Complex Care Support Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

Join Our Team as a Complex Care Support Worker – Make a Real Difference!

Are you looking for a rewarding and engaging role in complex clinical care? We’re offering an exciting opportunity for a support worker to work alongside our client with complex needs in Bedford, Bedfordshire.

Pay:  Days - £16.00 per hour weekdays, £17.00 per hour Saturdays, £18.00 per hour Sundays. Nights - £18.00 per hour weekdays, £19.00 per hour weekends.

Hours: Days - Full-time (split shifts Mon, Tues & Thurs 08:00-10:30 &16:30-20:00, Weds 07:00-09:00 &16:30-20:00, Fri 08:00-20:00) Nights -  Full-time (20:00-08:00)

About the Role

You’ll be supporting a young man in his 20's who has complex needs due to a brain injury, including cerebral palsy/learning difficulties, dysphagia, epilepsy, anxiety and quadriplegia. We're looking for someone with experience in complex care and the ability to build a strong, supportive relationship through clear communication and empathy.

He lives in an annex within his family home, he enjoys trainspotting, the cinema, attending church, getting out into the community and playing games on his laptop. Your role will be to support him physically and emotionally, helping him live life to the fullest.

What We’re Looking For

Due to the client's needs, we’re seeking a support worker with:

• A genuine passion for care and making a difference
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Compassionate, patient, and empathetic nature
• Reliable, committed, and flexible approach
• Experience in complex care and managing challenging behaviours
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

You’ll need to be confident working independently and collaboratively, with the ability to build a trusting relationship with the client and his family.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitoring condition
• Support with daily/nightly routines
• Assist with personal hygiene and mobility
• Administer medication and monitor health
• Provide emotional support and companionship
• Maintain accurate care records
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals and family members

Why Join Us?

As part of Libertatem Healthcare Group (a Sonderwell company), you’ll be joining a team dedicated to delivering exceptional care and promoting independence.

Benefits include:

• Access to our benefits and communication platform
• Exclusive discounts at thousands of retailers
• Wellness Centre and financial wellbeing support
• Gym membership and healthcare cash plan discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

About Libertatem Healthcare

We specialise in supporting individuals who have experienced personal injury or medical negligence. Our care packages are tailored to each client, with independence and communication at the heart of everything we do.

Apply Now

If you’re passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a supportive, values-driven team, we’d love to hear from you.

Contact: Daniel.Scratcher@libertatemhealthcare.co.uk

The Libertatem Healthcare Group was established to provide the very best levels of care and support for clients who have sustained personal injuries or suffered from medical negligence. Operating on a national basis, Libertatem Healthcare Group can provides clients with care and support wherever they are located, our care and support packages put our clients independence at the very centre of everything we do.

The Libertatem Healthcare Group is rated OUTSTANDING with the Care Quality Commission and is a registered provider with CIW in Wales.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Due to the client's needs, the ideal candidate should have a genuine passion for care and making a difference, strong communication and interpersonal skills, a compassionate, patient, and empathetic nature, a reliable, committed, and flexible approach, and experience in complex care and managing challenging behaviours.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Enviva Complex Care

Address

Libertatem Healthcare Group

Wokingham

RG41 2PY

Employer's website

https://sonderwell.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)