Band 3 Care Support Worker

Responsibilities

• To provide safe and effective health care to children within their homes and in the community as delegated by the Named Nurse.
• To recognise safeguarding concerns and follow relevant procedures.
• To achieve and maintain competencies in specific clinical skills as delegated by the Named Nurse.
• To be fully conversant with the emergency procedures, recognise when a situation requires immediate action, follow escalation pathways and initiate resuscitation.
• Develop and understand a specific child's needs and work towards supporting that child's development in partnership with the families and other team members in a variety of settings.
• Help promote and maintain a safe and stimulating environment.
• Assess and record the child's condition and take appropriate action as instructed in specific training.
• Organise day to day activities, planning and organising tasks if appropriate. Understanding the impact of providing/receiving care in the home for children with complex medical needs and their families
• Ability to participate in training of new staff in a variety of settings.
• Willingness to work towards "experienced to teach" part of Competency Framework.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to relate to children.
• Full UK driving license and use of a car.
• Willingness to travel across the whole of Wiltshire and Banes as required.
• Flexible and reliable.
• Adaptable and motivated.
• Must maintain confidentiality.
• Trustworthy.
• Caring, patient and observant.
• Ability to learn theoretical/practical skills.
• Recognise own strengths and weaknesses.
• Recognise own needs for support and development.

• NVQ 3 in health or social care or recognized nursery nurse qualification.
• GCSE in Moths and English.
• British Sign Language level 1.
• Makaton.
• Experience of relevant clinical procedures and technology dependence.
• Minimum of 1yr experience working with children with complex health needs.
• Minimum of 1yr working with children in other setting, e.g. nursery, respite service.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.

Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we'll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we'd love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As you'd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

• A salary of £24,486 - £26,155.50 Pro Rata with access to our group pension
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your 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 your mental and physical wellbeing - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least £100,000 of ring fenced innovation funding each year