Job summary
We are recruiting for a 12-month Fixed
Term Contract (with possibility of extending) for a Community Child Healthy
Weight & Infant Feeding Team Lead
In a Borough with amongst the
greatest public health challenges in the country, do you have what it takes to
work with local communities, health services, the council and partners to
improve health outcomes and address health inequalities for Children and Young
People in Tower Hamlets?
You will provide systems leadership to improve the health and wellbeing of
children and young people in Tower Hamlets through the implementation of
transformational change, with a focus on delivering a workplan to implement
healthy weight care pathways, workforce training and delivery of the Baby
Friendly Initiative.
Main duties of the job
The overarching goal of the role will be to reduce health inequalities through working to improve breastfeeding rates and reduce levels of childhood obesity. To achieve this, the role will play a role in contributing to the community providers health focus to deliver the Boroughs strategic approach to tackling childhood obesity, in partnership with Tower Hamlets Public Health team. This strategy aims to deliver the following outcomes.
- Every child in Tower Hamlets has a healthy weight
- All children and young people undertake the recommended amount of physical activity
- All children and young people eat a healthy diet
The role will work across universal 0-19 Integrated community health services, the council and wider partners (including the NHS, schools, children and family centres, and community and voluntary organisations) providing leadership and support to deliver an up-skilled workforce and implement care pathways that effectively contribute to improving breast-feeding rates, reducing childhood obesity and reducing inequalities.
The overall aim of the role is to provide systems leadership in
the area of infant feeding and child healthy weight. Working with universal
0-19 services and other partners to achieve an improvement in breastfeeding
rates and a downward trajectory in overweight and obesity levels in the Local
Borough of Tower Hamlets.
About us
Tower Hamlets GP Care Group (The Care Group) was incorporated as a community interest company limited by shares in September 2014. Every general practice in Tower Hamlets owns one share of £1. The Care Group was formed to manage borough level contracts on behalf of the practices, deliver primary care led services and support general practices, and to be the provider voice of primary care in the wider health and social care system.
Read up more about Tower Hamlets here: http://www.towerhamlets.is/
The Care Group is also a member of Tower Hamlets Together, a place-based integrated partnership, which includes Bart's Health, East London NHS Foundation Trust, the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and the Council for Voluntary Services.
The key priorities for the Care Group are:
- Innovation and support for primary care
- Being a great place to work
- Integrating primary and community care
- Providing of high-quality cost-effective care to local people
- Influencing improvements in health outcomes
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder will work towards achieving the key result areas in the Tower
Hamlets Childhood Obesity Action Plan, as defined above. Duties and
responsibilities are likely to change in line with the developing work
programme.
Leadership
1. To provide
systems leadership to ensure that clear, consistent and evidence-based messages
on infant feeding, healthy weight, physical activity and healthy nutrition are
delivered across multi-agency / organisational boundaries in Tower Hamlets.
(links to key result 1 and 2).
2. To work with
the School Health and Wellbeing Service and Healthy Lives Team to promote a
borough-wide whole school approach which supports healthy eating and physical
activity and the maintenance of a healthy weight. (links to key result 3 and 4).
3. To work with
0-19 services, primary care, and physical activity and healthy eating services,
to ensure clear pathways of referral from universal services are in place.
(links to key result 6)
4. To use a
range of different evidence-based child healthy weight interventions in
operation across other boroughs in the UK to support and strengthen existing
programmes and innovation to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity in
Tower Hamlets. (links to key result 7).
5. To work with
the Health Visiting Service and the Community Infant Feeding Coordinator to
oversee the delivery of the Baby Friendly Initiative. (links to key result 8
and 9).
6. To actively
participate in the Tower Hamlets Infant Feeding Network and the LBTH Child
Healthy Weigh Healthy Services Working Group, providing reports as required.
Management
7. To provide
effective line management and support for the Community Child Healthy Weight
Advisor (CCHWA) and Community Infant Feeding Coordinator (CIFC).
8. To provide
guidance to the CCHWA in the detailed programme of support for staff in the
0-19 Service in relation to children and young people identified as overweight
or obese from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). To evaluate
different models for lifestyle behaviour interventions undertaken as part of
the NCMP (links to key results 7).
9. To provide
guidance to the CIFC in the implementation of the UNICEF Baby Friendly
Initiative (BFI) within Health Visiting and the Community, including training,
clinical audit and other governance programmes in relation to activities.
10. In
conjunction with the Clinical Director 0-19 and Public Health Commissioners,
develop a strategic work plan with outputs in line with the LBTH Child Healthy
Weight Action Plan and key output areas (outlined above), and provide regular
reports on the outputs and targets achieved. (links to key result 7).
11. To collate
and report progress on performance of infant feeding and healthy weight interventions, these may include:
- Number of
school-based workshops on healthy eating and lifestyles for parents/carers and
number of parents/ carers attending
- Number of
training sessions on healthy weight held for front line staff and number of
staff from different services attending training
- Number of
staff attending breastfeeding and
infant feeding training
- Report
setting out proposed annual programme of lifestyle behaviour change
interventions and their evaluation
- Evaluation of
implementation of lifestyle behaviour change interventions
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder will work towards achieving the key result areas in the Tower
Hamlets Childhood Obesity Action Plan, as defined above. Duties and
responsibilities are likely to change in line with the developing work
programme.
Leadership
1. To provide
systems leadership to ensure that clear, consistent and evidence-based messages
on infant feeding, healthy weight, physical activity and healthy nutrition are
delivered across multi-agency / organisational boundaries in Tower Hamlets.
(links to key result 1 and 2).
2. To work with
the School Health and Wellbeing Service and Healthy Lives Team to promote a
borough-wide whole school approach which supports healthy eating and physical
activity and the maintenance of a healthy weight. (links to key result 3 and 4).
3. To work with
0-19 services, primary care, and physical activity and healthy eating services,
to ensure clear pathways of referral from universal services are in place.
(links to key result 6)
4. To use a
range of different evidence-based child healthy weight interventions in
operation across other boroughs in the UK to support and strengthen existing
programmes and innovation to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity in
Tower Hamlets. (links to key result 7).
5. To work with
the Health Visiting Service and the Community Infant Feeding Coordinator to
oversee the delivery of the Baby Friendly Initiative. (links to key result 8
and 9).
6. To actively
participate in the Tower Hamlets Infant Feeding Network and the LBTH Child
Healthy Weigh Healthy Services Working Group, providing reports as required.
Management
7. To provide
effective line management and support for the Community Child Healthy Weight
Advisor (CCHWA) and Community Infant Feeding Coordinator (CIFC).
8. To provide
guidance to the CCHWA in the detailed programme of support for staff in the
0-19 Service in relation to children and young people identified as overweight
or obese from the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP). To evaluate
different models for lifestyle behaviour interventions undertaken as part of
the NCMP (links to key results 7).
9. To provide
guidance to the CIFC in the implementation of the UNICEF Baby Friendly
Initiative (BFI) within Health Visiting and the Community, including training,
clinical audit and other governance programmes in relation to activities.
10. In
conjunction with the Clinical Director 0-19 and Public Health Commissioners,
develop a strategic work plan with outputs in line with the LBTH Child Healthy
Weight Action Plan and key output areas (outlined above), and provide regular
reports on the outputs and targets achieved. (links to key result 7).
11. To collate
and report progress on performance of infant feeding and healthy weight interventions, these may include:
- Number of
school-based workshops on healthy eating and lifestyles for parents/carers and
number of parents/ carers attending
- Number of
training sessions on healthy weight held for front line staff and number of
staff from different services attending training
- Number of
staff attending breastfeeding and
infant feeding training
- Report
setting out proposed annual programme of lifestyle behaviour change
interventions and their evaluation
- Evaluation of
implementation of lifestyle behaviour change interventions
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience (minimum 3 years) of public health practice at a senior level and at a practical level in public health, nutrition, school nursing, health visiting or other related health field.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Extensive experience developing and delivering health and wellbeing training programmes.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification in Public Health or related subject or equivalent professional qualification (e.g. community health, public health nutritionist) with appropriate professional body registration.
Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of national and international research, evidence base for interventions and policy documents in relation to breastfeeding, infant feeding and childhood obesity.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Significant leadership and project management experience and skills
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience (minimum 3 years) of public health practice at a senior level and at a practical level in public health, nutrition, school nursing, health visiting or other related health field.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Extensive experience developing and delivering health and wellbeing training programmes.
Qualifications
Essential
- Masters level qualification in Public Health or related subject or equivalent professional qualification (e.g. community health, public health nutritionist) with appropriate professional body registration.
Knowledge
Essential
- Detailed knowledge of national and international research, evidence base for interventions and policy documents in relation to breastfeeding, infant feeding and childhood obesity.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Significant leadership and project management experience and skills
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.
