Children's Health Care Support Worker | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2024 |
| Location: | Preston, PR2 1HR |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6453486/351-PEN642-EB-J |
Summary
We are looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic people to join our team due to expansion within the service.
Essential Qualifications are:
• NVQ Level 3 in care or equivalent experience.
• Good general education including GCSE in English Language or equivalent.
The Children’s Packages of Care team care for children with very complex needs in the community, this could be at home, in school or out in the community.
The ideal candidates will have experience in a health care, social care or education setting working with children. An NVQ3 in care or equivalent care experience is desired, however full training will be given.
The service meets the needs of the families and this can vary, due to this the successful candidate will need to be flexible to meet the needs of the service: which will include working day shifts, nights and weekends.
The successful candidate would benefit from working within LSCFT’s Clinical Team of the Year, 2023, where you will be offered supervision, high quality training and regular team wellbeing sessions. As an LSCFT employee, you would receive a personal development plan, line management with monthly one to one meetings, flexible working arrangements and NHS pension
Career pathway from HCSW to nursing associate is available to members of CPOC.
You would need to be organised, able to work alone and part of a team, adaptable, calm in pressured situations and flexible to meet the needs of the service.
The team care for children across Lancashire, you would need access to a vehicle for work purposes will be considered due to shift working and the large geographical area. We have bases in Burnley and a satellite base in Preston, mileage to shifts will be reimbursed if further than work base.
It would be beneficial to call to discuss this role and/ or arrange an informal visit with one of the nursing team or team leader using the contact details provided.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Jul 2024