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 five 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.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arose for a motivated individual to join the Redbridge 0-19 Health Improvement Team - working primarily with 0-1yrs, supporting families with their feeding journey. You maybe required to support the Healthy Weight/Healthy Lifestyle team with things such as Introduction to Solids, Healthy Weight sessions, National Child Measurement Programme.
The successful candidate will be working across the borough of Redbridge, supporting a diverse population. There will be close links with the Health visiting and School Nursing team, as well as children's centres, midwives, GPs, children's social care and the wider NELFT health teams.
Main duties of the job
·To work as a member of the 0-19 Universal Health team. Provide a comprehensive, effective and culturally sensitive service to clients delivering the Healthy Child Programme.
1. To support families with their infant feeding journeys.
·To predominately support the delivery of feeding cafes, referrals, education sessions focusing around 6 High Impact areas. Starting from Antenatal workshops, breastfeeding and promoting healthy weight and healthy eating habits within the 0-19 population.
·To support the development, in partnership, of specific programmes for children and families
·With support of the 0-19 service develop a whole family approach enabling families and children to make healthier lifestyle choices and empower them to access information and support.
·To give telephone support, advice and information.
·To take a key role in supporting starting solid food groups and accessing clients through feeding groups, clinics and children’s centres.
·To understand the barriers to making healthy choices and be able to support families .
·To support health promotion activities within the team raising awareness of healthy eating.
·To participate in activities as directed by the Team Lead or Operational Lead to promote healthy eating.
2. Whilst a driving licence isn't essential, you must be prepared and able to travel across the borough.
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
Please be advised that this post does not meet the requirements for sponsorship. You must have a valid right to work to apply for this post
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for details.
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.
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
Qualifications
Essential criteria
3. NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
4. Sound level of knowledge of infant feeding, healthy eating and obesity.
Experience
Essential criteria
5. Experience of working in group settings offering health promotion information
6. Experience of working with statutory, non-statutory and voluntary agencies
7. Working with families
8. Being involved with service development initiatives
9. Participation in audit or research
10. Working with diverse ethnic and social community groups
11. Infant |Feeding Knowledge
Knowledge
Essential criteria
12. Have a flexible approach to team and autonomous working, acknowledging own limitations
13. Knowledge of Healthy, Lifestyles and Wellbeing
Skills
Essential criteria
14. Basic awareness of IT and IT Skills
15. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Benefits
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:
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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.
19. 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.