Health Care Support Worker

Job description

Job summary

You will join us on a full-time, permanentbasis working either full or part time, 37.5 hours per week or 25 hours perweek. You will berequired to work twelve and a half hour shifts both days and nights within thisrole. Inreturn, our Health Care Support Worker will receive a competitive rate of £25,596 - £28,173 per annum FTE (dependant on experience).

Main duties of the job

What we are looking for a Health Care Support Workers who:

• To provide high quality care in accordance with the child/young persons individual care-plan under the supervision of an appropriately qualified registered nurse.
• To participate fully in meeting the play, recreational and learning activities for the child/young person, utilising all resources available and in collaboration with the play leaders.
• To assist in the checking & administration of medicines under the supervision of Registered Nurses and undertake all relevant training required to support safe medicines management.

About us

Hope House ChildrensHospice is a centre of excellence for childrens palliative care ensuring everyfamily facing the death of a child gets the very best care and support when andwhere they need it. No one should facethe death of a child alone.

Job description

Job responsibilities

About the Health Care Support Worker role:

To provide holistic care and support to children & young people withcomplex, life-threatening conditions and their families. Working at all timesin partnership with the child & family in meeting their needs whilstpromoting dignity, privacy end of life.

To undertake a wide range of duties relating to the care and personalneeds of the child/young person following appropriate training and assessmentof competency.

Job description
Job responsibilities

About the Health Care Support Worker role:

To provide holistic care and support to children & young people withcomplex, life-threatening conditions and their families. Working at all timesin partnership with the child & family in meeting their needs whilstpromoting dignity, privacy end of life.

To undertake a wide range of duties relating to the care and personalneeds of the child/young person following appropriate training and assessmentof competency.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Willingness to undertake QCF NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care childcare
• Willingness to undertake any further training relevant to role

Desirable

• NVQ QCF Level 3 Health and Social Care or childcare
• Nursery Nurse Qualification or Equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children and young people or young adults in a
• care, community, or educational setting
• Some experience of basic personal care tasks

Desirable

• Experience of providing care for a child young person adult with complex
• health needs and/or disability.

Knowledge

Essential

• Able and confident to work alone and to use initiative and respond
• assertively
• Good standard of communication skills e.g.
• reading/writing/verbal/computer skills and being able to liaise with
• colleagues
• To understand the effects of living with a life limited/life threatened
• child/young person and behave sensitively to the needs of the child/young
• person and family
• To understand the importance of play and fun when caring for
• children/young people
• To work and understand the importance of working confidentially
• To be physically fit enough to move a child/young person with the
• appropriate hoisting equipment following training

Desirable

• N/a

Person Specification
Qualifications

Essential

• Willingness to undertake QCF NVQ Level 3 Health and Social Care childcare
• Willingness to undertake any further training relevant to role

Desirable

• NVQ QCF Level 3 Health and Social Care or childcare
• Nursery Nurse Qualification or Equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children and young people or young adults in a
• care, community, or educational setting
• Some experience of basic personal care tasks

Desirable

• Experience of providing care for a child young person adult with complex
• health needs and/or disability.

Knowledge

Essential

• Able and confident to work alone and to use initiative and respond
• assertively
• Good standard of communication skills e.g.
• reading/writing/verbal/computer skills and being able to liaise with
• colleagues
• To understand the effects of living with a life limited/life threatened
• child/young person and behave sensitively to the needs of the child/young
• person and family
• To understand the importance of play and fun when caring for
• children/young people
• To work and understand the importance of working confidentially
• To be physically fit enough to move a child/young person with the
• appropriate hoisting equipment following training

Desirable

• N/a

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Hope House Children's Hospices
Address

Nant Lane

Morda

Oswestry

Shropshire

SY10 9BX

United Kingdom

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