Job summary
- Main area
- Children support worker
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days a week 9am to 5pm)
- Job ref
- 846-7081592-UJ-A
- Employer
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Capital house
- Town
- Faversham
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Children's Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
Make a difference today – support children and young people with complex health needs in their home.
This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic person to work within a small team of support workers,
The Home-based shorts breaks team Team is looking for a children’s support worker to join the team.
We work with families and partnership agencies to care for 0 to 5 years old (pre-school), all training and competencies to
This role will be based at Capital House, Faversham, but is carried out in the family homes. You will need a full valid driver's license.
If you have experience of working with children with complex health needs within a health, educational or social care
The applicant must be confident in working and liaising with a diverse range of stakeholders.
Tracheostomy and ventilation experience is desirable but not essential, if you are willing to be trained.
This role is 22.5 per week, therefore we are unable to offer sponsorship.
Interviews are scheduled for Friday 20th June 2025.
Main duties of the job
Delivering all needs for a 3 hours session in the child's home or community for under 5 year old.
You will be lone working
Additional Working Pattern: 3 days a week 9am to 5pm
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission
The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NNEB or Level 3 B/Tec National Diploma in child care
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Be able to demonstrate a good understanding of child development particularly preschool age.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of services provided by statutory and voluntary agencies to families of disabled children and those with additional health needs.
Working environment
Essential criteria
- Physically able to care for an under 5 year old child, adaptable and flexible to change
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent experience working with children - minimum of 1 year in a child care setting.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with children with additional needs.
- Experience with health needs such as gastrostomies, medication, seizure management etc
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills. IT skills.
Desirable criteria
- Be able to drive, have a full clean UK driving licence and have use of a car as this role will involve travel around Kent
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ann Fagg
- Job title
- Lead Nurse
- Email address
- [email protected]
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