# Children’s Community Health Care Support Worker

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Swindon
- **Region:** South West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Healthcare support worker
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum, pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Term time hours, 37.5 hours per week (Rostered night and day shifts according to service need)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-24T10:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-10T14:31:05.911Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Wiltshire/Swindon/Great_Western_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Childrens_Continuing_Care_Community_Outreach/Childrens_Continuing_Care_Community_Outreach-v8148398
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8148398?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.gwh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Children’s Continuing Care Team at GWH provides direct clinical care and support to named children and young people with complex medical needs in the community.

Being part of the team may involve meeting a child's health needs in their own home at night to enable families to rest, or accompanying and caring for a child at school to enable education. The ideal candidate must be able to work professionally as a lone worker in a community setting following a period of competency based training to meet the child's health needs, and will be keen, enthusiastic, flexible and reliable and have good communication skills.

If you would like to be part of our friendly and motivated team who are keen to make a difference in the community, we would love to hear from you. We are willing to negotiate full time, part time or term time hours for the right applicant.

Please note: Part time or Term time hours would not meet the required salary threshold for sponsorship, and therefore would not be available.

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

### Main duties of the job

To provide skilled high-quality care to children and young people with complex medical needs, in the home or community setting.

To carry out personal care and delegated clinical tasks, providing support for children with complex health needs and those dependent on technology such as ventilators, feeding tubes and oxygen.

To follow individualised care plans developed by the nursing team, having gained competency through an intensive and on-going training programme and with support and guidance from registered nurses.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This job description is not intended to be exhaustive, and it is likely that duties may be altered from time to time in the light of changing circumstances, in discussion with the post holder. This role profile is intended to provide a broad outline of the main responsibilities only.  The post holder will need to be flexible in developing the role with initial and on-going discussions with the designated manager.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Demonstrate the ability to work without direct supervision once trained and deemed competent to provide delegated clinical skills.

**Desirable**

- Experience of working with children and young people with special needs
- Experience of team working
- Experience of working variable shift patterns to include nightshifts

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- One of the following: NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care, Childcare or equivalent.
- NNEB
- Experience equivalent to the above qualifications
- Level 2 Functional Skills in English and Math’s or equivalent
- Completion of Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support (that maps to the Apprenticeship Standard for Senior Health Care Support Worker), or
- Equivalent experience together with Level 2 qualification in childcare, Health and Social Care or equivalent and working towards Level 3

## Documents

- [childrens community hcsw jd ps (pdf, 168.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10447824)

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