Children’s Support Worker: Sponsorship Available

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

We are really excited to be expanding our team so that we can support more children and their families at home. By providing support to Children and young people in their own homes, it enables parents/carers to get a good night’s sleep.

The role does involve being trained in a variety of clinical skills but you will be given training to achieve all the clinical skills. We are ideally looking for individuals who have experience of some of the clinical skills listed below.

We offer a individualised induction programme to ensure that all new starters are supported to be confident and competent with each skill.

Team members provide clinical care into children’s homes to allow parents to take a break from their caring responsibilities

A Driving License is required as this is a role involving county-wide travel.

 

Main duties of the job

The skills that you may deliver include

  • Medication administration
  • Feeding via a gastrostomy tube/button
  • Using a nebuliser
  • Supporting a child on a ventilator
  • Hoisting
  • Oral suction
  • Observations

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Has completed the care certificate or is willing to undertake

Desirable

  • Further training regarding safeguarding
  • Demonstrate wider learning regarding clinical skills

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working with children who have complex needs

Desirable

  • Can describe how to communicate with a child who is non-verbal
  • Has experience of working in a lone working role
  • Has worked night shifts in previous roles

Skills

Essential

  • Evidence of delivering a wide range of clinical skills

Desirable

  • Evidence of supporting a child who is enterally fed
  • Experience of caring for a child who has respiratory difficulties

Knowledge

Essential

  • Can demonstrate good knowledge of safeguarding practices

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 18 May 2025

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