Senior Support Worker/Associate

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust

The closing date is 04 December 2024

Job summary

Sandwell School Health Nursing team are innovative, unique and motivated health professionals. The team engages with children, young people, families and communities in addressing the public health agenda.

The primary role of the Senior Support Worker/Associate is to support the delivery of the communication strategy. This includes supporting the social media outputs relevant for service users and partners. It will also include co-ordinating and undertaking consultations with service users and partners. The post holder will also be responsible for holding a caseload and appropriately actioning referrals.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting new role within the Sandwell School Health Nursing Team supporting the delivery of the communication strategy. Supporting the social media outputs, coordinating and undertaking consultations with service users and partners as well as having responsibility for holding a caseload and actioning referrals.

About us

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWBT) is an integrated careorganisation with a budget of approximately £600 million and over 7,000 staff. Diversity and social care is at the core of what we do as the Trust provides Community and Acute Services to over half a million people in an urban centre that demands massive regeneration and has substantial premature mortality.

Our new acute hospital, the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital (MMUH), opens this year and will provide care to our local population from first class, purpose-built premises. As a result, the base of this role may change to MMUH . If this is applicable to your role, you will be informed during the recruitment process and continue your application with this understanding. The development of the new hospital will play an important role in the regeneration of the wider area and in improving the lives of local people and reducing health inequalities.

We have three strategic objectives:

Our People - to cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff
Our Patients - to be good or outstanding in everything we do
Our Population - to work seamlessly with our partners to improve lives

Date posted

20 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year All Year Round

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

381-WC-6603671

Job locations

SWB NHS Trust Blackheath Library, 2nd Floor

145 High Street

Blackheath

B65 0EA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and person specification for full details of what this role entails

The post holder is expected to undertake a set of defined competencies. Support will be given to employees to further develop their skills.

1. Support the service with delivering on the communication strategy.

2. Co-ordinate and undertake consultation with service users and partners, this will include having small focus groups to review agreed elements of the school nursing role/service ie access, visibility.

3. Help to produce effective report writing following consultations with clear recommendations.

4. Support communication updates to schools, including newsletters.

5. Undertake administrative duties to support service delivery, including manning the main telephone line.

6. Undertake National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP) as required to support service delivery.

7.Undertake health promotion sessions in school and in group settings to support the core service offer.

8.Ability to manage an appropriate caseload with relevant referrals identified by team leaders, these may include healthy eating, healthy lifestyle, supporting parents with childs emotional wellbeing/behaviour.

9. Ability to plan individual tasks, prioritising own workload and ensure effective referral to others.