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Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join our 0-19 universal children's team. You will be part of the multi skilled team supporting both Health visitors and School Nurses. You will have the opportunity to learn new skills and increase your knowledge and skill base. Working as part of a team, you will be expected to prioritise your own workload, and be part of delivering quality health care and health promotion / advice to babies, children, young people and families in Redbridge
Main duties of the job
You will be working alongside HV and SN to deliver high quality care and support to families within Redbridge. This will include -
undertaking age appropriate health reviews in CNN led clinics
supporting and leading on CNN led healthy child clinics
assisting with the New Entry Medicals and National Child Measurement programme in schools
You will need –
to be able to recognise safeguarding concerns, work with families to help improve health outcomes. and escalate them to managers where appropriate
excellent communication skills both written and verbal
to be able to work autonomously whilst still remaining part of the team
to be able to focus and plan your own work, fitting in with the team allocation
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High-Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941) pro rata for part time staff.
Certificates of Sponsorship
This position will not be supported for visa sponsorship, as it does not meet the minimum requirements. All applicants are expected to have valid right to work document to work in the UK when applying for this position.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
·The post holder will have the NNEB, CACHE or equivalent qualification and robust child development knowledge. They will have experience working with children and famalies
The post holder will support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively support and liaise with other health and social care professionals and agencies.
·The post holder will support families by signposting children/YP, families/carers to available resources within the borough for additional support and information.
·The post holder will be an advocate for children and families within the service.
·The post holder will establish and maintain effective communication with children, young people, parents and carers, colleagues, multidisciplinary team, and Local Authority to achieve a positive health status for the child and family.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Person specification
Skills
* Holds the NNEB, CACHE or equivalent qualification and robust child development knowledge.
* Experience of working in the community setting
Experience
* Experience of working with children with different needs.
* Experience of working as part of a team and autonomously
Knowledge
* Able to drive and holds a current driving license
* Knowledge of the local geographical area
Professionalism
* Awareness of safeguarding issues
* Awareness of reporting concerns
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
* Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
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