0-19 Assistant Practitioner

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust; Cringleford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Cringleford is seeking an Assistant Practitioner for the Healthy Child Programme. The role involves offering advice and guidance through various platforms, supporting assessments, and working autonomously to improve outcomes for children and families. If you are passionate about high-quality care delivery and innovative practices, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• Ability to act autonomously and support assessment processes.
• Experience in providing high-quality care for children and families.
• Strong communication skills to liaise with team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice and guidance through digital platforms.
• Support clinical needs assessments for clients.
• Coordinate and develop service delivery with colleagues.

Skills

Autonomy

Child welfare promotion

Communication

Job description

Assistant Practitioner – Healthy Child Programme

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

As part of the Healthy Child Programme, the Assistant Practitioner will work within the single point of access. This role will be predominantly offering advice and guidance via the telephone, over text message and via digital platform to support clients/service users, undertaking initial assessments, delegation of cases within the team, or transfer out to locality/specialist pathway, signposting or supporting onward referrals.

The Assistant Practitioner will be undertaking independent decision making regarding specific referrals in relation to the 6 high impact areas to improve outcomes for children, young people and families within Norfolk.

Should we receive a high number of applications we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after Monday 17th November 2025.

• Be able to act autonomously.
• Support the integrated 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP) in providing an innovative and high‑quality service in an environment that enhances child‑centred client care and promotes child and family wellbeing.
• Support the assessment and review of clinical needs.
• Work without direct supervision to support clients as part of the universal and targeted aspects of the service provision.
• Liaise with colleagues within Just One Number to assist in the co‑ordination and development of the service.
• Develop specialist interest areas in order to enrich the knowledge and skills set within the Norfolk and Waveney Children & Young People’s Health Service.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There’s one reason why our services are outstanding – and that’s our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high‑quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading‑edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Hayley Walker
Job title: Just One Team Lead
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 07783885696

Katy Hall (Family Public Health Nurse)
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