Health Improvement Practitioner

Job summary

As a team, we are proud to be in a position to offer a secondment opportunity for a highly motivated and innovative practitioner into our successful Young People's Health And Wellbeing Service.

You will be expected to deliver early help and brief interventions, public health messages and clinical care to Children, Young People and Families within a variety of locations such as schools, homes and other appropriate settings including virtual platforms, under the support and guidance of senior members of the team.This will include delivering education and supporting Young People around Child Exploitation, Substance Misuse, Vaping and Sexual Health.

You will be involved in delivering outreach work, to ensure that the service is visible within our communities and that we are meeting the needs of the Young People across Doncaster.

We reserve the right to close this advert down early should there be a high number of applicants. Please ensure that you have your managers support around the secondment opportunity.

Main duties of the job

• To contribute to promoting health and well-being and support families, children and young people to make positive choices about their health.
• Work within identifiedpublic health priorities to design, plan and deliver activities and services to reduce health inequalities across Doncaster
• Be involved in partnership liaison, collaboration and networking through outreach work in order to promote referrals to the service.
• Undertake initial screening or assessments using a range of tools e.g. and substance misuse screening tool, outcome stars assessments, CSE checklist, spotting the signs and review the assessments within 1:1 clinical supervision
• Contribute to the formulation and development of individual care/recovery plans and implement the agreed aspects of the plan in conjunction with other staff.
• You will have experience of working with children, young people and their families in either a health, or community setting so that you are able to transfer your skills and have a full understanding of the demands of this role.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook