Care Assistant

Company Description

Location: Stoke-on-Trent
Pay: £14 per hour
Shifts: Days during school times, term-time only

We are CCH. With 14,000 colleagues across 32 care companies, we have one purpose: to make sure no one in need of care is ever forgotten or left behind. We’re not only changing lives, we’re transforming the care sector. Our people-first approach puts care professionals at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is simple: to be the best place to work in care.

What makes CCH a great place to work? The results speak for themselves:

• 5,243 care professionals have referred a friend to join our company.
• 135 internal promotions were earned in just 12 months.
• Every Operational Director began their career as a care professional.

At Advantage Healthcare, part of CCH, we live by our values of Community, Courage, and Heart, and we’re looking for like-minded people to join our growing Complex Care team in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Job Description

About Me

My name is Mohammed but I prefer to be called Mustafa. I am 12 years old and I live at home with my mum and dad, as well as my two younger brothers and my baby sister. When my mum was pregnant with me, I was not growing very well and the umbilical cord was not supplying me with all the nutrients I needed. Because of this, my mum had to have me at 34 weeks and I only weighed 4lbs. All of the healthcare professionals told my mum I was fine but at 5 weeks old my mum became concerned that I was not crying for feeds and she had to always wake me up for a feed. At a few months old I was starting to struggle with my feeds so my mum took me to hospital where they found that I had aspiration lung disease. This means that anything I have orally, will go into my lungs causing me to struggle to breath. Due to this, I have all of my nutrition and medication via a gastrostomy tube and daily chest physio. I was also born with a THOC2 gene defect which means that I have a neurocognitive and growth disorder. This was only picked up when I was not hitting my milestones and I have never been able to walk or talk. This condition is degenerative which means that I will slowly deteriorate. As a result of this, I now have epilepsy and dystonia. I enjoy having books read to me, being sung to and spending time with my family. I also enjoy going to school as have the opportunity to interact with children my own age with similar health conditions as me.