Complex Care Assistant

🌈 Waking Night Complex Care Assistant (Paediatric) – St Austell 

Complex Care Assistant | Healthcare Assistant (HCA) | Support Worker | Carer | Waking Nights | Paediatric | St Austell

Use your experience. Develop specialist skills. Be truly supported.

📍 Location: St Austell, Cornwall (PL25 area, Family Home, Community-Based Care)
💷 Pay:  £15.23 per hour (Sunday night) £14.70 per hour (Saturday night) £14.70 per hour (Mon-Fri night)
🕒 Shifts: Waking Nights | 9:00pm–7:00am | Sunday to Thursday
📄 Contract: Part-time (Waking Nights)
🎉 Holiday: 28 days paid annual leave

💙 About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Complex Care Assistant / Healthcare Assistant (HCA) / Support Worker / Carer to provide 1:1 overnight care for a young child with complex clinical needs in their family home. Complex Care Training Provided for the right person

This role is ideal for a carer who already has experience in healthcare or complex care and is looking to build on their skills, work consistent night shifts, and be part of a highly supportive specialist care team.

You will receive ongoing clinical training, competency refreshers, and continuous support — you’ll never be expected to work beyond your training or without backup.

🩺 Clinical Needs You’ll Support (With Ongoing Training)
The child has complex and evolving needs, including:

Respiratory support including nightly BiPAP
Epilepsy and seizure management
PEG feeding and nutrition
Medication administration (including nebulisers)
Oxygen therapy (PRN)
Airway and respiratory management

👉 You must have previous care experience.
👉 Ongoing training, upskilling, and clinical supervision will be provided to support you in this role.

🧩 Your Responsibilities
Delivering high-quality, person-centred 1:1 overnight care
Monitoring respiratory status and responding appropriately
Safe medication administration
Managing seizures and providing reassurance
Supporting comfort, positioning, and personal care
Maintaining accurate records and night-time observations
Creating a calm, safe, and attentive environment

✅ What We’re Looking For
You must have:

Previous experience as a Care Assistant, HCA, or Support Worker
Happy to be trained in complex needs
A calm, compassionate, and professional approach
Strong communication skills
A commitment to safeguarding and high-quality care

🚗 A full UK driving licence is preferred.

🌟 Why Join Libertatem?
As part of Libertatem Healthcare Group (Sonderwell), you’ll benefit from:

Fully funded Enhanced DBS
Paid specialist training and ongoing development
Clinical support and regular competency refreshers
Supportive management and nursing teams
Retail and lifestyle discounts
Wellness and financial wellbeing resources
Discounted gym memberships
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Refer a friend scheme

✨ Ready to Take the Next Step?
If you’re an experienced carer looking to develop specialist complex care skills while making a genuine difference, we’d love to hear from you.

👉 Apply today and join Libertatem.

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Our Safeguarding Commitment

Libertatem Healthcare Group recognise the benefits of people and organisations working together to prevent and stop both the risks and experience of abuse or neglect, whilst balancing the right to be safe with the right to make informed choices. At the same time, making sure that both adult’s and children’s wellbeing is promoted including taking into consideration their views, wishes, feelings and beliefs in deciding on any action. With this in mind, we will work to adhere to the six key principles that underpin all safeguarding work.

The Libertatem Healthcare Group is rated OUTSTANDING with the Care Quality Commission and is a registered provider with CIW in Wales.