Complex Care Health Care Assistant

Job description

Job responsibilities

Main Purpose of Job

To provide 1:1 holistic care for a pupil with complex medical needs and profound and multiple learning disabilities whilst in school.

To support their educational, social and physical needs supporting the curriculum and school through the provision of assistance to the Teacher.

Pursue continuous professional development and keep up-to-date with mandatory training.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Expectations

Hold and articulate clear values and moral purpose, focused on supporting pupils.

Demonstrate optimistic personal behaviour, positive relationships and attitudes towards pupils with profound, severe and complex learning needs, the workforce, and towards parents, governors and local community.

Lead by example - with integrity, creativity, resilience, and clarity

Main duties

Establish supportive relationships with pupils, encouraging individual development, acceptance, social integration, and development of self-esteem

Administer minor first aid where training has been undertaken

Administer medically prescribed drugs as per the approved policies and procedures

Assist with the safe physical and medical needs of the pupil, including:

• personal hygiene/self-care, for example toileting or changing
• specialist care, for example using communication aids, where training has been undertaken mobility needs, for example use of standing frames or hoists where training has been undertaken
• complex medical procedures such as tracheostomy care, suctioning, PEG feeding, oxygen monitoring and administration, where training has been undertaken

Support in the management of challenging emotional and behavioural difficulties so as to prevent harm and disruption to the pupil or others

Accompany the pupil on educational visits as supervised by senior staff

Monitor and respond to changes in condition and report concerns promptly

Raise any concerns in accordance with the schools safeguarding policies and procedures

Assist with duties relating to pupil swimming, sports activities and events where relevant

Deliver therapy to pupils such as physiotherapy or speech and language therapy as guided by professionals where training has been undertaken

Provide pastoral care to pupils where relevant

Assist children in developing knowledge, skills and attitudes as defined by the curriculum, taking into account the learning support involved to aid the children to learn effectively

Carry out administration in relation to pupil progress, monitoring health, logging care behaviour and general wellbeing and feeding back or adapting as appropriate

Effectively use IT systems as required by the school

Contribute to meetings with parents and healthcare professionals (which may occasionally be held outside of school hours), providing constructive feedback on pupil progress, medical issues, achievement and behaviour where relevant

Respect confidentiality, dignity and choice

Promote emotional and mental well-being

Applicable to all Trust roles:

To ensure that pupils needs are prioritised and to have a clear sight of how this role impacts on the academies and the Trusts pupils at all times

To act as a Trust team member and provide support and cover for other staff where needs arise inclusive of occasional work at other sites within a reasonable travel distance

To adhere to Trust values and behaviours

To be aware of and adhere to all Trust policies and procedures

To be responsible for your own continuing self-development

Attend and contribute to meetings as appropriate

To undertake other duties appropriate to the post as required

Raise any concerns in accordance with the schools safeguarding policies and procedures

Maintain confidentiality in regards to sensitive issues linked to home/pupil/staff/school

Person Specification

Behaviours and Values

Essential

• Be flexible to work independently in a responsible manner but to be part of a wider team
• Ability to be self-motivated and work on own initiative but to recognise own limitations, only working within your sphere of competency
• Constructively support the positive ethos of the school by being self-aware and taking personal responsibility for being part of the broader team
• Respect confidentiality

Desirable

• N/A

Qualifications

Essential

• Attainment of 5 GCSEs above grade C or 4 including English and Maths
• NVQ level 3/City & Guilds Health/Social Care related subject

Desirable

• Care Certificate (or commitment to undertake on commencement of post)
• Childcare or education related qualification

Experience

Essential

• Good skills in basic communication, literacy and numeracy
• Good IT skills and ability to learn and effectively use electronic information systems
• Previous experience in administering medication, medical procedures, delivering therapies
• Ability to follow direction during a period of supervision and training
• Able to work autonomously
• To follow Trust Policies and Procedures

Desirable

• Previous experience working in a school or with young people
• Previous experience working with SEN children or adults

Specialist Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Able to react and deal effectively with challenging or unpredictable behaviours
• Willingness and ability to undertake advanced training to administer medical procedures where required
• Previous complex care experience
• Demonstrates an awareness, understanding and commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people
• Demonstrates an awareness, understanding and commitment to equal opportunities

Desirable

• Knowledge of professional boundaries
• Awareness of how chronic medical conditions affect both the child and family/carer
• Awareness of emotional and social (play) needs of the child
• An understanding of how to follow Individual Healthcare Plans
• An awareness of the online Medical Tracker system or willingness to learn

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Special Partnership Trust

Address

Curnow School

Drump Road

Redruth

Cornwall

TR15 1LU

Employer's website

https://www.specialpartnership.org/ (Opens in a new tab)