Community Public Health Associate (0-8) – Home Visits

The Methodist Church in Britain; Packmoor; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Career progression opportunities

Learning and development opportunities

NHS discount

Lease car scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Oxford Health NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 4 Community Public Health Associate to join the integrated 0-19 Children’s and Young People Public Health Service. The role focuses on caring for children up to eight and their families, delivering health-related care and running parenting groups in homes and community settings.

You will work under supervision, promoting wellbeing, coordinating developmental reviews and contributing to county-wide public health initiatives.

Qualifications

• Experience with children and families.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to delivery of the 0-19 service within the caseload, as delegated by the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse.
• Promote children's physical and emotional health and wellbeing, identifying health, social or developmental concerns early.
• Work in partnership with children, young people, families, primary care, schools and statutory and voluntary services to improve health outcomes.
• Deliver services to children and families in homes and community settings.
• Work with children aged 0-8, implementing and evaluating episodes or packages of care to individual need.
• Run parenting groups such as "Early Days" and "Marvellous Me".
• Deliver individual and group developmental reviews.
• Work within the locality with the 0-19 teams there and support county-wide work where needed.
• Take part, under supervision of the named SCPHN Band 6, in complex situations.

Job description

Oxford Health NHS Trust is recruiting a Band 4 Community Public Health Associate to join the integrated 0-19 Children’s and Young People Public Health Service. The role focuses on caring for children up to eight and their families, delivering health-related care and running parenting groups in homes and community settings.

You will work under supervision, promoting wellbeing, coordinating developmental reviews and contributing to county-wide public health initiatives.