Children's Healthcare Assistant

Acorns Children’s Hospice Trust; Walsall; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A children's hospice organization in Walsall is looking for compassionate Children's Palliative Healthcare Assistants to join their team. The role involves delivering personalized care to children with complex health needs. Candidates should be willing to undertake a Care Certificate and have experience working with children in sensitive environments. The organization offers competitive salaries, employee discounts, and pension contributions, making it an excellent place to develop your career in healthcare.

Benefits

Employee discounts from leading retailers

Generous pension contributions

Life assurance schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in a palliative care setting is preferred.
• Sensitivity to cultural, beliefs, and wishes of children and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide care under the direction of the registered nurse.
• Help children engage in stimulating activities.
• Ensure psychological, social, and physical needs are met.

Skills

Care Certificate or willing to work towards

Previous experience of working with children with complex health needs

Ability to provide care sensitively

Knowledge of safeguarding procedures

Education

Care certificate (or willing to undertake)

Job description

Overview

Acorns Children's Hospice Trust are looking for Children's Palliative Healthcare Assistants for our Black Country Hospice, Walsall to deliver holistic care to children and young people with a range of complex health needs, life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Both full time and part time hours are available.

Job responsibilities

• Work under the direction of the registered nurse to provide care in a variety of settings
• Provide personalised care to children, young people and families as per the child’s holistic care plan and identify changes in condition, ensuring these are escalated to the registered nurse
• Empower children, young people and their relatives to make decisions about their care and to exercise choice
• Help ensure that children and young people are introduced to and encouraged to engage in a wide range of stimulating and creative activities by interaction and play, both indoors and outdoors, encouraging the use of local community facilities where appropriate
• Ensure that the child’s or young person’s psychological and social needs are met as well as their physical care

We’re open every day of the year and are fully responsive to the needs of our children and young people, so we will ask for some flexibility as there will be day and night shifts.

About the Role

Acorns provides care for babies, children and young people, who have life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. Our Healthcare Assistants are part of a supportive, multi-disciplinary team delivering care packages that are tailored to each child’s holistic needs and are structured so that you’ll simply have the time to care.

About us

Acorns is recognised as a great place to work because of our people. Our priority is that our people feel valued, whatever their background and experience, and wherever they work.

About You

• Care Certificate or willing to work towards
• Previous experience of working with children with complex health needs
• Ability to provide care sensitively, taking into account culture, beliefs and wishes
• Knowledge of procedures related to safeguarding adults and children

What We Offer

• £24,570 to £25,150 per annum (full time)
• Part-time & full-time roles are available
• Based in Black Country Hospice, Walsall (WS5 4NL)
• Employee discounts from leading retailers
• Generous contribution to group personal pension plan or continuation of current NHS pension scheme
• NHS pension scheme life assurance or Acorns group life assurance scheme

Interviews are scheduled to be held on 26 August.

You need to be eligible to work in the UK to be considered for this role. We are committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and therefore any successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check for children and will be asked to provide two satisfactory references. In addition, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of immunisation against specific diseases or confirm their willingness to receive the necessary vaccinations.

As a UNICEF GoldRights Respecting organisation we are committed to ensuring that the United Nations Convention for the Rights of the Child is embedded into both culture and practice within the organisation. As an employee you will be a Duty Bearer for Childrens Rights and support all children to be Rights Holders.

If you have any questions, please contact us at [e-mail]

Find out about our culture, career development, benefits and more here: Why Work for Acorns?

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Care certificate (or willing to undertake)

Experience

• Experience of working with children with complex health needs
• Experience within a palliative care setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£24,570 to £25,150 a year Plus additional enhancements for nights and weekends