[ref. x73506216] Newport - Children's Community Respite Support Worker
Job overview
Children's Community Respite Support Worker
Band 2: £23,615 per annum
Permanent, Full-Time Position (37.5 hours per week)
We are looking for a fun-loving, enthusiastic support worker to join our dedicated Children’s Community Nursing Team, who care for children and their families in a range of community settings.
The successful applicant will be working as part of our Children’s Community Nursing service and will be supporting the delivery of respite for children with life threatening and life limiting conditions, within the child’s home, Children’s Ward, Mountbatten Hospice and other community settings.
Applicants will ideally have experience with working with children with complex needs and/or some experience in providing personal care including manual handling, and must hold a valid driving licence.
You will have excellent communication abilities across a range of ages and abilities. Team player skills are essential in this role including the need to be flexible and adaptable as the working hours are based around the children we care for.The hours that we offer families fall between the hours of 8am-8pm Monday – Saturday and working patterns will reflect the service need.
The Children’s Community Nursing Team is dedicated to support continuous professional development with systems in place for Clinical Supervision and annual appraisal for all staff.
For informal enquiries please contact Chelsea Steel or Paula Brooke on 01983 534690
Main duties of the job
Supporting Senior Respite Carers in the provision of respite care to patients within the community setting who have palliative or terminal care needs.- Assist the patient and nursery nurse to carry out all activities of daily living, with both direct and indirect supervision as agreed in the parent contracts for respite.
- The post holder will need to work with children who have complex needs and end of life care needs within the community.
- contribute to planning activities for children and trips out within the community.
- To contribute to maintaining comprehensive, timely and legible records.
- To communicate any concerns regarding patient care to the Team Leaders.
- Maintain patient comfort, dignity and privacy at all times.
- The post holder will need to work with children who have complex needs and end of life care needs.
- Tasks will be delivered in the community setting.
Working for our organisation
The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is an integrated Acute and Ambulance health care provider. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.
Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The Isle of Wight is a unique and stunning gem located off the South Coast of England, a short ferry journey from Portsmouth and Southampton, with journey times taking from as little as 10 minutes. London can be reached in 90 minutes by rail from Southampton or Portsmouth.The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.
Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.
For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential criteria- Good Basic Education
- Basic IT Skills
- Able to use initiative to cope in a variety of situations
- Ability to maintain effectiveness under pressure
- Able to work as part of a team
- NVQ Level 2 in Children’s Care