Children's Healthcare Assistant, Birmingham, West Midlands

Job description

Are you a compassionate and dedicated individual ready to make a real difference in a child’s life?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

We are looking for experienced and committed Healthcare Assistants with an interactive approach, who are eager to enhance their skills in the complex care sector. While prior complex care experience is beneficial, it is not a requirement as full bespoke clinical training will be provided.

We believe in creating a warm and inclusive environment where our young service user can thrive, and we're seeking a care team who shares our vision. If you're passionate about making a positive difference in the life of a child and have experience or a willingness to learn about complex care needs, we want to hear from you!

Meet our service user

Our service user is a remarkable 10-year-old boy who lives with his family in Birmingham and requires support throughout the day on a 1:1 basis with his complex care needs.

Your role will be to assist him with his complex care needs in both his home and school environment. This is a rewarding opportunity to play a vital role in his daily life, promoting his development, well-being, and happiness.

He loves to attend school, socialising with his friends, teachers, and care team. He enjoys all forms of sensory play along with being out and about accessing the community. You will support and engage him in enjoyable and stimulating activities both at home and school, promoting social interaction and physical activity.

Throughout the day your role will be to support him with all daily living tasks including personal care, moving and handling, making clinical observations and attending to his clinical care needs when required.

Our service user has specifically requested for female staff to work on their team

To be successful in this role it is essential that you have experience with the following:

• 3 months previous care experience
• Personal care
• Moving and Handling
• Medication Administration
• Pet Friendly- Our service user does have 2 family pet cats at home.

Experience working with the following clinical needs is desirable, however is not essential to be considered for this role:

• Gastrostomy Care
• Oral Suctioning
• Seizure Awareness

We have the following shifts available

• Part Time Days
• 1 shifts per week (Monday-Friday)
• Term Time only: 9:00am-3:00pm
• Additional Shifts Available

Take a look at our pay rates

For this position we are paying £13.00 per hour (Approx. £104 per 8-hour shift)

Bank Holidays: £15.00 per hour (Approx. £120 per 8-hour shift)

This is a personally rewarding role where you can build on your clinical skills and experience, whilst delivering exceptional care and support to our service users and really making an impact on their day to day life.

Apollo Home Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer and we advertise a high volume of vacancies on behalf of our clients

Due to the nature of the vacancies we recruit for, our clients have the right to request whether they wish for female or male staff to work on their team.

These specific requirements do not reflect the views of our organisation.