Complex Care Worker

Abbots Care is an award-winning care provider. We provide round-the-clock care packages to support people including children, young people and adults who have long term health conditions to live in the comfort and safety of their own home. Please note that applicants must have the right to work in the UK. We cannot accept overseas applicants. We are seeking reliable and confident individuals to support our client, a 47-year-old man with a C3 complete spinal cord injury (tetraplegia) following a motorcross accident almost 3 years ago. Our client lives in Buntingford, a town in the east of Hertfordshire with his wife and 2 Great Dane's Thor & Mav. Experience of working within the care sector is essential for this role, with real dedication to enabling a client living with severely limited mobility to be live as independently as possible. Full training for this role will be provided by our in-house community nurse assessor, who works closely with our clients with complex care needs. Our client requires regular personal care, catheter care and bowel care using a suppository. The ideal candidate should be: Experienced in complex care or spinal injuries desirable (training provided); Calm, good sense of humour, emotionally mature and non-judgemental; Ability to work collaboratively in a team and independently; Comfortable working around two very large friendly dogs; Happy to work with CCTV in operation in the carers' room and outside the property. The shifts for this package are a mix of days and nights: 8am - 8pm / 8pm-8am, in which carers must arrive 15 mins prior to shift start to have handover from previous carer.