Childrens Care Assistant

Advantage Healthcare; New Gate; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

CCH is seeking a Children's Complex Care Assistant to join our growing Complex Care teams. You will receive full training and clinical support to develop skills in caring for a child with neurological development delays and self-harming behaviours, including PEG feeding and regular medication support.

Experience with children is beneficial, and a positive, caring attitude is essential. You should be sociable, outgoing and confident building a positive rapport with a non-verbal child who

Qualifications

• Experience working with children is beneficial, with a positive and caring attitude essential.
• Confident in building rapport with a non-verbal child who communicates through finger and eye movements.

Skills

Caring attitude

Sociable

Non-verbal communication

Rapport building

Job description

This is an excellent opportunity to enhance your current skill base and join us as a Children's Complex Care Assistant. You will have full training and clinical support to develop and enhance skills in various complex areas and with this particular child who has a Neurological condition leading to Global Development and Neurological Development delays and Self Harming behaviours. Our client has a PEG feed, needs regular medication and support to help with avoiding situation leading to self harm. They enjoy time at home in the garden, playing football and spending time with their family.

Experience working with children would be beneficial, although a positive and caring attitude is essential. We are looking for someone who is sociable, outgoing, and confident in building a positive rapport with a young person who is non-verbal but communicates through finger and eye movements.

We are CCH. With 14,000 colleagues across 32 care companies, we have one purpose: to make sure no one in need of care is ever forgotten or left behind. We're not only changing lives, we're transforming the care sector. Our people-first approach puts care professionals at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is simple: to be the best place to work in care. What makes CCH a great place to work? The results speak for themselves:

• 5,243 care professionals have referred a friend to join our company.
• 135 internal promotions were earned in just 12 months
• Every Operational Director began their career as a care professional

At AGH part of CCH, we live by our values of Community, Courage, and Heart and we're looking for like-minded people to join our growing Complex Care teams.