Youth Health Improvement Co-Ordinator (place based)

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Job Description

School-Aged Health Improvement and Prevention Service CAMBRIDGESHIRE

Youth Health Improvement Co-Ordinator (place based) CAMBRIDGE CITY

MAIN PURPOSE

The overall aim of the service is to create environments that support young people to improve and maintain their health and wellbeing via health promotion, education and intervention.

The Service supports improvements in outcomes for children and young people across Cambridgeshire. The post holder will be responsible leading and co-ordinating the delivery of preventative health promotion and education across a designated cluster of schools and community settings, ensuring safe, effective and equitable services. The work will focus primarily on:

• Vaping, through the delivery of Catch Your Breath workshops
• Sexual Health and the C-Card Scheme
• STI information, awareness and testing

The role may also require the co-ordination and delivery of other sessions as agreed with schools and community settings. These may include:

• Tobacco and smoking
• Physical activity and the effects of inactivity

• Healthy Eating

• Positive wellbeing

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

Work with a team of co-ordinators to ensure the safe, effective delivery of services across all educational and community settings in Cambridgeshire, being directly responsible for the work in Cambridge City

Organise and monitor activity using evidencebased protocols, and use this data to evaluate interventions

Improve accessibility and awareness of our initiatives through pro-active promotion face to face with schools and communities

Raise the profile of Healthy School Services across local networks, supporting the coordination of intervention in your assigned locality

Support the development of a comprehensive directory of up to date evidence based information School settings can use to implement activities

Offer support and guidance to Youth Health Improvement Practitioners, providing administrative and project management support for the team

Facilitate collaborative approaches and build strong links with schools, community groups and partner agencies

Maintain accurate records in line with GDPR and company policies

Monitor KPIs, prepare reports and present data where required to the service manager and regional operations manager

Promote service resources, produce newsletters and support marketing events and development projects

Champion equality, diversity and inclusion throughout service delivery

Manage own workload, CPD and contribute to continuous service improvement

Attend community events and promotional activities as required

Comply with safeguarding policies, professional conduct standards, and all local authority and Everyone Health procedures to ensure safe practice for all

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Skills and abilities

Highly motivated, proactive and resilient with drive to lead and deliver in a dynamic environment

Ability to motivate and support School settings to achieve Healthy Schools Accreditation

Excellent written, verbal, non-verbal communication and presentation skills for a range of audiences

Strong communicator with young people and professionals

Effective collaborator across multi disciplinary and multi agency teams

Robust planning and organisational skills with sound judgement under pressure

Good interpersonal skills with proven ability to work effectively with colleagues and external professionals

Proven problem solver with the ability to adapt and remain flexible

Confident working independently and leading teams with a positive attitude

Values inclusion, respects confidentiality and builds rapport with others

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Diploma or degree of higher education in a relevant health, education or youth related field (essential)
• Minimum 2 years experience working within local communities (essential)
• Leadership or project management experience and training (desirable)
• Evidence of ongoing professional development

Special Conditions

Essential

• Willingness to work weekends or evenings as required
• Travel across Cambridgeshire; must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle insured for business use
• Commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion across all service activity
• Subject to an enhanced DBS check
• 6. SAFEGUARDING
• Everyone Health Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the adults, young people and children who use the services. All staff have a responsibility to report any identified concerns of abuse or exploitation through the appropriate route in line with the respective policies and procedures.
• FITNESS TO PRACTISE
• Applicants will need to confirm if:
• Theyre currently subject to a fitness to practise investigations or proceedings by a regulatory or licensing body
• Theyve been removed from any professional register or licensing register
• Theyve had conditions or sanctions placed on their registration
• Theyve ever had restrictions placed on their clinical practice as part of the revalidation process
• Everyone Health delivers multi-component health related and lifestyle services, including prevention and early intervention, on behalf of Clinical Commissioning Groups and Local Authorities in community based localities across the UK.

Experience

Essential

• Experience working in school or community settings and delivering health initiatives
• Proven track record in training delivery and course facilitation
• Significant experience in building stakeholder partnerships and community links
• Background in line management and developing new teams
• Experience in producing reports, policies and health promotion materials
• Experience in meeting KPIs, working to time schedules and deadlines and reporting on work completed

Desirable

• In depth knowledge around the challenges involved in improving school aged health
• Understanding of child development milestones and public health interventions
• Awareness of health inequalities facing vulnerable and deprived communities
• Knowledge of PSHE/RSE and Behaviour Change Theory to empower individuals and communities to make sustainable change
• Strong knowledge and understanding around safeguarding, confidentiality and data protection
• Competent with data collection, social media and digital communication tools

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Everyone Health Ltd

Address

Everyone Health Ltd

3 Watling Drive

Hinckley

Leicestershire

LE10 3EY

Employer's website

https://everyonehealth.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)