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
