Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Families’ Health and Wellbeing 0-19 Service delivering public health services to children and families across Staffordshire.
We have a vacancy offering a 22.5hrs a week for a Band 6 Public Health Practitioner (HV) based in the Burton 0-19 Universal team who have recently been awarded the Maximising Experience at Work Excellence Team of the Year award.
The Families’ Health and Wellbeing Service (0-19) in Staffordshire offers an integrated, flexible and family-focused service providing high quality, compassionate, personalised support and care to Children and Young People across Staffordshire. You will be part of a team delivering the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme for a varied, unique and diverse population, in a supportive skill mix team, working closely with our partner agencies across health, social care, and the local authority. The successful applicant will need to work to the service specification and demonstrate the trust values at all times. You will be expected to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of all aspects of safeguarding children.
We are committed to supporting the professional and personal development of our staff and have excellent training opportunities that align with our integrated 0-19 service.
The successful applicant must have the ability to travel independently within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
* Be competent as appropriate to the requirements of the role.
* Work within their scope of practice.
* Demonstrate at all times the Values of Midlands Partnership Foundation.
* Be a Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner with a focus on public health across the 0-19 agenda.
* Be responsible for a defined population of service users in a variety of settings across the Partnership Trust including the community.
* Be skilled in the assessment of children and young people’s care/support needs and in the development, implementation, and evaluation of care/support.
* Have supervisory, training, and leadership responsibilities where appropriate and will have some responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.
* Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions.
* Work with the team leader undertaking delegated tasks in the team.
* Deliver commissioned aspects of the Healthy Child Programme, ensuring key objectives and outcomes are met.
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