Candidates should have a strong commitment to providing high-quality care and demonstrate a genuine interest in working with children and young people. The position is ideal for individuals eager to enhance their clinical skills in a community team focused on delivering bespoke care packages for children with complex health requirements. Collaboration with team leaders, families, and multi-professional colleagues is essential for developing the necessary skills for specialized care delivery. Applicants will need to pay for their DBS check, and early application is encouraged due to potential high interest in the position.
Working Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
You will contribute and commit to promoting a positive team based attitude, striving for the highest standards of care and achieving excellence, through continued development and compassion. You will be working as a part of our bespoke team, under the direction/supervision of nursing/medical staff and alongside family members, to provide agreed clinical interventions and planned, individualised care for children and young people with complex health needs within the home, school/day centre or hospital environment.
The service provides care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; in a combination of evening shifts, night shifts and day shifts and covers weekends and Bank Holidays creating an environment which allows our team to maximise their ability and ensuring that the care delivered is appropriate for the needs of the children, young people and the families we support.
- A hard-working, caring, dedicated and enthusiastic person with an interest in a career with children and young people within a developing community team.
- An individual with the ability to work flexibly within an internal rotational shift pattern including early, late, long-day and night shifts as well as weekends and Bank Holidays.
- Those who wish to join a community team that provides bespoke packages of care; the Children's and Young People's Complex Care Package (CYPCCP) service provides care and support for children and young people with complex health needs from birth to 19 years of age or 25 years of age where a specific need is identified.
- Those with an interest in acquiring clinical skills and knowledge specific to our area, working with children and young people who have profound multiple learning disabilities and complex health needs, and supporting them through important transitions to ensure they have the opportunity to fulfil their potential.
- An individual who will work closely with our Team Leaders, the child and family, and multi-professional colleagues to develop relevant skills in order to deliver the necessary specialised care required.
About us
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Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50(standard) or £55.50(enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
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