Clinical Support Worker - Swale Special Needs Nursery

Medway NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Division: Planned Care

Care Group: Women's & Children's Service

Band: 2

Salary: £20,270 - £21,318 per annum/pro rata

Interview Date: TBC (onsite: Attlee Way, Milton Regis, Sittingbourne, ME10 2HE.

We are recruiting for a Clinical Support Workerwho shares our ambition and vision to deliver theBest of Care by the Best Peopleand has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to appoint a Band 2 Clinical support Worker for the Swale Special Needs Nursery. The Nursery provision provides learning and therapeutic interventions for children with a learning disability and additional healthcare needs.

The successful candidate will have had previous experience working with learning disabilities/children and associated healthcare needs.

You will have observational and assessment skills together with good organisational and communication skills.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.

About us

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement which will not mean sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We aim to support you to work flexibly in a way that will suit you and us.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust's and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board's policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Date posted

04 October 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum/pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

275-23010-CSW-SSNN

Job locations

Swale Special Needs Nursery

Attlee Way

Milton Regis - Sittingbourne

ME10 2HE

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide personal care and developmental opportunities for pre-school Children who have Learning Disabilities and additional healthcare needs.

To carry out child developmental observations and complete reports.

Liaison with Parents ,carers and other professionals.

Preparation of Nursery.

To be key worker to an identified group of Children

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide personal care and developmental opportunities for pre-school Children who have Learning Disabilities and additional healthcare needs.

To carry out child developmental observations and complete reports.

Liaison with Parents ,carers and other professionals.

Preparation of Nursery.

To be key worker to an identified group of Children

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 2 or above in Care or Early years

Knowledge

Essential

Children with Learning Disabilities
Sensory processing difficulties
Speech and Language difficulties

Experience

Essential

Experience working with children/adults who have a Learning Disability
Demonstrable experience in an Early Years setting
Delivering personal care

Values Based Question

Essential

How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 2 or above in Care or Early years

Knowledge

Essential

Children with Learning Disabilities
Sensory processing difficulties
Speech and Language difficulties

Experience

Essential

Experience working with children/adults who have a Learning Disability
Demonstrable experience in an Early Years setting
Delivering personal care

Values Based Question

Essential

How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?

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).

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