Children\'s Home Based Respite Carer

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of around 250,000 people in the Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft and Waveney areas. The Trust provides an integrated hospital and community children’s service.

Patient and staff experience is important to us and these are the behaviours we live by:

• Putting patients first
• Aiming to get it right
• Recognising that everybody counts
• Doing everything openly and honestly

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a small unique team of Children’s Home Based Respite carers based at the James Paget Hospital. Working within the family home we offer flexible respite to children with complex needs living within the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area. We are seeking individuals who have experience of working with children/young persons within a variety of settings and those with experience of complex needs would be beneficial but not essential. Bespoke training will be provided to you for the needs of any children receiving the respite care. You will be working independently whilst giving 1:1 respite care under the guidance of a senior health care professional. The working day is flexible and it is arranged around the needs of child and family whilst meeting the needs of the service.

Main duties of the job:

• To provide respite sessions at short notice (emergency/additional session) to families as requested by the Senior Sister.
• Record accurate documentation for each child or young person and maintain documentation within the home.
• Return all documentation to the Senior Sister as requested for review and upon completion of a care package.
• Undertake any additional training, assessment and competency that the CCNT team/Senior Sister has identified, using a risk assessment, as required to provide optimum care for each family’s plan of care within the home.
• Attend clinical supervision sessions planned by CCNT team/Senior Sister and with other respite carers.

Person specification:

• Educational and Qualifications: NVQ Level 3 childcare or equivalent, Complex Need course/qualification.
• Experience and knowledge: Experience of working with children and young people, Experience of providing 1:1 care under the guidance of a health care plan for children and young people with complex needs.
• Skills, Abilities and Competencies: Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.

The James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recognises the requirement to promote health and reduce ill-health. The Trust is committed to the principles of improving working lives through a number of initiatives such as job share, flexible working and the development of a culture of openness and transparency. The Trust is committed to ensuring that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

Tier 2 Sponsorship: We are pleased to consider applicants who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK but it is unlikely that we would be able to appoint if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled UK/Right to work candidate is available. Applying for entry clearance into the UK, must provide 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) will also be subject to this requirement.

Visa and Immigration: If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.

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