Support Worker - Roston

Cornwall Partnership; Camborne; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career conversations and development

Protected CPD time

Care certificate programme

Coaching and mentoring

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Support Worker for our Children’s Services team at Roston. The role focuses on providing warm, home-like short break care to children and young people with learning disabilities and complex health needs.

You will join a small, welcoming home and contribute to safeguarding, training and development while supporting families and coordinating with partners across Cornwall.

Qualifications

• NVQ 3 in Child Care or Level 3 Diploma in Residential social care or equivalent.
• Experience of caring for children with health needs or learning disabilities.
• Evidence of continued training and professional development.
• Experience of working in a residential home or short break provision.
• Training to Level 3 in Safeguarding Children and Young People: roles and competencies for Health Care staff.

Responsibilities

• Be part of a team delivering Short Break Services to children and young people with high health needs and learning disabilities.
• Work in partnership with the child, family and other professionals to provide a warm, safe environment that meets emotional, physical, cultural and spiritual needs.
• Assist across duty stakeholder roles, ensuring compliance with safeguarding and care standards.

Skills

Good listening

Education

NVQ 3 in Child Care / Level 3 Diploma in Residential Social Care or equivalent

Safeguarding Children Level 3 training for Health Care staff

Job description

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

Come and contribute to providing a warm and homely environment that offers an amazing experience for children and young people having a short break stay away from their family home.

Children’s Services are looking to recruit a Support Worker to our Team at Roston.

Roston is a small welcoming two bedded home regulated by OFSTED which provides short breaks for children and young people with a learning disability and complex health needs.

Your experience and enthusiasm of working with children and young people with complex health needs will be welcomed, but support, supervision and training will be provided.

This post will include weekend, bank holiday and night work.

This is a permanent post and will be primarily based at Roston, although the post holder may be required on occasion to work at Children's Services other short break homes in Cornwall.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of a team, contributing to the effective provision of Short Break Services to an identified caseload of children and young people with high health needs and a learning disability.

The post holder will be expected to work in partnership with the child or young person and their family, demonstrating sensitivity to them at all times, ensuring the provision of a warm and homely environment that meets their emotional, physical, cultural, religious and spiritual needs.

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health.We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases.Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon.As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

Qualifications and Experience

• NVQ 3 in Child Care/ Level 3 Diploma in Residential social care or equivalent
• Experience of caring for children with health needs / learning disability
• Previous experience of working with children and young people in a health, social care, education setting
• Evidence of continued training/professional development
• Experience of working within a residential home or short break provision
• Training to Level 3 in Safeguarding Children and Young People: roles and competencies for Health Care staff

Skills and Aptitude

• Good listening skills and the ability to deal with complex information that the child or young person and other professionals will share with them

Knowledge and abilities

• Physically able to follow Moving and Handling Procedures and Behavioural Support Plans
• Good knowledge of Food Hygiene procedures
• Ability to work flexibly

At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff

Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles - throughout the organisation.

If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.

Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The Health Jobs UK website has jobs from numerous employers, within health and care across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute medical, surgical and specialist services to a population of around 500,000 which can increase significantly during the busy holiday periods.