Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Kent Health Visiting Service as a Family Partnership Practice Lead (FPPL) to work within the Maidstone District. The FPPL has a key role in embedding the Family Partnership Model within Kent Health Visiting Services under the guidance of the Family Partnership Programme Manager. The Family Partnership Model is an innovative approach which is evidence-based and enables parents and families to overcome their difficulties, build strengths and resilience and fulfil their goals more effectively.
Main duties of the job
Working as part of the local Health Visiting team, the Family Partnership Practice Lead will facilitate the early identification of vulnerable families and support the delivery of the KCHFT Family Partnership Programme by managing a small caseload of families, supporting them ante-natally and until their infant is a year old.
The post holder will also have a lead role in embedding the Family Partnership Model within district health visiting practice as well as providing leadership and some line management responsibilities to the team. The work with clients is intensive and challenging but provides a real opportunity to make a difference to their lives. You need to be a resilient and flexible Health Visitor with excellent communication and team leadership skills.
About us
Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we've got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, and excellent.
We know a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
Job responsibilities
The job description and person specification give you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format, please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you; their contact details can be found in the job advert.
At KCHFT, we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way, we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Person Specification
Qualification
* Nursing or midwifery qualification and registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
* Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification.
* Degree level or equivalent professional qualification.
* Willingness to undertake specialist training to enable the delivery of the Family Partnership model.
* Mentorship qualification.
Experience
* A minimum of 5 years' experience within the NHS or statutory sector organisation.
* Significant experience of working with vulnerable families.
* Significant experience of midwifery, child health, or public health.
* Experience of working with children and families using the Healthy Child Programme.
* Able to demonstrate delivering interventions that impact individuals, families, and their communities.
Special Knowledge and Expertise
* Knowledge and application of theories of behaviour change and motivational interviewing.
* National and local safeguarding policies and procedures.
* Specialist knowledge in relation to the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.
Skills and Abilities
* Able to engage with a wide variety of health and social care professionals.
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate sensitively.
* Able to develop supportive relationships which build trust.
* Ability to deploy a variety of negotiation and influencing strategies.
* Ability to manage time effectively.
Personal Attributes
* Committed to the principles of the Family Partnership Model and a strong desire to see it succeed.
* A self-starter who can work from their own initiative.
* Able to make decisions.
* Capacity to handle conflict and remain calm under pressure.
* A flexible approach to working arrangements surrounding remote access, significant travel across the County, and occasional travel to other UK cities.
* Commitment to delivering service improvement and delivering sustainable service change which brings measurable benefits for clients and staff.
Ability to Manage
* Ability to manage and lead change and inspire and develop forward thinking.
* Ability to motivate and organise others to ensure best practice.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Address
Molehill Copse Clinic, Hereford Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 7NB
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