- Days: 7:45am – 8:00pm (Monday to Sunday)
- Nights: 7:45pm – 8:00am (Monday to Sunday)
Essential Requirement: Full UK Driving Licence
Join Our Specialist Paediatric Complex Care Team
Libertatem Healthcare Group is seeking a compassionate, experienced, and dedicated Paediatric Brain Injury Support Worker to support a young client with complex healthcare needs in his family home and within the community in Bromley, London.
This is a rewarding opportunity for a Children’s Support Worker, Complex Care Support Worker, Healthcare Assistant (HCA), Paediatric Carer, or Brain Injury Support Worker looking to make a meaningful difference in a child’s life.
About the Client
You will be supporting a delightful 5-year-old boy living with:
- Dystonia
- Significant mobility limitations
- PEG feeding requirements
He enjoys books, music, nursery rhymes, sensory activities, light-up toys, bubbles, and watching his favourite TV programmes. He responds well to reassurance, companionship, and positive interaction.
Please note that the family has a dog, so applicants must be comfortable working in a home with pets.
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver person-centred care tailored to the client’s clinical and social needs
- Support with personal care, hygiene, dressing, and daily living activities
- Assist with mobility and safe moving and handling procedures
- Provide PEG feeding and enteral nutrition support
- Administer medication as prescribed
- Support seizure management plans, including rescue medication where required
- Carry out oral and nasopharyngeal suctioning
- Monitor the client’s health and wellbeing, reporting any changes appropriately
- Facilitate sensory play, learning, and developmental activities
- Provide emotional support, companionship, and encouragement
- Accompany the client to appointments, activities, and community outings
- Maintain accurate care records and documentation
- Work collaboratively with family members and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals
Requirements
- Previous experience supporting paediatric clients in a care, support worker, or healthcare assistant role
- Experience working with children with complex care needs, including:
- PEG feeding / enteral feeding
- Seizure management and rescue medication
- Medication administration
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- A caring, empathetic, reliable, and professional approach
- Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Understanding of accessibility and awareness of wheelchair-friendly routes, transport, and venues
- Full UK Driving Licence
Benefits
- Supportive and friendly working environment
- Excellent training programme
- DBS paid for
- Blue Light Card eligibility
- Ongoing professional development
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 provide your clients with care and support wherever they are located. Our care and support packages put our client’s 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.
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