Children’s Health Care Support Worker - Including Nights and Weekends inPreston inPreston PUBLISHED
MON 4 NOV 2024
The role requires motivated individuals who can work independently and collaboratively, demonstrate adaptability and composure under pressure, and be organized in managing tasks. Personal care duties, including assisting with specialized needs like gastrostomies and tracheostomies, will be part of the job, requiring flexibility to meet service demands. Due to the geographical area covered, candidates must possess a driver's license and access to a vehicle, with mileage reimbursement for travel to shifts beyond the workbase.
The Children's Packages of Care team (CPOC) care for children with very complex needs in the community, this could be at home, in school or out in the community. Shift patterns include working day shifts, night shifts and weekends.
You will be working for LSCFT's Clinical Team of the Year, 2023. Working for the NHS you will benefit from a minimum of 27 days paid annual leave plus bank holidays. Enhanced rate for nights and weekend work. You will receive high quality training and regular team wellbeing sessions. Annual personal development review and plan to support your career aspirations. Access to training courses for all staff. Paid sick leave, an NHS pension and eligible for NHS discounts/Blue light card.
We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic people to join our team due to expansion within the service.
The ideal candidates will have experience in a health care, social care or education setting working with children. An NVQ3 in care or equivalent care experience is desired, however full training will be given.
Career pathway from HCSW to nursing associate is available to members of CPOC.
This can be a very rewarding role as you will be caring for children in their homes/school providing support ensuring that their needs are met. You will be attending to personal cares, moving and handling needs and engaging through play. Some of our children have additional needs such as gastrostomies and tracheostomies in which full training will be provided.You would need to be organised, able to work alone and part of a team, adaptable, calm in pressured situations and flexible to meet the needs of the service.
The team care for children across Lancashire, therefore only car drivers with access to a vehicle for work purposes will be considered due to shift working and the large geographical area. We have bases in Burnley and a satellite base in Preston, mileage to shifts will be reimbursed if further than work base.
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