Job summary
- Main area
- Children's Health Promotion Advisor (Band 4)
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (12 month from start date in post)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 844-6390344
- Employer
- Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- VCHC
- Town
- Variable across localities
- Salary
- £25,147 - £27,596 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Children's Health Promotion Advisor
Band 4
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:
We will support you and your community to live well.
Our values:
Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.
Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.
Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.
We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.
Job overview
If you are an enthusiastic and forward thinking practitioner who wants to make a real difference to children and their families then this could be the opportunity you have been looking for, offering a variety of work to the successful candidate that will include public health and safeguarding .
You should possess excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills together with an ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team. An in depth knowledge of the current health agenda relating to children’s services is essential.
Main duties of the job
You will be joining a proactive skill mixed team working together to deliver the Healthy Child Programme . As part of the 0-19 Service which with other local statutory, health and voluntary agencies to provide includes Health Visiting and School nursing you will be working closely accessible, person centred packages of care in response to individual and local need. You will be working in partnership with Wirral Local Authority to take the local children’s agenda forward.
Working for our organisation
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 2023) with some outstanding areas.
As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust’s policies, at all times.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Works across Wirral supporting delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 0-19.
Manages a delegated active caseload, working as a member of a skill mixed team, responsible for interacting constructively with team members and organising, prioritising and planning their work. This includes, arranging visits and supporting delivery of universal services and additional packages of care. Facilitation and delivery of clinics and group sessions as required, including evenings based on service need.
Undertakes Healthy Child reviews/contacts and promotes uptake of immunisation as per Trust and professional guidelines.
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Supporting delivery of identified packages of care, providing support and advice to clients ensuring family Health Visitors/School Nurse is informed of progress and outcomes.
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Provides a holistic approach to promoting health and wellbeing whilst undertaking unsupervised contact, recognising when to liaise and report to Health Visitors/School Nurses and Team Leader
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Person specification
Qualifications and professional training
Essential criteria
- NNEB/ NVQ Level 3 in Child Care/Public Health
- Brief Intervention/Motivational interviewing trained
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Desirable criteria
- Health and Social Care Foundation degree
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Substantial experience in a health related post
- Experience of working with children and young people
- Experience of working in the community
- Experience of integrated working and liaising with other agencies
- Awareness of local health priorities
- Experience of delivering/facilitating activities to individuals and groups
- Knowledge of safeguarding issues
- Awareness of Public Health audits data collection and report writing
Desirable criteria
- Experience of delivering health improvement training and advice to individuals and groups
Skills and attributes
Essential criteria
- Good verbal, non verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to use email, internet and word processing software
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Good organisational and time management skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to facilitate groups and discussions
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Access to a car for work purposes
- Commitment
- Vision
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jennifer Banks
- Job title
- Wallasey 0-19 Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 514 0219
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