Oral Health Promoter

What youll be doing

Youll work with early years providers and schools within Leicester to promote the supervised toothbrushing programme. Youll provide guidance and governance to those already participating in the programme, including the provision of additional promotional activities within their setting. You will also engage with early years providers and schools who do not participate in the supervised toothbrushing programme in a targeted manner. You will also provide ongoing support via training, phone calls, emails and in person visits.

Youll engage with key stakeholders including dental practices, public health teams, NHS organisations and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations to raise awareness of oral health issues and deliver the oral health programmes in the city. Youll conduct training sessions to explain health concepts, ensuring they are engaged and understand the key messages. Youll also support the team to develop and promote key national campaigns.

Engage with key stakeholders and local communities to ensure that key oral health promoting

messages are imparted and understood by the local population in key stages of life.

Develop effective relationships with early years providers, schools and other venues to

encourage the participation of the Supervised Toothbrushing programme, including oral

health promotion with children, parents and carers.

Work in partnership with key stakeholders on delivering and evaluating the success of

national campaigns that promote and raise awareness of oral health issues.

Work across agencies to provide training for all frontline workforce and ensure that oral

health brief advice is delivered by general healthcare, social care and voluntary care

professionals and workers. Deliver oral health messages to vulnerable groups across the community as agreed with key

stakeholders, visiting groups in harder to reach organisations and areas, for example in

nursing/care/residential homes, schools/childrens centres and community groups.

10%

Contribute to raising awareness of oral health issues by engaging with key stakeholders and partners

such as dentists, schools, childrens centres and elderly persons homes

10%

Initiate monitor and evaluate accreditation schemes for early years settings, schools, nursing and

residential homes.

10%

Develop persuasive materials and resources to gain support for oral health promotion delivery and

activities. These include power point presentations, posters, leaflets, worksheets, practical

activities/games. Establish Oral Health Promotion Networks to ensure up-to-date messages and information are

available and engender partnership working on common issues and campaigns. Develop effective neighbourhood-based networks to build awareness of oral health issues including

establishing and training community based oral health champions. Supervising People

Allocate to and oversee work carried out by allocated temporary staff/volunteers. in the context of this leadership: Job Title: Oral Health Promoter Job No: SC924

Division: Public Health Service: Public Health

Team/Section: IMPACT Responsible to: Public Health Project Manager

Through engagement with key stakeholders and local communities the post holders will facilitate the

promotion of good oral health within local communities through training, health promotion, information

sharing, communication and face to face activities. The post holder will facilitate the uptake and

maintenance of the supervised toothbrushing programme.

+ in the context of supervising the work of temporarily assigned staff/volunteers/external contracted

To provide decisive and effective leadership to team(s) in line with the councils Vision & Values and

Leadership Qualities that enables them to do their best work resulting in high levels of people and

organisational performance.

Involve team/s in creating a shared purpose to help them develop and achieve results.

Give clear direction.

Explore and understand the views of the team and adapt style and behaviour as necessary to

ensure positive outcomes. Show respect for the views of others by recognising their contribution

and valuing diversity.

Inspire team/s by creating opportunities to be creative and innovative, supporting team

development and encouraging autonomy to enable team(s) to do their best work.

Develop positive trusting relationships within and outside the team, treating people with fairness

and respect.

Carry out other miscellaneous tasks associated with the role.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. Youll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. Well also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

Were committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. Thats why weve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. Well do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the our approach to recruitment page.

Experience

Qualifications

Essential: - Qualified and General Dental Council (GDC) registered Dental Nurse; - Full UK Driving License