Healthy Family Support Practitioner - School Aged

Barnardo's; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company providing health and family support in Chelmsford seeks Healthy Family Support Practitioners. The role involves working with children and families, promoting skills and confidence to enable a positive daily life. Both full-time and part-time opportunities are available, emphasizing flexibility and support.

Qualifications

• Experience working with children aged 5-19, including those with SEND.
• Ability to deliver targeted support and interventions.
• Understanding of safeguarding and health guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Provide universal and intensive support to children and families.
• Use evidence-informed frameworks to plan and deliver services.
• Work in home and group settings to achieve positive outcomes.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Problem Solving

Education

Relevant experience with children or families

Qualifications related to health and social care

Job description

About our service

The Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service (ECFWS) brings together a range of existing services, having been commissioned by Essex County Council and the West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group.

The service, which is provided by HCRG Care Group in partnership with Barnardo's, ensures that families continue to have easy access to local services, with colleagues able to reach children and families in the community; whether in one of our Family Hubs or Delivery Sites, a School, or in a family's home. This flexible and innovative way of working is about providing services without walls and ensuring those young people and families who need support the most are easily reached.

Broad areas of support and service delivery are:
• Health Visiting
• Parenting Support
• School Nursing
• Family Health
• Resilience and Child Development
• Support for ages 0-19 (25 SEND)

Please see our website for further details www.essexfamilywellbeing.co.uk

We are looking for two Healthy Family Support Practitioners to work with children and young people aged 5-19 (25 with SEND) and their families, in Chelmsford District, Both full-time and part-time applicants will be considered.

Healthy Family Support Practitioners will be working with children and young people, pre-birth-19 (up to 25 SEND) and/or their parents/carers, in their homes and in groups to increase the skills, confidence and abilities to live their daily lives in a positive and safe way. Practitioners will be working with children, young people and their families, on a one to one or group basis, using a variety of interventions, to identify needs and to achieve positive outcomes.

Healthy Family Support Practitioners will be providing universal and intensive targeted support aligned to the service outcomes. They will utilise age appropriate evidence informed frameworks, to plan and deliver high quality services that support parents/carers to enable their children to thrive, meet their full potential and to be school ready.

As per NHS guidance this role will require successful applicants to evidence immunisations or immunity for MMR and Chicken Pox. This is due to the clinical focus of some tasks and the requirement to work with vulnerable families, young people and children

The roles within this service may also require the successful applicant to wear PPE including the wearing of a protective mask, to remain compliant with any future mandatory requirements introduced by the Government/NHS.

Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.