Community Anchor

Job summary

Our vision is that County Durham will be a great place for children and young people to grow up in and for Durham to be a place where all children are healthy, happy, safe and achieving their potential.

The five priority themes to achieve this are:

• Growing up in County Durham
• Integration
• Prevention and Early Help
• Best Start in Life
• Supporting Young People into Adulthood (14-25)

County Durham is committed to genuine co-production with our children, families and communities.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Anchor in our 0-25 Family Health Service in County Durham. this is a Countywide post. As a new non-traditional health role within the 0-25 Family Health Service contract, and unique to County Durham, the Community Anchor role has evolved over the past 2 years. The role:

• Leads the 0-25 FHS Social Value agenda
• Increases volunteering experiences
• Engages with Area Action Partnerships (AAP) who are identifying community need and supporting funding streams to provide interventions.
• Builds community capacity
• Profiles communities to support service planning at place
• Ensures the voice and needs of children, young people and families, and communities are included in design of activities and services
• Embeds the County Durham Approach to Wellbeing

Main duties of the job

As part of the management team, the post holder will promote integrated and collaborative working and relationships with key partners to develop place-based care, ensure the best use of resources, and address health inequalities as is a key priority within this role.

Excellent people management skills, engagement skills, relationship building skills and resilience are required for this role. In addition, change management, project management, mobilisation of new activities or services, and a strong knowledge of governance are requirements.

The post holder will support the clinical and management team in developing and driving a culture of continuous quality improvement as well as ensuring teams are delivering high quality services efficiently.

Areas of specific Responsibility include:

Lead the Youth Worker Team to enable Children, Young People and Families, and communities to identify shared priorities and support the development of locally led initiatives to build stronger, safer and resilient communities empowered to promote protective factors to physical and mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Lead on the 0-25 Family Health Service integrated approach with the Early Help System in county Durham

About us

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.

At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!

We offer colleagues:

• A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
• Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
• Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.

Please note:

• Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
• Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
• Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
• All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Employer details

Employer name

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chester Le Street One Point Hub

Burns Green

Chester Le Street

DH3 3QH

Employer's website

https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chester Le Street One Point Hub

Burns Green

Chester Le Street

DH3 3QH

Employer's website

https://www.hdft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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