Early Years Oral Health Improvement Worker - Band 4

NHS Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board

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Job summary

Contract until 31 December 2025 - will be offered as a Secondment if coming from NHS Organisation / Fixed Term Contract if coming from outside the NHS.

The Thurrock Alliance of the Mid South Essex Integrated Care Board is looking for an enthusiastic and commited person to undertake this exciting role. The successful candidate will join our existing Early Years Oral Health Team and have the opportunity to make a significant impact on the oral health of children across the Thurrock area and influence work across the wider Mid and South Essex areas.

Working from home, Basildon office and across mid and south Essex.

30 hours per week - Occasional evening and / or weekend working may be required.

Main duties of the job

This role will include providing educational oral health workshops directly to parents, carers and children, as well as supporting the Train the Trainer programme to upskill professionals from a variety of organisations to deliver oral health messaging and advice to children and families. This will initially be within the Thurrock area. However as the programme develops you may be required to support the expansion of the programme across the Mid & South Essex area.

You will also be responsible for maintaining records of resources distributed and required by other members of the oral health team and system partners and ensuring robust ordering and distributibution processes and proccedures are in place. This role will also include collecting data and assisting in the production of reports to provide evidence of the effectiveness of the programme.

This role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt communication styles and techniques to meet the needs of the intended audience.

About us

Mid and South Essex ICB is a statutory organisation responsible for the planning and delivery of local health and care services, across Mid and South Essex and is part of the wider integrated care system. Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships of health and care organisations that come together to plan and deliver joined up services and to improve the health of people who live and work in their area. The headquarters for the organisation is Phoenix Court, Basildon, but there is a hybrid model of working, which includes working across Mid and South Essex and home working.

We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better patient outcomes. We welcome applications regardless of peoples age, disability, sex, gender, identity and gender expression, sexual orientation, race or ethnicity, religion or belief. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustment for people who have a disability. We would also encourage applicants to raise any personal circumstances they would like us to be aware of so that we can consider possible adjustments.

Unfortunately, the organisation does not have a Sponsorship licence.

Date posted

27 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£25,147 to £27,596 a year plus, fringe London allowance

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

20 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

D9708-MSE351

Job locations

Phoenix House

Christopher Martin Road

Basildon

Essex

SS14 3HG

Hybrid Working -

Home - Basildon Office - Across Mid and South Essex Areas

CM2 5PF

Hybrid Working -

Home - Basildon Office - Across Mid and South Essex Areas

RM17 6SL

Hybrid Working -

Home - Basildon Office - Across Mid and South Essex Areas

SS1 9SB

Job description

Job responsibilities

ROLE PURPOSE / SUMMARY

The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System comprises the Integrated Care Board (ICB), which is the statutory body for the NHS, and the Integrated Care Partnership (ICP), which is a committee of the ICB, and brings together key health, care, community, and voluntary sector organisations across the area.

The ICS has a bold ambition to deliver improved outcomes for our 1.2m population through our four Alliances, and we are placing clinical and professional leadership and the voice of our residents at the heart of realizing this ambition.

The Early Years Oral Health Programme is designed to support young children in achievinggood oral health from an early age, and is targeted at children and families in the CORE20PLUS5 cohort of residents. Using the CORE20 PLUS5 framework, (priority PLUS groupsSEND, LAC, deprivation, refugees, asylum seekers and migrants) to deliver targetedpreventative actions.

Thurrock has areas of significant deprivation within the borough, where more than 1 in 5children under 16 grow up in poverty (21.2%). 6% of children in parts of Grays are living inpoverty, compared to 56.4% of children in parts of Tilbury who are living in poverty.

These factors impact the health and wellbeing of families and Thurrock has the highestincidence of admissions to hospital for dental extractions in children and young people,and the lowest rates of dental access for 017-year-olds, with the highest prevalence of dentaldecay in 5-year-olds in East of England Region.

This role will support the co-ordination of the operational activities on the two-year programmewhich will focus on targeted supervised tooth brushing through local early years providers and primary schools. The programme will also deliver oral health training to staff and volunteers working with families and, provision of up-to-date oral health information and resources to children, parents, and carers.

The target age group for the supervised tooth brushing programme is pre-school and reception to year 3, through 10 programmes of activity (these programmes to be run simultaneously).

The aim of the programme is to accelerate progress in reducing oral health inequalities across MSE, focussing on activities in Thurrock and ensuring that the benefits and learning are embedded across Mid & South Essex ICS footprint.

The Early Years Oral Health Improvement Worker will work closely with partners in the Family Hubs, Schools, VCFSE organisations and other agencies to identify opportunities to implement oral health prevention strategies into current children & young people workstreams and work with ICB teams and stakeholder partners to increase access to dental services

This is a fixed term role until December 2025 that will sit within the Thurrock Alliance Team and report to the Early Years Oral Health Programme Co-ordinator.

COMPETENCY BASED KEY DELIVERABLES

Responsible for decisions made during the course of duties, seeking guidance and escalating issues where appropriate.
Assist with the delivery of project plans and workstreams, as directed by line manager/supervisor and raising any issues with delivery to line manager.
Responsible for the monitoring of one or more budgets.
Seeks best value for money within own area of work.
Build effective and sustainable working relationships with a broad range of partners in the Thurrock area.
Act as a community champion for the programme ensuring good communication underpins the activities.
Work closely with Thurrock Family Hubs, Primary Schools, Primary Care, and dental services to support delivery of outcomes.
Work with the EYOH Programme Co-ordinator to deliver focussed training on supervised toothbrushing for young people, parents, carers and partners.
Recording and maintaining accurate records of interventions undertaken.
Receive updates and information from Family Hubs and other partners.
Share health messages with Family Hubs and all partners using a variety of channels (e.g face-to-face, telephone, email, WhatsApp) and formats (one-to-one, groups etc)
Support the Programme Co-ordinator to develop and deliver Community Engagement and Co-Production Events.
Encouraging and supporting children, parents and Early Years settings, to adopt good oral health practices.
Support delivery of supervised tooth brushing initiatives in a range of locations and settings.
Able to attend meetings and other events as required across Mid & South Essex as agreed with Programme Lead and approved by the Delivery and Engagement Manager.
Deputise for Programme Co-ordinator as agreed with the Programme Co-ordinator and approved by the Programme Lead.

Job description

Job responsibilities

ROLE PURPOSE / SUMMARY

The target age group for the supervised tooth brushing programme is pre-school and reception to year 3, through 10 programmes of activity (these programmes to be run simultaneously).

This is a fixed term role until December 2025 that will sit within the Thurrock Alliance Team and report to the Early Years Oral Health Programme Co-ordinator.

COMPETENCY BASED KEY DELIVERABLES

Responsible for decisions made during the course of duties, seeking guidance and escalating issues where appropriate.
Assist with the delivery of project plans and workstreams, as directed by line manager/supervisor and raising any issues with delivery to line manager.
Responsible for the monitoring of one or more budgets.
Seeks best value for money within own area of work.
Build effective and sustainable working relationships with a broad range of partners in the Thurrock area.
Act as a community champion for the programme ensuring good communication underpins the activities.
Work closely with Thurrock Family Hubs, Primary Schools, Primary Care, and dental services to support delivery of outcomes.
Work with the EYOH Programme Co-ordinator to deliver focussed training on supervised toothbrushing for young people, parents, carers and partners.
Recording and maintaining accurate records of interventions undertaken.
Receive updates and information from Family Hubs and other partners.
Share health messages with Family Hubs and all partners using a variety of channels (e.g face-to-face, telephone, email, WhatsApp) and formats (one-to-one, groups etc)
Support the Programme Co-ordinator to develop and deliver Community Engagement and Co-Production Events.
Encouraging and supporting children, parents and Early Years settings, to adopt good oral health practices.
Support delivery of supervised tooth brushing initiatives in a range of locations and settings.
Able to attend meetings and other events as required across Mid & South Essex as agreed with Programme Lead and approved by the Delivery and Engagement Manager.
Deputise for Programme Co-ordinator as agreed with the Programme Co-ordinator and approved by the Programme Lead.

Person Specification

Other

Essential

Personal qualities of honesty and integrity
Possess a positive attitude
Full UK Driving license and access to own vehicle to use for work purposes

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma level qualification or equivalent level of experience in relevant role
Additional training or experience to support the requirements of the role

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a service focused environment
Experience of public speaking and delivering messages to a group setting
Experience of providing administrative and project support and developing and implementing administrative systems

Knowledge / understanding

Essential

There is only 1 essential and 1 desirable criteria for this role:
Knowledge of administrative systems and procedures
Understanding of the current issues impacting on the NHS

Skills

Essential

Good communications skills using a range of methods e.g. written and verbal
Advanced IT skills in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Able to analyse data from databases to present summary results and/or draw conclusions

Partnership Working / Leadership Management

Essential

To contribute to defined plans that have been devised in collaboration with partners
Challenges within remit of the role and escalates appropriately where these principles are at risk of not being upheld
Professional and approachable manner
Good communicator, with ability to liaise with colleagues at all levels
Ability to work as part of a team or independently
Ability to plan workload considering conflicting priorities and deadlines

Person Specification

Other

Essential

Personal qualities of honesty and integrity
Possess a positive attitude
Full UK Driving license and access to own vehicle to use for work purposes

Qualifications

Essential

Diploma level qualification or equivalent level of experience in relevant role
Additional training or experience to support the requirements of the role

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in a service focused environment
Experience of public speaking and delivering messages to a group setting
Experience of providing administrative and project support and developing and implementing administrative systems

Knowledge / understanding

Essential

There is only 1 essential and 1 desirable criteria for this role:
Knowledge of administrative systems and procedures
Understanding of the current issues impacting on the NHS

Skills

Essential

Good communications skills using a range of methods e.g. written and verbal
Advanced IT skills in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
Able to analyse data from databases to present summary results and/or draw conclusions

Partnership Working / Leadership Management

Essential

To contribute to defined plans that have been devised in collaboration with partners
Challenges within remit of the role and escalates appropriately where these principles are at risk of not being upheld
Professional and approachable manner
Good communicator, with ability to liaise with colleagues at all levels
Ability to work as part of a team or independently
Ability to plan workload considering conflicting priorities and deadlines

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.