Healthy Child Programme Support Worker

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust; Oakengates; In loco; GBP 26.000 - 27.000; Part-time

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Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is seeking a Healthy Child Programme Support Worker to join the Telford Public Health School Nursing Team. The role focuses on delivering health promotion for 0-19, with a mix of universal and targeted activities within schools and communities in Telford and Wrekin.

You will work under the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse, supporting delivery of the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme and NCMP. A driving licence is essential for travel to schools and venues.

Competenze

• Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years or NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education or BTEC National Diploma in Nursery Nursing or Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education or Equivalent qualification
• Mature understanding of safeguarding and child protection requirements
• Experience working with children, young people and families in community settings

Mansioni

• Supporting clinical staff to deliver the Health Child Programme
• Support to delivery of the NCMP
• Inputting clinical data and maintaining accurate health records

Conoscenze

HCP knowledge

Apply theory to practice

Child protection knowledge

Child development knowledge

Behaviour management

Formazione

Level 3 childcare qualification

NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education

Equivalent qualification

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Main area Public Health, School Nursing Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Part time
• Flexible working

28 hours per week (hours to be worked over 4 days 7 hours a day) Job ref 825-8106259-OPS-A

Site Telford Public Health Nursing Service/ Shropshire school nursing Town Telford Salary £25,760 - £27,476 per annum/pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 20/10/2026 13:00

We recognise that applicants may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to help build your application. However, all information provided must be an accurate reflection of your skills, knowledge, qualifications and experience. Candidates should be prepared to discuss and evidence the content of their application during the recruitment process.

We believe that compassionate care sits at the heart of everything we do. Every member of our team - clinical or non-clinical - plays a vital role in ensuring that patients, families, and colleagues are treated with dignity, empathy, and respect at all times.

We expect all staff to demonstrate compassion not only through their words, but through their actions: by listening attentively, communicating clearly and kindly, and recognising individual needs, feelings, and circumstances of those in our care.

Effective communication is central to safe and high-quality healthcare. We value colleagues who take the time to understand others, explain information in a meaningful way, and respond to concerns with patience and understanding.

By joining our team, you are committing to uphold these values - ensuring that every patient feels heard, respected, and valued, and that compassion is embedded in every interaction, every day.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Shropshire Community Health Trust to appoint an enthusiastic Healthy Child Programme Support Worker to join the Telford Public Health School Nursing Team. The team provides services to children and young people within Telford and Wrekin this post will be based in Telford.

Our forward thinking school nursing team supports the health and wellbeing programmes for all children and young people in schools and the wider community.

We are looking for motivated individuals with experience of working with children, young people and families from 0-19, either from an education or youth background. You should have the ability to work within a skill mixed team, under the delegation of the named Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN), to deliver allocated components of the Healthy Child Programme across the 0-19 service.

The post holder will assist the Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) to deliver the 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP) and be involved in maximising the health of children, families and the community. This will be through universal and targeted interventions, health promotion and other activities designed to improve wellbeing and achieve health gain. As part of the role you will be involved in delivering the NCMP National Programme

Driving Licence is essential as you will be required to travel to schools and community venues

Main duties of the job

Supporting clincial satff to delivery the Health Child Programme

Supporting to delivery of the NCMP

You will be required to undertake some administrative duties to support the team, including the inputting of clinical data and maintaining accurate health records.

Your role will require you to work in partnership with schools, partner agencies and providers, to promote and enhance the health and well-being of children and families.

Working for our organisation

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

Please note that this job is a part time role and does not meet the salary requirements for work visa sponsorship and as such we will be unable to progress your application if you do not have the right to work in the UK.

Person specification

Training and Qualifcations

• Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years or NVQ Level 3 in Childcare and Education or BTEC National Diploma in Nursery Nursing or Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education or Equivalent qualification

Knowledge and Skills

• Have a knowledge and understanding of the Department of Health 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP)
• Ability to apply theory to practice
• Some knowledge of Child Protection
• Knowledge of age appropriate child development
• Knowledge and skills of behaviour management in 0-19

Experience

• Significant experience of child care in a community setting
• Team Working
• Experience in managing the behaviour of children
• Enable active participation of the family in decision making
• Experience in carrying out routine interventions on a one to one basis or in groups
• Experience of accurate observation of children's communication/interaction with other children and adults

Other

• Must be able to meet the travel requirements of the role

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust believes in fairness, equity and above all, values diversity in all aspects of its work, as a provider of health services and as an employer of people. We provide visa sponsorship to applicants who require this in order to have the right to work in the UK, providing that the role you have been offered meets the requirements set by the Home Office.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa (such as data analysts, IT and finance professionals, etc) will need to meet the salary threshold of £41,700 or the 'going rate' for the job you will be doing (whichever is higher). For a limited number of clinical posts ( listed here ), applications to the Health and Care Visa route will need to meet the national pay scale for their role or the minimum salary threshold of £25,000 (whichever is higher ). We advise that you check that the role you wish to apply for meets the requirement for sponsorship before applying.

Further guidance on eligible roles can be found here.

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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.