East Anglia Children's Hospices (EACH), has an opportunity for a care assistant to join our team on a full-time basis, although part-time hours of over 24 per week can be considered. This position will be based at The Treehouse Hospice in Ipswich. We are looking for individuals with experience of working within a similar caring profession who want to further their experience or develop skills working in children’s palliative care. Our standard shift pattern is 12.5 hour shifts, day shifts, 7.30am - 8pm and night shifts, 7.30pm - 8am. We also have homecare shifts which will be based out in the community and these hours can vary. We offer enhanced rates for the weekends, evenings and bank holidays. M ain duties include: Deliver person-centred planned care to designated babies, children and young people. Administer medicines as an authorised practitioner. Ensure care plans are kept up to date, delivery of care is accurately recorded, and records are maintained in accordance with EACH policies and procedures. Participate in planning and delivering family wellbeing groups and events, and hydrotherapy. Provide support and assistance to other team members when carrying out nursing procedures or wellbeing activities and events. Maintain clinical records on SystmOne. Maintain regular contact with designated families. For further information, please see the attached job description. About the Candidate If you are a skilled care assistant, with excellent person-centred planning experience and strong local knowledge for accessing key support, then we would love to hear from you. The ideal applicant will have the following skills, experience and qualifications: A full UK driving license with the ability to travel to locations within the hospices region. NVQ Level 3 qualification desirable (health and social care). Experience of working within a similar caring profession, working with children or young people. Highly motivated, enthusiastic, forward thinking individual. Strong English language skills, both verbal and written. Good IT skills, Word, Excel and Outlook experience required. Ability to undertake physical activities and manual handling to support the varying needs of our service users in line with the requirements of the role. About Us East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices (EACH) ensures the best possible quality of life and makes every moment count for children and families across Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk. Our family-centred approach includes specialist nursing care, symptom management nursing, short breaks, wellbeing activities, therapies, care at end of life, bereavement support, counselling and volunteer services in the family home; all meeting the individual needs of the child, young person and whole family. In 2020, all three of our hospices; The Nook (Norfolk), The Treehouse (Ipswich) and Milton (Cambridge) were rated OUTSTANDING by the Care Quality Commission. Our people are central to our success. We have a talented workforce of staff and volunteers in care, fundraising, retail, facilities, IT, finance, marketing and communications and human resources. We employ around 400 employees and have more than 1,800 volunteers across the organisation, including 51 shops and a retail distribution centre. We offer a comprehensive range of benefits: Pool car provided when working in the community Free onsite parking & subsidised meals at our hospices Employee health cash plan & wellbeing support schemes NHS pension - continuation if already contributing Enhanced Annual leave Entitlement - 27 days 8 UK Bank Holidays Additional holiday purchase scheme AVIVA pension package – up to 7% Employer Contribution including Life Assurance Free eye tests & cycle to work scheme If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our HR department at [email protected] who will put you in contact with the Hospice team. EACH has a legal responsibility to ensure that its employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. Therefore, if you are made an offer of employment, this will be subject to verification that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work. Please visit our website www.each.org.uk for more information. Disclosure and Barring Service Check Please note 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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.