Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Trenchard Lines, Upavon, Pewsey, Wiltshire, SN9 6BE About the job Job summary Defence Children Services (DCS) has a vacancy for an NHS Band 7 Health and Wellbeing Advisor to join the Defence Children Services organisation whose Headquarters is based in Wiltshire. You will play a vital role in supporting and improving the educational outcomes of c.5000 children and young people in Service Families. This is a dynamic and exciting role providing the opportunity to work with our overseas locations and work with the wider Defence community. Do you have a passion for health and wellbeing? Are you looking to make a difference and support a new team? Then this role may be for you DCS has staff working in Military establishments across the world. Our services include the provision of advice, guidance and support concerning the education and safeguarding for service families in the United Kingdom and across the world. This includes operating MOD schools and settings for the children of Defence personnel (Service and Civilian) serving overseas. All our activities are crafted to meet the effective education needs of our children and families, mitigating the challenges of mobility and promoting the positive opportunities of service life. Your contribution to this is essential and invaluable. The DCS Health and Wellbeing Advisor (HWA) will work as part of the Safeguarding (Health and Wellbeing) Team who are based at Upavon and led by the SO1 Safeguarding and Allegations Manager. The Safeguarding team include specialist Safeguarding, Nursing, Health and Wellbeing advisors and are supported by a Clerk. The safeguarding team are responsible for the quality of safeguarding delivery in DCS Schools and Settings. The DCS HWA will promote the health of school aged children, and the wider school community, ensuring adequate school and community-based health education programmes and activities, and through direct input in school health education programmes and teaching alongside education staff in school settings. The DCS HWA will contribute to the safeguarding, and protection of school aged children at risk of abuse and to provide ongoing monitoring, support and advice. The fundamental role of the DCS HWA is to co-ordinate and deliver public health interventions to improve children and young peoples health and wellbeing within Defence Children Services. The DCS HWA is a qualified and experienced nurse, specialising in public health and young people who will provide an easily accessible young person friendly, clinically effective high-quality service This position is advertised at 37 hours per week. Job description The successful candidate will be working in newly established role offering strategic lead for DCS in health and wellbeing matters, providing health guidance and subject matter expertise to DCS schools, consultative health advice for pupils in areas where access to DCS school nurses is limited, provide professional supervision for school nurses at the DCS Queen Victoria School in Scotland leading on health projects and standards alongside other health and medical professionals. They will take a lead role in strategic work and will be required to represent DCS at multi agency groups and panels offering nursing, Health and Wellbeing subject matter expertise. They will apply their communication and relationship skills to provide and receive complex, sensitive information to individuals and large groups, removing any barriers to understanding. The successful candidate will apply their highly developed specialist knowledge and experience to assess and analyse complex information and situations and develop effective proposals, including Early Help to improve outcomes for Service children. Plan and organise specialised nursing service provision and/or specialised health and education programmes, coordinating multi-disciplinary groups of specialist provision. Be responsible for proposing policy/service developments or changes for their own specialist area but may also impact beyond their own area or on other disciplines. They will provide an assessment of the requirement for and if appropriate authorise overtime and agency nurse payments. Provide professional/clinical supervision and teach/deliver specialist training for other nurses employed within DCS. Regularly undertake research activity to improve outcomes for service children. Within this role the successful candidate will have freedom to act and be accountable for your own professional actions including but not limited to the scheduling of visits, reports, meetings, data analysis. They may encounter distressing or emotional circumstances and may be called upon to support colleagues to manage situations and their resilience. 1. The post holders key responsibilities and main duties are: Assess health and wellbeing plans contributing to Early Help support, implement proposals in a variety of settings and provides highly specialist Subject Matter Expert (SME) advice and guidance across DCS Schools and Settings and with partner health providers as required. Liaise and advocate on behalf of service children and parents; identify, arrange and commission required health related training in support of DCS schools; provide subject matter expertise in relation to policies and practices that relate to Service children, across Defence Develop, co-ordinate and review deliver Public Health protocols to improve children and young peoples health and wellbeing Facilitate supervision for DCS nursing Establishing/maintaining health links within and outside of the MOD including the NHS, associated Host Nation and Private facilities in conjunction with Defence Healthcare partners. Liaise and advocate on behalf of service children and parents; identify, arrange and commission required health related training in support of DCS schools; provide subject matter expertise in relation to policies and practices that relate to Service children, across Defence. Complete Assurance visits to all DCS establishments in the UK and Overseas Provides specialist education and training to other staff, students and other MOD staff supporting DCS Schools and Settings. Undertake research and lead clinical audits in their own specialist area Caldicott[1] Lead for DCS Ensure high quality relevant management information is maintained and analysed to improve outcomes for Service Children, and when required, shared appropriately. 2. Other Duties The post holder may be expected to undertake other duties appropriate and commensurate with their grade and the roles and responsibilities of the post, as required by their line manager. If you need to contact Defence Business Services (DBS) regarding this vacancy, please indicate that your vacancy is being handled by Resourcing Team 1. If you experience any technical difficulties with the CS Jobs system, please contact the Support Team at candidatesupport.oleeo.com Person specification Essential The post holder will be required to hold the following essential knowledge and experience: Experience of working independently Evidence of strategic level working Effective leadership and interpersonal skills, in a multi-disciplined environment, in order to effectively communicate with all levels of seniority and ability to influence practice in across organisations. Experience of providing advice using significant understanding and application of legislation relating to information sharing, data storage and public protection Knowledge of health and social care pathways related to safeguarding, early intervention, and protection Audit and Quality Improvement experience Paediatric clinical assessment skills Intermediate Information Management & Technology skills Highly developed communication skills Experience of caseload management Desirable Current Immediate Life Support / Advanced Life Support Certification Teaching qualification Leadership Qualification Evidence of masters or relevant of higher-level study Experience and understanding of working in the military context Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake it Qualifications Registered Nurse (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Register) status with additional qualification in Specialist Community Public Health Nursing. A degree or level 6 qualification in Clinical Examination Skills / Minor Injuries / Minor Illness and / or Minor Emergencies Evidence of qualification will be required at interview. All qualifications/licences declared must be held at point of application and if applicable be in date. Equivalent Qualifications will not be accepted. Behaviours We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process: Leadership Communicating and Influencing Managing a Quality Service Delivering at Pace We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form: Leadership Managing a Quality Service Benefits The Army prides itself on being a supportive employer and where possible encourages flexible working, helping you to maintain a great work/life balance. Other benefits for Army civil servants include: 25 days paid annual leave rising (1 day per year) to 30 days upon completion of 5 years service Highly competitive pension scheme Personal and professional development of skills Alternative working patterns for many roles Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), a free service that assists you with achieving a productive, healthy environment that is conducive to a healthy lifestyle. Enhanced parental and adoption leave 6 days special leave per year which can be used for volunteering activities Learning and Development On-site Gymnasium Discover My Benefits: Please follow the link to visit the Discover My Benefits site which showcases the benefits and discounts offered when working as a civilian for the MOD. https://discovermybenefits.mod.gov.uk/civilian/ This post does not offer any assistance with Relocation Allowances. Please be advised that the Department is conducting a review of all pay related allowances which could impact on those allowances that the post currently being advertised attracts. Things you need to know Selection process details This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours and Experience. At sift you will be assessed on: Experience Candidates will be required to provide a CV, details to include job history; qualification details and previous skills and experience. Candidates will be expected to provide a Personal Statement (up to 1000 words) detailing how they meet the criteria in the Person Specification detailed above. At interview you will be assessed against the above along with the following: Behaviours: Leadership Communicating and Influencing Managing a Quality Service Delivering at Pace When choosing your Behaviour examples, please make sure you use real life scenarios that relate to your own experiences. Whilst technology may help to enhance your written submission, presenting the ideas of others or those generated by technology, could result in your application being rejected. As a result of the changes to the UK immigration rules which came into effect on 1 January 2021, the Ministry of Defence will only offer sponsorship for a skilled worker visa under the points-based system, where a role has been deemed to be business critical. The role currently being advertised has not been assessed as business critical and is therefore NOT open to applications from those who will require sponsorship under the points-based system. Should you apply for this role and be found to require sponsorship, your application will be rejected, and any provisional offer of employment withdrawn. MOD Recruitment Satisfaction Survey we may contact you regarding your experience to help us improve our customer satisfaction. The survey is voluntary and anonymous. You may however be given the opportunity to provide additional information to help us improve our service which includes the collection of some personal data as defined by the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). The MOD Privacy Notice sets out how we will use your personal data and your rights. Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment. Security Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks. Nationality requirements This job is broadly open to the following groups: UK nationals nationals of the Republic of Ireland nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window) nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020 Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window) Working for the Civil Service The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants. We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. The Civil Service also offers a Redeployment Interview Scheme to civil servants who are at risk of redundancy, and who meet the minimum requirements for the advertised vacancy. Diversity and Inclusion The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see the Civil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window). Apply and further information This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans (opens in a new window) initiative. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name : Rebecca Tarren Email : RC-DCS-HQ-SAFEmod.gov.uk Recruitment team Email : DBSCivPers-ResourcingTeam1mod.gov.uk Further information Please see Further Information document attached. Attachments Defence Civil Service Offer (14) Opens in new window (pdf, 1562kB) 20241009 - Further Information - External (6) Opens in new window (docx, 35kB) Share this page Print Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn GMail