Support Worker

Job description

We are seeking an experienced female Care Worker to provide 8-hour shifts, 7 days per week in the PO8 area. The role is focused on delivering high-quality complex care support for a service user with multi-faceted clinical and mobility needs, ensuring safety, comfort, and dignity at all times.

• Provide hands-on complex care support during 8-hour shifts, 7 days per week
• Deliver care in line with the service user’s support plan and agreed care protocols, including:
• Regular suctioning
• Chest physiotherapy as required
• Home oxygen administration as required
• Apnoea management
• PEG feeding
• Seizure management
• Double incontinence support, including awareness of recurrent UTIs
• Support safe mobility and transfers, including:
• Full hoist transfers requiring 2 carers
• Care for contractures to both knees
• Management of very stiff hips
• Support with limited tolerance when sitting in a wheelchair due to discomfort
• Maintain safe working practices, infection control, and accurate documentation of care delivered
• Promote independence where possible, while ensuring comfort and safety throughout the shift

• Must be female (to meet the personal care needs of the service user)
• Experience working in complex care and/or supporting individuals with high-acuity needs (suctioning, oxygen, PEG feeding, seizures)
• Experience and confidence with hoist transfers and working with two-car transfers
• Understanding of continence care and safeguarding with awareness of recurrent UTIs
• Ability to follow care plans and respond appropriately to changing care needs
• Strong communication skills and a calm, professional approach under pressure

• Location: PO8 area
• Hours:8-hour shifts
• Days:7 days per week

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Waterlooville

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Salary indication

Between £15.00 and £16.00 Per Hour

Published at

22-06-2026

Profession type

Home Care Jobs

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English