Paediatric Brain Injury Support Worker

• Paediatric Brain Injury Support Worker

• 📍 Location: Bromley, London
  💷 Pay Rates:

  • Monday to Friday Days: £16.90 per hour
  • Saturday & Sunday Days: £17.74 per hour
  • Nights: £17.74 per hour

  🕒 Shift Patterns:

  • Days: 7:45am – 8:00pm (Monday to Sunday)
  • Nights: 7:45pm – 8:00am (Monday to Sunday) 

  🚗 Essential Requirement: Full UK Driving Licence

  Join Our Specialist Paediatric Complex Care Team

  Libertatem Healthcare Group is seeking a compassionate, experienced, and dedicated Paediatric Brain Injury Support Worker to support a young client with complex healthcare needs in his family home and within the community in Bromley, London.

  This is a rewarding opportunity for a Children's Support Worker, Complex Care Support Worker, Healthcare Assistant (HCA), Paediatric Carer, or Brain Injury Support Worker looking to make a meaningful difference in a child's life.

  About the Client:
  

  You will be supporting a delightful 5-year-old boy living with:

  • Acquired brain injury
  • Global developmental delay
  • Dystonia
  • Neonatal seizures
  • Significant mobility limitations
  • PEG feeding requirements

  He enjoys books, music, nursery rhymes, sensory activities, light-up toys, bubbles, and watching his favourite TV programmes. He responds well to reassurance, companionship, and positive interaction.

  🐾 Please note that the family has a dog, so applicants must be comfortable working in a home with pets.

  Key Responsibilities:
  
  As a Paediatric Complex Care Support Worker, you will:
  

  • Deliver person-centred care tailored to the client's clinical and social needs
  • Support with personal care, hygiene, dressing, and daily living activities
  • Assist with mobility and safe moving and handling procedures
  • Provide PEG feeding and enteral nutrition support
  • Administer medication as prescribed
  • Support seizure management plans, including rescue medication where required
  • Carry out oral and nasopharyngeal suctioning
  • Monitor the client's health and wellbeing, reporting any changes appropriately
  • Facilitate sensory play, learning, and developmental activities
  • Provide emotional support, companionship, and encouragement
  • Accompany the client to appointments, activities, and community outings
  • Maintain accurate care records and documentation
  • Work collaboratively with family members and multidisciplinary healthcare professionals

  
  Essential Skills & Experience

  To be successful in this role, you must have:

  ✅ Previous experience supporting paediatric clients in a care, support worker, or healthcare assistant role

  ✅ Experience working with children with complex care needs, including:

  • Brain injury
  • PEG feeding / enteral feeding
  • Seizure management and rescue medication
  • Medication administration
  • Oral suctioning
  • Nasopharyngeal suctioning

  ✅ Strong communication and interpersonal skills

  ✅ A caring, empathetic, reliable, and professional approach

  ✅ Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team

  ✅ Understanding of accessibility and awareness of wheelchair-friendly routes, transport, and venues

  ✅ Full UK Driving Licence

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