Senior Support Worker/ Associate inBlackheath inBlackheath PUBLISHED
WED 20 NOV 2024
This position is designed for motivated health professionals eager to engage with children, families, and communities while addressing public health concerns. The role emphasises effective communication, report writing, and workload management, with support provided for skill development in the execution of these tasks.
Sandwell School Health Nursing team are innovative, unique and motivated health professionals. The team engages with children, young people, families and communities in addressing the public health agenda.
The primary role of the Senior Support Worker/Associate is to support the delivery of the communication strategy. This includes supporting the social media outputs relevant for service users and partners. It will also include co-ordinating and undertaking consultations with service users and partners. The post holder will also be responsible for holding a caseload and appropriately actioning referrals.
This is an exciting new role within the Sandwell School Health Nursing Team supporting the delivery of the communication strategy. Supporting the social media outputs, coordinating and undertaking consultations with service users and partners as well as having responsibility for holding a caseload and actioning referrals.
About us
Please see attached Job Description and person specification for full details of what this role entails
The post holder is expected to undertake a set of defined competencies. Support will be given to employees to further develop their skills.
1. Support the service with delivering on the communication strategy.
2. Co-ordinate and undertake consultation with service users and partners, this will include having small focus groups to review agreed elements of the school nursing role/service ie access, visibility.
3. Help to produce effective report writing following consultations with clear recommendations.
4. Support communication updates to schools, including newsletters.
5. Undertake administrative duties to support service delivery, including manning the main telephone line.
6. Undertake National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) as required to support service delivery.
7.Undertake health promotion sessions in school and in group settings to support the core service offer.
8.Ability to manage an appropriate caseload with relevant referrals identified by team leaders, these may include healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, supporting parents with childs emotional wellbeing/behaviour.
9. Ability to plan individual tasks, prioritising own workload and ensure effective referral to others.
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