Community Support Worker - Children

New opportunity not to be missed Optima Health and Social Care Ltd is looking for 3 people to join our team based in Runcorn . You will join us as a Community Support Worker on a part or full-time basis working alongside our Care Coordinators and Nurse Trainer Practitioners. In return, you will receive a competitive hourly rate of £8.50 - £10.00 per hour (after successful training and probation) and dependent upon service user’s needs. Hours: As we support our service users 24/7 we need people who can work a mixture of Earlies, Lates and Nights weekday and weekends. Optima Health and Social Care Ltd is a well-established Specialist Care Provider. We provide support services to children, young people, and adults with complex health needs. We are not a Domiciliary Care Agency. All our employees have fixed hours contacts and we do not operate a ‘patch’ or ‘run’ system. We provide mainly large packages of support and recruit specifically for each Service User Support Package. All rotas are planned at least one month in advance and we are moving to a ‘rolling rota’ system in the new year. This means you will know from one month to the next what your standard work pattern will be. The Community Support Worker role: The role will primarily involve providing personal and intimate support and care to people who often have life limiting conditions, multi-sensory impairments and complex health needs. You will be assigned primarily to 1 or 2 service users. Their families are involved in their lives on a day to day basis. This may involve supporting at home, on activities or even into school/college each day. Because of the nature of our work and the needs for the service users we ask for a minimum commitment of 24 months post training. What makes you our ideal Community Support Worker? - A real desire to support people in a positive and effective manner. - Experience in supporting people with additional needs - Experience of managing complex children’s care - Experience working within community services – maybe elderly care, Nursery services or children’s services. - Willingness to learn new ‘clinical skills.’ - Treat people with dignity and in a friendly way. What are Optima like to work for? Optima was formed in 2009 (as Courtyard Care Plus) to provide specialist services and support for children, young people and adults with complex health and additional needs. We now provide these services across the whole of the Northwest of England. We are currently Rated by CQC as GOOD in all areas. We have two offices, where our friendly and hard-working teams are based. They have a wide depth of knowledge of the sector and are very supportive both professionally and personally. The company was set up to ensure the best possible standards of care and support are delivered but we can only achieve this if we support each other. What are the benefits of becoming a Community Support Worker? - Excellent Basic hourly rates - Generous Company Contributory Pension - Excellent Personal and Professional Support and development opportunities - Full In-House Nurse Led training programme to L4 Competence - FREE Automatic enrolment onto Diploma L3 – Health and Social Care/ Children and Young Peoples Workforce - FREE Automatic Enrolment to Optima Academy (Online E-Learning Platform) Closing Date : 29th February 2020 If you feel you want a change from traditional high-pressured Domiciliary Care roles or have lots of experience working with people with complex health needs and want to focus your efforts for one or two service users and then we want to hear from you Click ‘ Apply’ to find out more about our Community Support Worker role. We’d love to hear from you