Children's Support Worker - Rotational Post

at  Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will be responsible for care and support of complex needs children within the community setting, including Swanbourne Gardens respite centre, the child’s home and school or nursery.
The post holder will work under the direction of the team leader and nursing staff to set standards and protocols of care. He / she will carry out specialised care in an unsupervised capacity.
The post holder will be responsible for medications, suctioning, manual handling, tracheostomy cares, gastrostomy cares, domiciliary cares and other health needs.
Robust training and regular competency reviews will ensure care is provided safely and in line with all policies and guidelines.
Applicants must be willing to work flexibly across both night and day duty as we provide a service that runs 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Night duty is on a waking basis and paid accordingly.
An ideal applicant has significant experience in looking after children and preferably children with additional or special needs. You must be willing and able to learn new skills and flexible with both your working days and hours. You will be joining a growing team of Support Workers and will have every opportunity to learn and be supported in gaining experience and knowledge in caring for these children.
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.
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.

Please refer the Job description for details