Children's Carer

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated children's carer to provide health care and support to children and young people with complex needs in various settings. The role involves hands-on care, collaboration with families, and is supported by training in essential clinical skills. Shift work, including nights, is required, and the ability to travel independently is crucial. The organization values compassion and excellence in care and offers numerous development opportunities for staff.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounts with retailers through Employee Assistance Programme

Wellbeing support services

Qualifications

• Willingness to work shifts, including night shifts.
• Experience working with children or young people with complex health needs is beneficial.
• Ability to travel independently during working time.

Responsibilities

• Deliver health care and support to children and young people.
• Provide hands-on care in family homes or schools.
• Support staffing at the respite unit.

Skills

Experience with children or young people

Clinical skills (e.g., tracheostomy care, gastrostomy feeding)

Ability to work shifts including nights

Job description

Job overview

An exciting opportunity for the right candidate to join The Birches Respite Team has become available. The team provides health care and support to children and young people with complex health needs across a variety of settings within the community. The service provides care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week so a willingness to work shifts, including night shifts, is essential.

You will be supported to learn clinical skills such as tracheostomy care, gastrostomy feeding, suction (etc) utilising a competency based framework. Once competent and confident, you will be expected to work without direct supervision within the scope of your training.

Experience working with children or young people who require long-term ventilation or have complex health needs would be beneficial but not essential.

Working for your organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in‑house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a children’s carer, your role will be delivering health care and support to children and young people in a variety of settings. This could mean providing hands‑on care in the family home, supporting a child or young person to attend school or staffing the respite unit. The ability to travel independently during working time is essential.

You will be supported to learn clinical skills such as tracheostomy care, gastrostomy feeding, suction (etc) utilising a competency based framework. Once competent and confident, you will be expected to work without direct supervision.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.