Family Health Practitioner
Job overview
The family health practitioner will work as part of a skill mix team delivering the healthy child programme to school aged children in the Wakefield District. The post holder will work as part of the team addressing health inequalities and public health priorities within the area.
Main duties of the job
Supporting the 5-19 Family Health Team in the delivery of targeted interventions using a tiered approach (universal, universal plus and universal partnership plus).
Working with other agencies to ensure a co-ordinated approach to addressing health inequalities.
Contribute to the development, delivery and reporting of health promoting activities within a variety of settings.
Deliver evidence based early intervention programmes to support children, young people and families e.g. Speech and language development, prevention of accidents in the home, promotion of oral health, promotion of healthy weight and physical activity.
Maintain contemporaneous and accurate records as required by HDFT and in line with professional standards.
Working for our organisation
HDFT prides itself on embedding the values of kindness, integrity, teamwork and equality in all of its work. We have a supportive supervision structure to ensure that we nurture staff well-being. The locality is currently undergoing a period of transformational change in order to ensure that we are able to deliver high quality care to the families in our care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification. If you have any questions please contact Kathryn Berzins on [email protected]
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria- NVQ Level 3 Qualification or equivalent.
- Experience of working with and supporting parents and families.
- Knowledge of child/adolescent development.
- Ability to communicate with a variety of audiences both written and verbally.
- Childcare qualification.
- Knowledge of the Solihull Approach model.
- Knowledge of parenting programmes.