About this role
Job summary
Package Description: Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in peoples lives? HCRG Care Group is looking for a dedicated and compassionate Band 3 Care Support Worker to join our friendly and supportive, Childrens Continuing Care Team. In this rewarding role, you will provide designated, highquality care for children with complex medical needs within the community and in their own homes. We have 2 part-time roles available working 27 & 36 hours per week. However, we are happy to discuss alternative hours.
Main Responsibilities
Being part of the childrens continuing care team will involve -Caring for children in their own homes, this will involve waking night shifts, day shifts and evening shifts, where you will be required to look after and respond to different health needs whilst parents get some sleep and rest. Being confident to look after children who have complex health needs and require medical technology such as ventilators, feeding tubes, and oxygen. You will rec
Main duties of the job
The Band 3 Care Support Worker role at HCRG Care Group is a permanent position based in Trowbridge. This position involves providing high-quality care for children with complex medical needs within their community and homes. The role requires flexibility with shifts that include night, day, and evening hours. Key responsibilities include caring for children, monitoring their health, and communicating effectively with families. Essential criteria for candidates include an understanding of providing care in the home, full UK driving license, and willingness to travel across Wiltshire and Banes. Desirable qualifications include NVQ 3 in health or social care and experience working with children with complex needs. Benefits include a pro-rata salary, group pension, and access to a rewards hub for discounts on everyday purchases.
About us
HCRG Care Group is one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, established in 2006. The organisation works closely with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services, focusing on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. HCRG Care Group offers community health services, primary care services, including urgent care, along with adult social care and wellbeing services. The organisation is committed to transforming health and care by guiding principles that emphasize caring, thinking, and doing. They support communities across England, directly helping over half a million people annually. Embracing equal opportunities, they encourage a diverse range of applicants and are a Disability Confident Committed company, ensuring inclusivity in their hiring practices.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Package Description
Are you passionate about making a meaningful difference in peoples lives?
We have 2 part-time roles available working 27 & 36 hours per week. However, we are happy to discuss alternative hours.
Main Responsibilities
Being part of the childrens continuing care team will involve -
- Caring for children in their own homes, this will involve waking night shifts, day shifts and evening shifts, where you will be required to look after and respond to different health needs whilst parents get some sleep and rest.
- Being confident to look after children who have complex health needs and require medical technology such as ventilators, feeding tubes, and oxygen.
- You will receive full training in all aspects of a childs care and will work with a trained colleague whilst you are learning these new skills, which are reviewed regularly.
- Keeping accurate records of the care you provide.
- Communicating effectively and professionally with children and families in our care.
- Working to and providing care in line with the childs care plan.
- Recognising when a childs health is deteriorating and following the advice and actions in the care plan.
Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities.
The Ideal candidate will have
Essential
- Understanding the impact of providing/receiving care in the home for children with complex medical needs and their families
- Ability to participate in training of new staff in a variety of settings, including theory training, and training within family homes.
- Full UK driving license and use of a car.
- Willingness to travel across the whole of Wiltshire and Banes as required.
- Flexible and reliable.
- Willingness to work towards experienced to teach part of Competency Framework.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to relate to children.
- Adaptable and motivated.
- Must maintain confidentiality.
- Trustworthy.
- Caring, patient and observant.
- Ability to learn theoretical/practical skills.
Desirable
- NVQ 3 in health or social care or recognized nursery nurse qualification.
- GCSE in Moths and English.
- British Sign Language level 1.
- Makaton.
- Experience of relevant clinical procedures and technology dependence.
- Minimum of 1yr experience working with children with complex health needs.
- Minimum of 1yr working with children in other setting, e.g. nursery, respite service.
- Recognise own strengths and weaknesses.
- Recognise own needs for support and development.
Package Description
As a Care Support Worker, youll be part of our valued team based at Derby Court, Wiltshire. You will feel valued as a Care Support Worker within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- A salary of £25,500 - £27,098 Pro Rata with access to our group pension
- Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you. If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Essential: Understanding of providing care in the home for children with complex medical needs. Full UK driving license. Desirable: NVQ 3 in health or social care
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 details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Trowbridge
BA14 0XG
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)