Job Title: Complex Care Health Care Assistant

Closing Date: 15^th August 2025

Shortlisting: 19th August 2025           

Interview: 22^nd August 2025

Start Date: September 2025

Salary: £24,926 FTE pro rata (Actual salary £18,351.17)

Hours: 31.25 – term time only plus inset days

Location: Curnow School

Contract type: Fixed contract until August 2026 with a view to permanent position.

Role Overview:

An exciting and rare opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated health care assistant to provide 1:1 care for a child with profound and multiple learning difficulties (PMLD) and complex medical needs.

This will enable them to access learning with their peers in a safe, inclusive and supportive environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Medical and Personal Care:

• Provide daily 1:1 care for the pupil during school hours in line with their individual healthcare plan.
• To deliver and monitor their tracheostomy care, including suctioning and emergency intervention if needed.
• To administer medication in accordance with school policy and NHS guidelines.
• Support the child with percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or gastro-jejunostomy care and feeding.
• Monitor oxygen levels and administer oxygen via the tracheostomy when required.
• Provide support during and after epileptic seizures, following the pupil’s epilepsy plan.  
• Complete personal care duties with dignity and respect, including toileting and repositioning using
• moving aids where needed.
• To recognise and respond to signs of distress and decline in health.
• To act quickly and calmly in emergency situations.
• To support the pupil in communicating their needs and adapting to their communication system and ensuring their consent is gained.
• Maintain accurate daily health and care records using the school’s online system to include any adverse incidents.
• Maintain close working relationships and liaise with external health and therapeutic agencies.

Educational Support:

• To work under the direction of the class teacher to support the pupil’s learning in line with their education, health and care plan (EHCP).
• To modify activities to ensure accessibility, engagement and safety for the pupil with guidance from the teacher.

Safeguarding and compliance:

• To adhere to school safeguarding, health and safety, medication and supporting pupils with medical needs policies at all times.
• To escalate concerns through the appropriate channels regarding the pupil’s health, wellbeing or safety promptly.
• To maintain confidentiality in line with General Data Protection Regulation and school policy.

Essential Qualifications and Skills:

• Proven experience in supporting children with complex medical needs
• Relevant clinical care training with the expectation to undertake refresher courses when needed (possibility of training for the right candidate):

• Tracheostomy care and suctioning
• Enteral feeding
• Medication administration
• Monitoring and administration of oxygen via tracheostomy
• Epilepsy management

Desirable:

• Experience in a school setting
• Experience in work with children with PMLD

We are looking for:

• A highly motivated individual looking for a new challenge.
• A person who enjoys working well in a wide team of professionals.
• Someone highly organised with a flexible approach to work.
• An HCA able to deal with difficult situations autonomously.
• Someone with demonstrable, excellent communication skills.
• This is an exciting opportunity and an ideal chance to develop your skills. If you are kind and passionate about making a difference in the lives of children and young people, we encourage you to apply.

Our Total Reward Offer:

The Special Partnership Trust recognises the importance of developing a properly implemented People Strategy to underpin the overall strategic aims of the Trust.

Our People Strategy is designed to help us attract prospective high calibre candidates, as well as drive engagement, productivity and retention of our high performing and high potential employees. It reflects our belief in putting our people first. This does not mean putting our learners second. It is based on the philosophy that if we create a positive and rewarding work environment, if our staff feel motivated, well managed and well supported, they in turn will provide the best possible outcome for our learners.

We recognise that our total reward offer, has got to consist of more than just money. We seek to provide our staff with a diverse range of benefits that support their day to day needs both at work and outside of work. These include generous leave entitlements and pension scheme as well as access to health/wellbeing tools, training & development, career pathways and opportunities to ensure they feel valued.

For further information, click here to visit the Special Partnership Trust website for our People Strategy and Benefits.

Contact Us

Informal conversations are welcomed. If you would like to discuss the role in confidence please call Ella Sherwood-Hoadley, Inclusive Education Health Lead on 07777 594513.

Please visit the Special Partnership website, www.specialpartnership.org for further information about our Trust and an application pack. Completed applications should be returned to recruitment@specialpartnership.org no later than 12.00 on 15^th August 2025.