Children's Continuing Care Support Worker

Our integrated community children's therapy and nursing service is an award winning service, recognised as 'Outstanding' by CQC and achieved Beacon status for innovation within our trust.

The Children's Complex Care Team support children with complex health needs in their own homes, schools, nurseries and occasionally hospitals. The service delivers care 24/7 so a willingness to work flexibly over a variety of shifts is essential. The shifts may consist of days, nights, evenings and weekend work., The post holder will be trained to carry out a wide variety of clinical skills using a competency based framework. You will receive continuing support from trained nurses within the team.

The ability to work independently and alone is essential, but as part of a wider team of both trained and untrained staff you must also be a team player. This role does require you to lone work the majority of the time whilst on shift, although you will be supported by a team of nursing staff, Experience with working with complex/special and needs is essential

Have experience of working across agencies; education, social care services

Have experience of working with children and young people

Demonstrate good written and oral communication skills

Demonstrate effective organisational skills

Have a current driving license and have access to a car

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three strategic objectives:
1. Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
2. Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
3. Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives