Care Assistant

Job description

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Location: Northampton

Pay: £13.75 per hour

Shifts: Waking Nights - 9pm - 8am - Availability Throughout The Week

You will be working in the family home of a young adult where you will make a real difference in providing care and support throughout the night. Our client uses a wheelchair due to spinal muscular atrophy and uses a ventilator at night.

He enjoys playing computer games, watching TV and likes to go bowling and to the cinema.

This is a very important and rewarding role that requires a confident, caring and friendly care professional. There is a pet dog in the home so animal lovers are welcome to apply.

The key tasks with this role include:

Personal care

Support airway through the night

Ventilator management

Specialist Moving & Handling - Repositioning in the wheelchair