Healthy Child Programme Support Worker

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Shropshire Community Health Trust to appoint an enthusiastic Healthy Child Programme Support Worker to join the Telford Public Health School Nursing Team. The team provides services to children and young people within Telford and Wrekin this post will be based in Telford.

Our forward thinking school nursing team supports the health and wellbeing programmes for all children and young people in schools and the wider community.

We are looking for motivated individuals with experience of working with children, young people and families from 0-19, either from an education or youth background. You should have the ability to work within a skill mixed team, under the delegation of the named Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN), to deliver allocated components of the Healthy Child Programme across the 0-19 service.

The post holder will assist the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) to deliver the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP) and be involved in maximising the health of children, families and the community. This will be through universal and targeted interventions, health promotion and other activities designed to improve wellbeing and achieve health gain. As part of the role you will be involved in delivering the NCMP National Programme

Driving Licence is essential as you will be required to travel to schools and community venues

Main duties of the job
Supporting clincial satff to delivery the Health Child Programme

Supporting to delivery of the NCMP

You will be required to undertake some administrative duties to support the team, including the inputting of clinical data and maintaining accurate health records.

Your role will require you to work in partnership with schools, partner agencies and providers, to promote and enhance the health and well-being of children and families.

About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Please note that this job is a part time role and does not meet the salary requirements for work visa sponsorship and as such we will be unable to progress your application if you do not have the right to work in the UK.

Training and Qualifcations
Essential

• Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years o or o NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education o or o BTEC National Diploma in Nursery Nursing o or o Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education o or o Equivalent qualification

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Have a knowledge and understanding of the Department of Health 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP)
• Ability to apply theory to practice
• Some knowledge of Child Protection
• Knowledge of age appropriate child development
• Knowledge and skills of behaviour management in 0-19

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience of child care in a community setting
• Team Working
• Experience in managing the behaviour of children
• Enable active participation of the family in decision making
• Experience in carrying out routine interventions on a one to one basis or in groups
• Experience of accurate observation of children's communication/interaction with other children and adults

Other
Essential

• Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the role

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.