Children’s Clinical Support Worker - Development

Children’s Clinical Support Worker - Development Role Band 3

Main area Support Workers Grade Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

Site Springbank Resource Centre Town Cheltenham Salary £25,760 - £31,157 per annum. Unsocial payments will be applied to night working Salary period Yearly Closing 28/09/2026 23:59 Interview date 08/10/2026

We love what we do and we think you will, too!

At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county .

We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care . We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you ’.

We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and w e are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality team s in all areas of the Trust .

Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.

It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .

Children’s Complex Care Team (CCT)– Band 3 development role Support Worker - this role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part time 27 hours per week.

We are looking for an individual who has experience of working with children and ideally some hands on experience of clinical skills

E.g. Suction, Enteral feeding, medication, tracheostomy care.

This post is a development role. The postholder will commence in the role as a Band 3 then once they have successfully completed their probationary period, gained the necessary skills and experience detailed the post holder will proceed to a band 4 Support Worker.

The shifts are mainly overnight . You will be working on your own for the entire shift and will need to remain awake and alert to respond to any changes in the child.

We offer an individualised induction programme to ensure that all new starters are supported to be confident and competent with each skill.

Team members provide clinical care into children's homes to allow parents to take a break from their caring responsibilities

Watch the video below to find out more about the Children's Complex Care Team

The role of the Children’s Complex Care Team is to support children with life limiting and life threatening conditions in their own home.

The Children’s Support Workers will work as an integrated member of the Children and Young People’s community team in Gloucestershire, providing home-based support and respite care to children with life-limiting conditions. The Children’s Support Workers will also undertake a range of delegated patient duties in the community but can act on their own initiative in delivering patient care.

Using a holistic approach the Children’s Support Workers provide care and support to parents and siblings to meet the individual needs of child/young person within a community setting.

The Children’s Support Workers will provide a safe, stimulating and inviting therapeutic…