Healthy Child Programme Health Mentor
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be required to have:
Communication and Relationship skills
1. To work pro-actively to build relationships with relevant agencies to engage children and young people who would benefit from the service
2. To liaise with young people, parents and community health staff, School staff or other services working with children and young people to support the delivery of effective referral and recruitment pathways.
3. To provide information on the programme in a range of formats which are user-friendly to encourage self-referral.
4. To show tactfulness and sensitivity, negotiation, motivational skills to identify and develop effective pathways for lifestyle change with children, young people and families.
5. To guide and support individuals to undertake health risk assessments, recognise key areas for change and set effective lifestyle goals.
6. To deliver brief interventions for health improvement to individuals on the health mentor programme.
7. To develop healthcare plans and support individuals to meet their goals.
8. To encourage and support self-motivation in participants sustaining lifestyle changes.
9. To measure and report on the outcomes of healthcare plans.
10. To plan and deliver health improvement group interventions.
11. To promote the Health Mentor Programme and other lifestyle services to current and potential participants and other agencies.
12. To work with other mentoring and early intervention services to ensure seamless support for children, young people and families.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
1. To analyse the results and explain to children, young people and families the complex information based on the results of their health and wellbeing assessment.
2. To assess the readiness of children, young people and families to change lifestyle behaviour
3. To provide an appropriate package of lifestyle support with the child or young person (and family as appropriate) to include:
- A health behaviour check
- Choosing a health behaviour to change
- Planning behaviour change
- Mutually agreeing a personal health plan
- Reviewing behaviour change
4. Maintaining behaviour change
5. To use motivational interviewing/behaviour change techniques to support service users to determine an action plan based on the range of options available for them.
6. To recognise and refer complex cases to the band 6 school nurse or appropriate professional.
7. To respond professionally with enquiries from professionals and other agencies and the community.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- G.C.S.E English and Maths
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of Working with Children,Young People and families
- Experience/knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable young people
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Computer Literate
- Ability to travel around Tameside and Glossop
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent written and verbal, listening communication skills
- Knowledge of Safeguarding
- Able to be a team player and also work using own initiative
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Microsoft office, EMIS and Outlook
- Full driving License with own car use
New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome here at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust.
For our agenda for change staff, we offer a competitive benefits package with regular pay awards, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years and access to a competitive Pension Scheme to which both you and the Trust contribute. These terms and conditions are not applicable for Non-Executive positions.
Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities with paid mandatory training, a protected training budget for staff and support for flexible working. We have an on-site Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have fast track access to physio, counselling and complimentary therapies.
At Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, we welcome applications from all candidates.
At the Trust we always adhere to the UK Visas and Immigration rules pertaining to right to work; candidates who do not hold UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) citizenship are required to obtain a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) to be eligible to apply for either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa which allows them to work in the UK, unless they have eligibility to work in the UK via another route.
To avoid disappointment, candidates wishing to apply for a role at the Trust who do not hold UK or Republic of Ireland citizenship and who would require a CoS from an employer, should carry out a self-assessment process to identify the likelihood of obtaining CoS by visiting Work in the UK.
The Trust is committed to making a difference to the environment. Our "Save Planet Tameside & Glossop" strategy means that we work towards protecting our natural environment and "green" workplace practices at all times.
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
- Health Mentor Job Description (PDF, 408.4KB)
- Candidate Pack (PDF, 917.8KB)
- Hospital Floor Plan (PDF, 50.9KB)
- Positive About Disability (PDF, 191.5KB)
- Hospital Site Map (JPG, 160.9KB)
- Trust's Values and Behaviours (PDF, 495.1KB)