Children's Healthcare Assistant

Job summary

Are you passionate about enhancing a child or young person's everyday life?

If you are an experienced Care Assistant looking to expand your skills and knowledge into complex clinical care or if you already have complex care experience, this could be the perfect job role for you!

Are you a compassionate and dedicated individual looking to make a positive impact on someone's life? We are currently seeking a Healthcare Assistant to provide personalised support and care for a young boy with complex care needs. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference and help enhance the quality of life for an individual with unique needs.

Meet Our service user

Our service user is a 4-year-old boy who lives with his family in Solihull and requires care on a 1:1 basis throughout the day.

We are looking for pro-active and engaging individuals who are happy to get involved and assist him within his educational setting. You will support him throughout the day attending to his clinical care, personal care needs, and mobility support.

Main duties of the job

You will offer Distraction techniques, cuddles, and reassurance to our young service user to ensure he is settled and thriving to his full potential throughout his day with his social interaction and learning and development.

His hobbies and interests, include spending time outdoors, singing, listening to music, and playing on his musical piano mat. When at home he also loves to watch Mr Tumble on TV. We are looking for a team who are vigilant and can act fast to take appropriate action and at times manage emergency situations

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

We have the following shifts available;

• Part Time Days
• 9am -3:30pm
• 2 shifts per week
• Additional hours can be offered for full time.

Take a look at our rates

Weekdays £12.00 per hour (£78 approx. per 6.5 hour shift)

Bank holidays £14.50 per (£94.25 approx. per 6.5 hour shift)

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

About us

We specialise in the provision of highly complex clinical care services delivered in the homes of service users.

We are passionate about delivering the highest standard of care and we recognise that our Nurses, Healthcare Assistants and Support Workers are integral to doing this.

In return for your hard work and dedication you will receive:

• Flexible hours to suit*
• Confirmed rotas
• Excellent rates of pay - Weekly
• Holiday pay
• Excellent rewards and recognition scheme
• Opportunity to work with other service users in the area*
• Ongoing professional training and development