• Salary/Wage: £21.00 Gross Per Hour
• Driving Requirements: Yes, you must have own transport to access family home, mileage paid when on duty.
• Essential: Experience supporting children or young people with complex medical needs, including gastrostomy/PEG care. Experience supporting epilepsy and/or neurological conditions. Confident, reliable, and able to provide consistent support. Basic first aid.
• Desirable: Experience supporting children with complex physical disabilities requiring full personal care support.
• Start Date: ASAP
• Days & Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm, with flexibility for some evening support and occasional overnight shifts as required.
• Pets in Home: 2 Labrador dogs
• Recruiter Contact: Rachael Cordell (url removed)
About the Child You will be joining a warm and welcoming family environment supporting a young person who requires consistent daily support due to complex medical and additional needs. He benefits from a calm, engaging, and reliable person who can provide both practical support and companionship throughout the day. He has complex medical needs, including gastrostomy/PEG care, and experiences neurological symptoms including epilepsy, requiring careful monitoring and experienced support. He thrives with familiar routines, positive engagement, and someone who can confidently support both his medical and emotional wellbeing.
The Role at a Glance This is a full-time role providing consistent, daily support within the family home and community. You will support with all aspects of care, including PEG/gastrostomy care, monitoring and responding appropriately to seizures and neurological symptoms, personal care, daily routines, and engaging activities. The role involves working closely with the family to provide dependable, proactive support and helping to create a safe, positive, and structured environment. Flexibility is required for some evening support and occasional overnight care as needed.
This Job Would Suit This position would suit someone experienced, compassionate, and highly reliable, with a strong background supporting children or young people with complex medical needs. The ideal candidate will be calm under pressure, attentive, and confident managing PEG care and supporting epilepsy or neurological conditions. You will be personable, proactive, and able to build a strong, trusting relationship with both the client and family while providing consistent, professional support.
Why You’ll Love This Role This role offers the opportunity to make a genuinely meaningful difference within a warm and supportive family environment. You’ll become an important and valued part of the client’s daily life, providing continuity, reassurance, and specialist support while working in a rewarding and highly impactful role.
Recruitment Process: Snap Care is managing the full recruitment process, including shortlisting, recruiter interviews, and arranging employer interviews.
Please note: Unfortunately, we are unable to provide sponsorship for any of our vacancies. If a specific gender is required, this is a genuine occupational requirement under paragraph 1, schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010
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