Female Complex Care Assistant
📍 Ilkley, West Yorkshire
💷 £14.00 per hour
🕒 Friday Nights 10:00pm to 7:00am + Bank Positions Available (Days & Nights)
🐶 Pet-Friendly Home (Dog Present)
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We are recruiting for a Female Complex Care Assistant to provide dedicated 1:1 support for a young girl with complex healthcare needs in her family home in Ilkley.
This is a rewarding opportunity to make a genuine difference while developing specialist clinical skills within a supportive and experienced care team.
About the Client
Our young female client has a rare genetic condition and requires dedicated support with all aspects of her daily care. She is non-verbal and uses hearing aids to support her communication and engagement with the world around her. Although unable to speak, she has a good understanding of people, routines, and events, and enjoys meaningful interactions with those who know her well.
She has a tracheostomy and requires vigilant support from experienced care professionals to ensure her safety, comfort, and wellbeing at all times.
Living at home with her mum and younger brother, she enjoys a loving family environment and benefits from personalised, person-centred care. She has a cheerful personality and enjoys watching Peppa Pig, spending time with those around her, and being read to, which she finds particularly relaxing and comforting. As her Care Assistant, you'll play an important role in supporting her to enjoy the activities she loves while providing the specialist care she requires.
🏡 The Role
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Deliver high-quality 1:1 care in the family home, supporting both clinical and emotional needs
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Help the individual feel safe, included, and empowered at home
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Work closely with the family and healthcare professionals
🩺 Essential Experience & Skills
We are looking for candidates with previous complex care experience, including some or all of the following:
- Paediatric care experience
- Hearing impairment awareness/support
- Tracheostomy care (paediatric)
- Ventilation via tracheostomy
- Tracheal suctioning
- Oral suctioning
- Oxygen therapy
- Nebulisation (aerosol therapy)
- Gastrostomy care and management
- Gastrostomy replacement (desirable)
- Enteral feeding
🌟 About You
To be successful in this role, you will be:
- An experienced Complex Care Assistant, Healthcare Assistant (HCA), Support Worker, or Care Assistant
- Compassionate, patient, and reliable
- Comfortable supporting children with complex healthcare needs
- Confident working independently within the community
- Able to communicate effectively with families and healthcare professionals
- Eager to develop specialist clinical skills
- Comfortable working in a home with a dog
🎁 What We Offer
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Specialist clinical training & ongoing professional development
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Access to employee benefits & discounts
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Wellness and financial wellbeing support
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Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Join Libertatem Healthcare Group
If you're passionate about delivering high-quality complex care and want to make a meaningful difference every shift, we'd love to hear from you.
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusive recruitment. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.
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