Female Domiciliary Carer for Children(Must Drive

**Role: Female Domiciliary Carer for Children**

**Location**:Liverpool**:

- **Within the Community, and Training and Induction would be based in our Bolton Office.

**Role Type**: (Full-time or Part-time)

**Salary**: £12 - £12.50 per hour depending on education, skills, experience and type of shift

Lagan’s Foundation is an established provider of specialist home healthcare to children across the Northwest of England.

**The Opportunity**

As a Children’s Domiciliary Carer, you’ll join our internal care team team helping to deliver a first-class care service. Working in collaboration with our existing Care Team, you will deliver care to children aged 0 to 19 years, within their own homes and in the community. You will promote positive life experiences and choices and make memories with children who may have short lives.

You’ll be responsible for delivering high quality care. You’ll build strong relationships with other carers and staff within Lagan’s Foundation and the families to provide exceptional care at every stage and promote internally and externally the amazing work the charity offers through donated and commissioned care streams.
- **Key accountabilities**_ of our Children’s Domiciliary Carer will also include:

- **Complete Level 2 TQUK Care for children and infants with heart defects and feeding difficulties.**:

- Complete **induction training**:

- **Attend team meetings **to share best practice, resolve challenges and offer morale support to others and continue team building
- Complete ongoing 6-weekly **supervisions**:

- **Always remain compliant**:

- **Mentoring / buddying new members of staff **following completion of probation
- Working to proactively to **source additional activities **for the children to engage with during term and non-term time.
- **Providing exceptional care **including feedback within dedicated communication channels for staff and managers and completion of visit records and any other necessary documents

**What You’ll Bring**

We’re looking for individuals who hold the following skills and experience:

- Proven experience working with children and young people
- Ability to embrace and drive change
- Good understanding of the Care Quality Commission and what / why it regulates.
- Effective prioritisation & time management
- Strong work ethic
- Ability to build and establish effective relationships
- Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as in a collaborative busy team environment
- Confident & skilled communicator (verbal & written)
- Customer service orientated
- Good attention to detail
- Resilient
- Planning and organisational skills
- Ideally, you’ll hold or be willing to /actively working towards L3 Health and Social Care
- Full Driving Licence with own car (business use car insurance is required)
- Passion to embrace the charity vision and values
- **This role will also involve travel within the Northwest therefore a full driving licence is essential for the role.**_

**What’s In It For You**
- 28 days holiday inc statutory bank holidays
- Generous Pension Scheme
- Hospital Saturday Fund - Health Cash Plan
- Flex Benefits including salary sacrifice scheme
- On-site Parking

**Be Yourself**

Lagan’s Foundation embraces Diversity and Inclusion. We celebrate what makes us different, as well as what we have in common. This enables us to work better as one team shaping a dynamic, innovative and inclusive culture.

Lagan’s Foundation is a Disability Confident Committed employer so if you require any reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know. We’re also happy to discuss flexible working options should the role accommodate it.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £12.00-£12.50 per hour

Expected hours: 20 - 30 per week

**Benefits**:

- Free parking

Day range:

- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday

Shift:

- Day shift
- Night shift

Application question(s):

- Are you willing to wear a face mask whilst in work?
- Are you willing to work weekends on Rota?
- Do you currently reside in the UK. PLEASE NOTE We do not offer Sponsorship or Visa support for foreign nationals. YOu must have the right to remain and work.
- If Successful will you have Business Use Cover on your Car Insurance (MANDATORY for this role)
- Are you able to work during all of our core hours advertised in the job post?

Week Day - 7am - 9am & 3.30pm - 10pm
Weekends 8am - 7pm ?
- Do you have your own car for work use?(Mandatory for this role)
- Do you hold a Level 3 Health and Social Care Qualification?

**Education**:

- Diploma of Higher Education (required)

**Language**:

- English Fluently (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Full Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: On the road