Main area Health and Wellbeing services Grade Band 4 Contract Fixed term: 2 years (This contract is being funded by the Family Hubs Programme) Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
* Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week Job ref 844-7147183
Employer Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Station House Town St Helens Salary £26,530 - £29,114 pa (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 15/06/2025 23:59
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.
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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.
Job overview
Children's Health Promotion Advisor - 0-19
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within the 0-19 Service in St Helens, supporting St Helens Family Hub priorities. The successful candidate will be co-located across 0-19 and Family Hub settings, contributing to wider Family Hub initiatives.
You will be joining a proactive skill mixed team of health visitors, school nurses, children's health promotion advisors, school screeners and public health nurses. Working together to deliver the Healthy Child Programme to children and their families in St Helens. The role will have a strong focus on school readiness, providing early help interventions. Additionally, having strong links with St Helens Family Hub staff, as well as working closely with neighbouring multi agency and voluntary organisations to provide accessible, person centred packages of care in response to individual and local need.
The 0-19 Service in St Helens works to address health inequalities within the local area.
Main duties of the job
The 0-19 Service is a dynamic and exciting service, and becoming a Children’s Health Promotion Advisor/Nursery Nurse with us will offer you the opportunity to work within the public health and health promotion domains.
You should possess excellent organisational, communication and interpersonal skills with a commitment to working effectively both as part of a team and independently. An in depth knowledge of the current health agenda relating to children’s services and the 0-19 Service is essential.
If your skills and experience match the person specification we would welcome your application.
Working for our organisation
We have an established preceptorship programme in place and you will be well supported by your manager and colleagues and valued in your role as a member of the 0-19 Service. We offer opportunities for personal and professional development and you will receive annual appraisal, clinical and safeguarding supervision.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
If you want to make a difference to the health of children and their families within St Helens and have a commitment to reducing health inequalities we would very much like to hear from you.
Please see Job description and Person Specification attached.
Person specification
Qualifications & Training
* NNEB/NVQ Level 3 in Child Care/Public Health
* Brief Intervention/Motivational Interviewing trained
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Health and Social Care Foundation Degree
Experience & Knowledge
* 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
* Experience of delivering/facilitating activities to individuals and groups
Skills & Attributes
* 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
* Ability to facilitate groups and discussions
* Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the service
Personal Qualities
* Access to a car for work purposes
* Commitment
* Vision
* Confident and approachable
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We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.WCHC is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of disability, age, sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, maternity/pregnancy, marriage/civil partnership or transgender status. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We actively encourage BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and are keen to support reasonable adjustments to support our new and existing staff.
We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as aVeteran 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.
Further Information:
Closing Dates: Candidates are advised to apply early. The Trust reserves the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date if a high number of applications are received.
Reference Information: Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/ education history over the last three years and include valid business email addresses for them. The Trust will not accept personal references from friends or family.
Salary Expectations: The Trust pays staff in line with national NHS Terms and Conditions. Relevant experience may be considered when salary offers are made. For all part-time positions, salaries are pro-rata.
Restricted Applications: Staff on the Trust's Redeployment Register will be given priority access to vacancies at their substantive band.
Flexible Working: Flexible working is very important to the Trust in both the provision of this to staff and also in staff supporting the provision of our services.
A.I. Tools: Please note, the selection processes at Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.
English Language: In order to comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, we are required to ensure that all employees possess "the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English.” If you have not studied at an English speaking institute, or do not possess an English language qualification, you should provide evidence in your application of how you meet this requirement.
Student Visas: Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment.
Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to discharging its statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults and will support staff to fulfil this duty.
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