning/PEG/seizures and complex medical needs.

Special Requirements: Car driver preferred but not essential (Client has their own vehicle at the Paediatric Personal Assistant’s disposal while on shift).

Closing date: 16.05.25

Interview date: Week commencing 26th May 2025