Job summary
We are Manchester Local Care Organisation - an exciting, new public sector organisation that is bringing together NHS community health services and social care services in the city. We're driven by the aim of improving the health of local people in Manchester by working across organisational boundaries.
One of only a few programmes of its kind remaining across the country, the 'Manchester Healthy Schools' team is looking for a motivated and flexible person with a proven record of working with children and young people across public health education. Managing and co-ordinating work within various health and education settings can prove challenging. It also calls for a varied skill set.
The Healthy Schools Team Leader has day to day operational responsibility for the Healthy Schools Programme Function including supervision of the Health Improvement Practitioner Specialists to ensure effectiveness in work activities and compliance with corporate responsibilities. The post holder will advise on the development and implementation of public health interventions and will supervise the team to ensure specialist leads apply best practice principles and evaluate the effectiveness of their public health interventions.
Main duties of the job
A rewarding role for anyone wishing to make a difference to the health and education of children and young people, you will line manage the leads in the specialist areas of Healthy Lifestyles, PSHE, Unintentional Injury Prevention, Social, Emotional and Mental Health, Drugs and Alcohol and Relationships and Sex Education. As Team Lead you will have the chance to make a vital contribution to the delivery of evidence based health promotion/health improvement programmes for children and young people. The post will require you to work closely with teachers and other professionals, both outside, and within education-based settings.
Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or with an equivalent professional qualification, your strong communication, negotiation and leadership skills will enable you to deal confidently with senior management level staff. What's more, you should be comfortable working both independently and as part of a team in order to manage the Healthy Schools Programme. Good planning, organisation and public speaking skills are key. A willingness to travel throughout the city in order to get the job done is important too. Accordingly, you'll need a full driving licence and your own car. In return, you'll receive ongoing supervision and continued professional development. You'll also have the opportunity to contribute to the overall vision and a range of strategies to tackle health inequalities in the city's children and young people.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Education to relevant degree or equivalent professional qualification.
Desirable
- Public Health qualification.
Skills, Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge and understanding of the theory and practice of health promotion and/or public health
- Highly developed knowledge and understanding of the issues leading to health inequalities
- Highly developed understanding of improving health outcomes for children and young people.
- Highly developed understanding of national policy drivers around health improvement /public health
- Highly developed understanding of current Personal Social Health and Economic Education (PSHE) policy and health related legislation for schools
- Strong ability to communicate, negotiate and influence at a number of different levels.
- Strong ability to plan, deliver and evaluate training.
- Strong ability to understand, analyse and use data to inform best practice.
- Effective communication at all levels, including verbal, written and presentation skills.
- IT skills e.g. Microsoft office, Microsoft Teams etc.
- oHighly developed knowledge and understanding of the Healthy Schools Programme
Experience
Essential
- Highly experienced in working with schools and school staff
- Highly experienced in working with children and young people.
- Highly experienced in delivering training or teaching on a range of health improvement specialist topic areas.
- Highly experienced in project management and leading health programmes and interventions
- Highly experienced in health education policy development
- Highly experienced in undertaking monitoring evaluation
- Experience of developing teaching and training resources
- Experience of delivering Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) in a school setting
- Experience of multi-agency partnership working and working with parents
- Experience of supporting the continued professional development of other professionals through training
- Experience of day to day management of staff, including providing monthly 1 to 1 supervision and annual PDRs
- Experience of recruitment and selection and managing complaints at a local level
- Experience of working with line-manager to set budgets and monitor expenditure
- Experience of working with diverse communities within an equality framework and an understanding of Equal Opportunities.
Desirable
- Experience of working with minority ethnic Communities
Personal attributes and abilities
Essential
- Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Good organisational skills
- Flexible and co-operative approach
- Willing to travel throughout the city
- Undertaken continual professional development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Education to relevant degree or equivalent professional qualification.
Desirable
- Public Health qualification.
Skills, Knowledge & Understanding
Essential
- Highly developed knowledge and understanding of the theory and practice of health promotion and/or public health
- Highly developed knowledge and understanding of the issues leading to health inequalities
- Highly developed understanding of improving health outcomes for children and young people.
- Highly developed understanding of national policy drivers around health improvement /public health
- Highly developed understanding of current Personal Social Health and Economic Education (PSHE) policy and health related legislation for schools
- Strong ability to communicate, negotiate and influence at a number of different levels.
- Strong ability to plan, deliver and evaluate training.
- Strong ability to understand, analyse and use data to inform best practice.
- Effective communication at all levels, including verbal, written and presentation skills.
- IT skills e.g. Microsoft office, Microsoft Teams etc.
- oHighly developed knowledge and understanding of the Healthy Schools Programme
Experience
Essential
- Highly experienced in working with schools and school staff
- Highly experienced in working with children and young people.
- Highly experienced in delivering training or teaching on a range of health improvement specialist topic areas.
- Highly experienced in project management and leading health programmes and interventions
- Highly experienced in health education policy development
- Highly experienced in undertaking monitoring evaluation
- Experience of developing teaching and training resources
- Experience of delivering Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education (PSHE) in a school setting
- Experience of multi-agency partnership working and working with parents
- Experience of supporting the continued professional development of other professionals through training
- Experience of day to day management of staff, including providing monthly 1 to 1 supervision and annual PDRs
- Experience of recruitment and selection and managing complaints at a local level
- Experience of working with line-manager to set budgets and monitor expenditure
- Experience of working with diverse communities within an equality framework and an understanding of Equal Opportunities.
Desirable
- Experience of working with minority ethnic Communities
Personal attributes and abilities
Essential
- Self-motivated and able to work under own initiative
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Good organisational skills
- Flexible and co-operative approach
- Willing to travel throughout the city
- Undertaken continual professional development
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
