Senior Children's Healthcare Worker

Job Description

We are excited to invite the right candidate to join our amazing and inspirational, award-winning team, to help grow and reach new families across Greater Manchester and Merseyside in line with our growth and development strategy.

The Opportunity

As a Senior Children’s Health Care Worker, you will support the Area Care Team Leader (ACTL) to manage an internal care team, helping to deliver a first-class care service.

You will deliver care to children aged 0 to 19 years, within their own homes and in the community. You will promote positive life experiences and choices and make memories with children who may have short lives.

You’ll be responsible for delivering high quality care and developing a team.  You’ll build strong relationships with other carers and staff within Lagan’s Foundation and the families to provide exceptional care at every stage and promote internally and externally the amazing work the charity offers through donated and commissioned care streams.

Key accountabilities of our Children’s Health Care Worker will also include:

• Complete Level 2 TQUK Care for children and infants with heart defects and feeding difficulties.
• Complete induction training
• Complete leadership training
• Complete Level 3 Senior Healthcare Worker – Children and Young People
• Manage the on-call out of hours calls on rota with the management team.
• Attend and co-host team meetings to share best practice, resolve challenges and offer morale support to others and continue team building.
• Complete ongoing 6-weekly supervisions.
• Support the Area Care Team Leader with team member supervisions and observation.
• Always remain compliant.
• Mentoring / buddying new members of staff following completion of probation.
• Working to proactively to source additional activities for the children to engage with during term and non-term time.
• Providing exceptional care including feedback within dedicated communication channels for staff and managers and completion of visit records and any other necessary documents

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for individuals who hold the following skills and experience:

• Proven experience working with children and young people
• Clean Children’s Workforce DBS – we can complete this application if you do not hold a DBS already
• Ability to embrace and drive change
• Positive work attitude and personality to uplift and inspire a care team.
• Good understanding of the Care Quality Commission and what / why it regulates.
• Effective prioritisation & time management
• Strong work ethic
• Ability to build and establish effective relationships
• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as in a collaborative busy team environment
• Confident & skilled communicator (verbal & written English)
• Customer service orientated
• Good attention to detail
• Resilient
• Excellent planning and organisational skills
• Proficient in relevant computer applications
• You hold or will be willing to or are actively working towards L3 Health and Social Care
• Full Driving Licence with own car (business use car insurance is essential)
• Passion to embrace the charity vision and values, culture and behaviours.

This role will also involve travel within the Northwest therefore a full driving licence is essential for the role.

What’s In It For You

• 28 days holiday inc statutory bank holidays
• 8% Pension Scheme
• Hospital Saturday Fund – Health Cash Plan for dental, optical, physio etc and Perkbox
• Blue Light Card eligibility
• Discounted main line Train Tickets for London or Glasgow
• Flex Benefits including salary sacrifice scheme

Be Yourself

Lagan’s Foundation embraces Diversity and Inclusion. We celebrate what makes us different, as well as what we have in common. This enables us to work better as one team shaping a dynamic, innovative and inclusive culture.

Lagan’s Foundation is a Disability Confident Committed employer so if you require any reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know. We’re also happy to discuss flexible working options should the role accommodate it.