Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Children's Support Worker - Continuing Care Schools
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Children's Support Worker - Continuing Care Schools: 35 Hour Term Time Only Position
The Children’s Continuing Care Schools Team are looking for a motivated and dynamic Children's Support Worker to work alongside the School Nurse and provide care for children with complex health needs, within the school setting.
The successful candidates will be expected to work between the hours of 08:30 -16:00 Monday – Friday during term time only.
Your working day will start at the child’s own home, where you will be responsible for escorting the children and young people to school, on school transport.
Once you arrive at school you will be responsible for the care and support of children and young people with complex health needs within school and perform any health interventions that the children or young people may require.
There is a school nurse on site who will provide support as required. In addition to this you will be expected to support the child to access their educational curriculum helping them to fulfil their potential.
The post holder will work under the direction of the team leader and registered nursing staff to set standards and plan of care. They will carry out specialised care in an unsupervised capacity.
The successful candidate will be put through a comprehensive training programme to ensure they are competent and confident whilst delivering a high standard of care.
The post holder will either be responsible for the one to one care and support of an individual child or will assist the allocated School Nurse with healthcare related tasks for all children and young people in school.
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Depending on the role, the post holder will start their day at the school base or at an identified child’s own home. You will be expected to escort the child into school on school transport and remain with them throughout the school day providing specialised support in the classroom. The working day will finish once the post holder has escorted the child back home on school transport.
The children will have complex health needs, and require bespoke and individualised plans of care. The post holder will be responsible for medications, suctioning, manual handling, tracheostomy cares, gastrostomy cares, and other health care related needs.
The provision of robust training and regular competency reviews will ensure care is provided safely and in line with all policies and guidelines.
The aim is to enable the children to achieve set targets and goals, and also make the school day enjoyable whilst maintaining safety at all times.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
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We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits We Offer To You
- Between 27- 33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Laura Barber
Job title: Team Leader
Email address: laura.barber@stockport.nhs.uk
Telephone number: 0161 477 9556
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