Children's Health Care Support Worker - CCN Team
The closing date is 13 April 2026
Are you an experienced health care support worker seeking experience of working with children, young people and families? This may be the perfect opportunity for you!
The Long-Term Conditions pathway, part of the Children’s Care Group within RDaSH, is recruiting an enthusiastic and motivated Health Care Support Worker for our Children’s Community Nursing Service. The service focuses on meeting the needs of children, young people and families through health support and intervention in the community setting.
This is a fixed-term position for 12 months (potential to become permanent), 30 hours per week.
You will be part of an integrated team working alongside Children’s Specialisms (Children’s Continence Nursing, Epilepsy, Special School Nursing, and TB). The service provides nursing intervention, support and advice to children, young people and families across the Doncaster Borough.
Through clinical competency assessment, training and shadowing, you will become competent in delivering a wide range of clinical interventions and managing medical equipment, including ordering, servicing, cleaning, and coordinating delivery and collection to/from family homes and other settings. You will work independently and assist with a caseload under the supervision of a senior nurse, completing tasks as needed.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will support and work under the guidance of the Children’s Community Nurses to deliver personalised plans of care and health interventions, helping children and young people have their health needs met in the community, facilitating early discharge and reducing hospital admissions.
They will contribute to the planning and direct delivery of care as well as working with a wide MDT to ensure continuity of care, supporting transition, safeguarding requirements, safe discharge from hospital and escalation of needs.
Excellent communication skills are required to build close relationships with children, young people and families, offering encouragement and support.
Our ideal candidate will have experience in child health or the community setting, a passion for supporting and improving the lives of children, young people and families with additional needs, and will be an effective team member committed to providing high-quality care.
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employs around 4,000 talented colleagues who are valued and respected.
Our portfolio includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our services and work hard to attract and select the right colleagues. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while staying committed to our vision and values.
To view our strategy, visit: https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
For more about working for RDaSH and the benefits we offer, visit our website: https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and value people in our organisation. Watch our Allyship video: https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found at https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to see the full details about the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Good standard of numeracy and literacy
* GCSE grade A–C Maths and English
* NVQ level 2 in a care‑related subject or a relevant area to the post
* NVQ level 3 (or working towards) in a care‑related subject or a relevant area to the post
Experience
* Demonstrable experience of working in health care
* Experience of working with children and young people in a care‑related setting
* Experience of working with parents/carers and families in a care capacity
* Experience of working with individual care plans and records
* Experience working within a team
* Experience of inputting data and patient information into computer systems/patient records
* Experience working in schools, homes or community settings
* Experience of audit
* Child protection experience
* Experience of working with children, young people with complex health needs
* Experience of working with Excel spreadsheets
Knowledge
* Understanding of cultural awareness
* Basic knowledge of child health and development
* Commitment to personal development through training
* Child protection
* Knowledge around the ordering and supply of medical equipment
Skills
* Caring and confident attitude
* Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively
* Ability to follow procedures, maintain neat and legible records, and contribute to reports
* Good organisational skills; ability to work as part of a team
* Ability to use own initiative and work independently under indirect supervision
* Ability to travel across the Borough to undertake home visits in a timely manner, whilst transporting necessary equipment
* Ability to collate information and data
* Desire and ability to undertake competencies to perform clinical skills such as wound care, blood sampling, enteral feeding (not exclusive)
* Experience of providing clinical duties including blood pressure measurement, oxygen saturation monitoring, and growth measurements of height, weight, etc.
* Knowledge of Systm One clinical record keeping system
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous convictions.
£24,937 to £26,598 a year, pro‑rata
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