Children's Carer - Band 3 | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Coventry is excited to announce an opportunity for a children's carer to join their team. This role involves delivering health care and support to children and young people with complex health needs. Candidates will receive training in clinical skills and must be willing to work shifts, including nights. The position offers generous annual leave, extensive learning opportunities, and wellbeing support. This is a chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of young people in the community.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Discounts with retailers

Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Experience working with children or young people who require long-term ventilation is beneficial.
• Willingness to work shifts, including nights.

Responsibilities

• Deliver health care and support to children and young people.
• Learn clinical skills such as tracheostomy care.
• Provide hands-on care in family homes and support in schools.

Skills

Experience with children

Independent travel

Job description

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.

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.

Responsibilities

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.

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 hand‑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.

Experience & Qualifications

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

Benefits

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

Additional Information

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.

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.

This advert closes on Monday 5 Jan 2026.