Home Support Team Carer

NHS; Bromsgrove; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in Bromsgrove seeks a dedicated Home Support Team Carer. This full-time, term-time only position involves delivering essential care to children with complex health needs in a school setting. Applicants should have a relevant qualification and experience with children, particularly those with special needs. The role also requires clear communication skills and the ability to work in a team. The successful candidate will be supported in their training and development.

Benefits

27 days leave plus bank holidays

Generous NHS pension

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with children, particularly those with special needs and their families.
• Understanding of Child Protection legislation.
• Ability to meet travel requirements of the post.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 care to children or young people within the school environment.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team assessing and caring for children with complex needs.
• Assist with personal care and maintain dignity and privacy.

Skills

Ability to challenge poor behaviour

Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English

Excellent interpersonal skills

Self-motivated and enthusiastic

Ability to work flexibly

Education

NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Home Support Team Carer

The closing date is 08 January 2026

We currently have a full-time, term‑time only vacancy for a school Carer in one of our South Worcestershire schools. We will provide full training and support and will be given. As a Home Support Worker, you will be delivering care to children or young people within the school environment. This involves being trained to competently deliver specialist care procedures, e.g. tracheostomy care, home ventilation, enteral feeding, dependent on individual needs.

Successful applicants will meet the child/young person at school and provide 1:1 care during the school day. We pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Worcestershire and will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long‑term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development and a wide range of well‑being and support. If you would like to discuss informally whether this is the right role for you, get in touch with the Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right‑hand side of the advert.

This is a fixed‑term post due to time‑limited nature of the funding which will end in 18 months. We reserve the right to end this contract sooner with appropriate notice.

If you wish to be considered for a secondment please gain permission from your Substantive Manager before applying.

Please note the Trust will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role.

Main duties of the job

• Work as part of a multi‑disciplinary team involved in the assessment and care of children with complex nursing needs.
• Communicate at an appropriate level for individual children, young people and their carers.
• Undertake nursing duties, as agreed with the Orchard Service who are responsible for the child/young person – this may include ventilation, tracheostomy, enteral feeding etc.
• Understand individual plans of care to ensure appropriate action is taken in the event of a change in condition or problem occurring.
• Assist with the personal care and comfort of the child and maintain the child’s dignity and privacy at all times, including manual handling when necessary.
• Assist in maintaining a safe environment for the child, family/carers and staff, including safe use of equipment, reporting any malfunctions urgently.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work‑life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures and ethnicities.

What we offer:

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Job responsibilities

Do you have experience working with children with additional or complex health needs? Are you dedicated to providing help, care and support to those who most need it?

We are looking for committed people to work within our dedicated Home Support Team who provide essential complex health care to children, young people and their families.

This is an opportunity to really make a difference to the lives of children, young people and their family by providing clinical care within the home setting. This is predominantly nightworking (various hours) with flexibility to work day hours for training.

By joining our team, you will be providing a valuable opportunity for a child, young person and family to meet their full potential and achieve their chosen life outcomes.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Skills & Abilities

• Ability to challenge poor behaviour
• A positive attitude and ability to act on feedback
• Ability to praise and be supportive to others
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
• Excellent interpersonal skills, relevant professional standards, friendly and approachable for children and their parents
• Ability to work on own initiative, adaptable, self‑motivated and enthusiastic
• Ability to work flexibly

Experience

• Experience working with children, particularly those with special needs and their families

Knowledge

• Child Protection legislation

Additional Criteria

• Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
• You understand that we will not routinely provide sponsorship to work for this role.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualification e.g. NNEB, Diploma in Childhood Studies, NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
• Ability to complete in‑depth training on complex nursing care for individual children/young people.
• The post holder will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust.
• Understand that you will be asked to provide original certificates to verify your qualifications at point of offer.

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.

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust