Children's Health Worker 9337/3502

You must have a child care qualification: a diploma in Childcare and Education, NNEB, BTEC Diploma in Early Years Care and Education, NVQ Level 3, or equivalent relevant qualification

Above all else you need to have a positive "can do" attitude and be passionate about making a difference for the children and families of Lincolnshire

Further candidate essential and desirable criteria can be found on the Job Description, which is attached to the advert on the LCC Jobs page. We are offering a competitive salary and generous annual leave with the opportunity to buy more. Exciting learning and development opportunities.

We have a comprehensive emotional health and well-being package, benefits package including excellent discount schemes and many areas for professional support and development .

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Steph Vickers, Locality Health Manager for North and South Kesteven stephanie.vickers@lincolnshire.gov.uk

Closing date: 9th September Interviews will be held 24th September

The Children's Health service uses evidence-based practice to plan, deliver and evaluate Health Visiting and Children, Young People's Nursing and other relevant interventions in a variety of settings to deliver a family centered service, which enables individuals, families, and communities to achieve their optimum physical, psychological, educational and emotional wellbeing through a public health approach.

The post holder will accept delegated responsibility for the delivery of health promotion activity and programmes commensurate with the experience, competencies and knowledge required by the role. Working under the supervision of a registered Health Visitor (HV) or Children and Young Peoples nurse (CYPN) the post holder will use evidence-based practice to deliver health promotion activity and deliver these in a variety of settings using a family centered, public health approach that enables individuals families and communities to achieve their optimum physical, psychological, educational and emotional wellbeing.

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To work within the policies, practices and procedures of Childrens Services Directorate and Lincolnshire Safeguarding Children Board policies and procedures.

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Undertake the universal (integrated) 2-2.5 year and other agreed reviews in line the Healthy Child Programme for 0-5 years demonstrating an understanding of the norm and deviation from the norm. This includes the use of the Ages and Stages questionnaire (ASQ) Child development and advising parents on age-appropriate activities to stimulate child development adapting their language and advice to accommodate individual family characteristics e.g., ethnicity, finance, language, health.

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Deliver individual programmers of care as delegated by the Health Visitor/Children and Young Peoples Nurse in line with evidence-based care pathways and based on observation and assessment of the efficacy of care plans, supports the Health Visitor/Children and Young Peoples Nurse in adjusting individual care plans based on their knowledge and assessment of the childs needs and parent/ career engagement.

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Working independently but under the supervision of a Health Visitor/ Children and Young Peoples Nurse, assist in the delivery of community-based health promotion programmes including assisting or leading health promotion sessions/groups, Individual/Group activity e.g., working directly with parents to deliver parenting, toileting and antenatal education programmer, demonstrating creativity through the adaptation of the programme and resources/communication methods to suit client needs including identifying any risk to care plan delivery.

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Follow the agreed pathway for delegation with the Named Health Visitor/ Children and Young Peoples Nurse ensuring that information sharing, e.g. reporting any new information/

Observations is maintained to ensure that effective plans of care are agreed and evaluated.

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Work within local and national safeguarding policies and standards relating to the delivery of care at all times.

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Provide accessible health promotion information for parents/carers and young people and signpost to evidence- b ase d resources/websites/apps.

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Maintain and record accurate contemporaneous documentation regarding interactions between service users, colleagues and other agencies in the appropriate legal records and formats.

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Support and challenge families, whilst maintaining effective relationships, to achieve and sustain positive outcomes.

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To work in partnership with other members of children's services staff, teams and other voluntary and statutory services in response to service users identified health and social needs.

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Maintain competency and take opportunities for personal development in role, undertaking mandatory and supplementary training and maintain a personal development portfolio to prove evidence of development at annual appraisal.

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To participate in clinical and group safeguarding supervision.

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Where appropriate, under the supervision of the Health Visitor/Children and Young Peoples

Nurse, attend TAC Meetings to provide updates on the support they have provided to the family.

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Always utilise and apply appropriate communication skills with service users. Were English is not the first language or understanding is limited or required in different mode to seek advice regarding methods of communication to support the individual e.g., translator services or resources for the visually or hearing impaired.

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Routine collection of feedback from service users and provision of evidence of use of feedback to continually improve outcomes of children and young people.

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Work flexibly as required across the core hours of the service 8 -8pm including weekends.

Lincolnshire County Council, is one of the largest employers in the county. We are an organisation that embraces diversity, innovation and progress. We value our people and want to ensure that we can support you in joining and growing with us.

We will view you as an integral member of our community and recognise that your well-being is paramount. To show our appreciation, weve crafted a competitive package designed to not only acknowledge your hard work but also foster a healthy work-life balance.

From health benefits and retirement plans, we strive to provide a package that supports well-being and financial stability and that meets the diverse needs of our workforce.

We want everyone who works with us to feel included and celebrate their uniqueness. We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, eliminating unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation, and promoting good relations for both employee and for the people of Lincolnshire.

People often say every day is a learning day and at LCC a culture of learning is something we really believe in. We recognise the importance of supporting your learning and development and can offer a variety of different learning opportunities depending on what is right for you and the organisation. This could be through your everyday tasks, through hands-on experience, structured programs, formal qualifications, coaching, or informal learning opportunities.

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