Specialist Carer Grade 6 (Band 3 equivalent)

NHS; Chipping Barnet; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading children's charity in Chipping Barnet seeks a Specialist Carer to provide life-changing care for young people with life-limiting conditions. This role requires collaboration with families and multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will have experience working with children and share core values of kindness and compassion. Competitive salary and support offered.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a health, education or social setting with children.
• Ability to create engaging experiences and activities for children.
• Alignment with core values of kindness, excellence, and courage.

Responsibilities

• Provide life-changing care for babies and children.
• Collaborate with families and multidisciplinary teams.
• Build long-term relationships with children and families.

Skills

Experience with children and young people

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Understanding of play's importance

Job description

We are seeking a Specialist Carer to join our award-winning team at Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice. As a Specialist Carer, you will provide life-changing care for babies, children, and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions.

You will work in collaboration with families, multidisciplinary teams, and other Noah’s Ark colleagues to deliver high-quality care. You will be encouraged to put the experience of children and families at the heart of all you do, understanding their clinical needs and getting to know what’s important to each child you support.

You will be based at our state-of-the-art building, The Ark, or out in the community, and will have the opportunity to build long-term relationships with the children and families you care for. You will be supported to go above and beyond to be there for the children and families we support, and will thrive working autonomously and collaboratively as part of a team.

About the Role

We’re expanding our team and are looking for more Specialist Carers to join our charity. You’ll be joining an award-winning, certified Outstanding team, who do all they can to empower children and families to experience as much life as possible.

As a Specialist Carer, you’ll provide life-changing care for babies, children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions. You’ll do this by working in collaboration with their family, multidisciplinary teams, and your other Noah’s Ark colleagues.

About You

You’ll have experience working with babies, children, and young people in a health, education or social setting. You’ll understand the power of play and will enjoy creating experiences and activities for those you are caring for.

Aside from experience, we look for individuals who share our core values of kindness, excellence and courage. We’ll support you to go above and beyond to be there for the children and families we support – we ask that you share this mission with us.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

We are a Disability Confident Employer. Part of our commitment is to interview all applications with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for this role, and consider them based on their abilities.

Our Diversity Council is working hard to construct positive changes within our charity and we particularly welcome applications from groups who are currently under-represented in our staff.

DBS

This role required an enhanced DBS disclosure with Child Barring. Our recruitment checks, induction, ongoing support and supervision reflect our commitment to safeguarding the families we support.