Care Support Worker

Job Introduction
The Childrens Continuing Care Team provide care to children who have complex health needs, this includes children and young people who have tracheostomies, gastrostomies and other health related issues.

We provide full training in all areas of the job role and will support you to become confident in managing these health needs to really make a positive difference to the lives of the children and families that we care for.

You will be required to work in children's family homes as well as some other settings such as schools and nurseries. You will work alongside our nurses and experienced carers while you are training, getting used to the job role and getting to know our amazing children and families.

Main Responsibilities
To be kind, caring and supportive of the families and children that we provide care to. To uphold and demonstrate our HCRG Care Group Values - **Care, Think, Do**

To provide safe and effective health care to children within their homes and in the community as delegated by the childs named nurse and by following the child specific care plan.

We want people to join our team who are kind, caring, happy and willing to learn new skills in health care.

An excellent communicator and listener.

Someone who is able to work as part of a team but also autonomously in line with the training they have been given.

Someone who can recognise their own limitations and ask for help when they need it or when a task is outside of what they have been trained to do.

You will need access to a car and hold a valid driving licence. You will be expected to travel to and from family homes in all weather conditions.

You must have the right to work in this country.

You must have basic IT skills or be willing to learn them as part of the job role

About The Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.

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.

Package Description
We are looking for people to come and join our friendly and supportive team of carers and nurses to provide health care support to children and young people with complex health needs in the community.
- Starting salary £21,000-24,000 depending on experience with enhanced pay for unsocial hours.
- Night shifts come with a 33% enhancement on your hourly pay, with Sundays and bank holidays paid at a 50% enhancement. Your mileage will also be paid from your work base, this is currently 45p per mile for the first 10K miles.
- 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 ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with 100% of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission