Senior Children's Community Carer

Senior Children's Community Carer - Surrey

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Job Introduction

As a Senior Children's Community Carer
, you will play a vital role in delivering high‑quality care and support to children with complex medical needs in their homes and within the community. In this leadership role you will work closely with families and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring care is safe, effective, and tailored to each child’s needs. You will also provide mentorship, contribute to service improvements, and help create a safe and stimulating environment where children can thrive.

• Starting salary of £26,712 plus Group Pension
• Free tea and coffee at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases, cashback and voucher offers for you and your loved ones
• Access to wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high‑interest rates
• Online and face‑to‑face help with mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges to post‑trauma support, legal, debt and life‑management help, and career coaching and counselling
• Access to e‑Learning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuous professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture encouraging ideas that support our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care, backed by at least £100,000 of ring‑fenced innovation funding each year
• Working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards, with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” CQC ratings

• Deliver consistent, high‑quality care to children/young people with complex health and well‑being needs, following care plans and safeguarding procedures.
• Communicate effectively with children, families, and the multidisciplinary team, addressing barriers to understanding.
• Maintain professional boundaries and report concerns or changes in a child’s condition to the Clinical Case Manager.
• Ensure clinical equipment is available and operate medical devices such as ventilators, feeding pumps, and oxygen monitors with precision.
• Develop and maintain competencies in tracheostomy, ventilator, gastrostomy, and other advanced care tasks.
• Administer medication as trained and deemed competent, ensuring accurate documentation of all care provided.
• Manage and prioritise workload independently as a lone worker, seeking guidance from the Clinical Case Manager when needed.

• 24/7 service with night shifts across the year, including weekends.

• NVQ 3 in health or social care or recognised nursery nurse qualification.
• Understanding the impact of providing/receiving care in the home for children with complex medical needs and their families.
• Experience of working with children with additional needs.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to relate and create rapport with children.

• Ability to learn theoretical/practical skills.
• British Sign Language level 1.
• Makaton.
• Experience of relevant clinical procedures and technology dependency.
• Minimum of 1 year’s experience working with children with complex health needs.
• Minimum of 1 year working with children in another setting (e.g., nursery, respite service).

Other requirements: the successful applicant will need to have a full driving licence and access to a car for work purposes.

Please see the attached Job Description for the full personal specification.

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Information Technology
• Industry: Hospitals and Health Care

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