Job summary
Early Years Advisors (EYAs) working as part of the Flying Start Health Visiting team in Bridgend .
The EYA works with families within the areas of Bridgend, supporting them both on a one to one and group basis, under the professional direction of the family's Health Visitor.
EYAs support parents to develop parenting skills, form close attachments to their children and make healthy choices for their family.
English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
- Be responsible for undertaking support visits in the family's home and other settings, as delegated by the Health Visitor, and in accordance with Health Board and All Wales policies and Standard Operational Procedures.
- Support the Health Visitor in developing and delivering individual packages of care for children and families.
- Be responsible for organising own workload.
- Support the Family Start Health Visitor to deliver the Health Programme.
- Work with families within the home where there are often complex problems and contentious issues, such as child protection.
- Ensure that advice given is evidence-based and accurate.
- Be actively involved in promoting key public health messages within the community e.g. breast feeding and immunisation.
- Monitor progress of the young children throughout interventions and report back to the delegating Health Visitor.
This post is a permanent post to meet the needs of the service.
About us
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.
We live by our core values:
- We listen, learn and improve
- We treat everyone with respect
- We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Early Years Advisors (EYAs) working as part of the Health Visiting team in Bridgend Flying Start.
The EYA works with families within the Flying Start areas of Bridgend, supporting them both on a one to one and group basis, under the professional direction of the familys Health Visitor.
EYAs support parents to develop parenting skills, form close attachments to their children and make healthy choices for their family.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Early Years Advisors (EYAs) working as part of the Health Visiting team in Bridgend Flying Start.
The EYA works with families within the Flying Start areas of Bridgend, supporting them both on a one to one and group basis, under the professional direction of the familys Health Visitor.
EYAs support parents to develop parenting skills, form close attachments to their children and make healthy choices for their family.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursery Nurse qualification e.g. NNEB, NVQ Level 3 Childcare or equivalent.
- Knowledge of child protection issues and responsibilities
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with young children within a health care or community setting.
- Experience of facilitating group work.
Desirable
- Experience of multi discipline/multi agency working
- Experience of visiting clients in their homes
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Effective communication skills (written and verbal).
- Confident to work as a "lone worker" in the community.
Desirable
- Has computer skills e.g. use of word, outlook and excel.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Nursery Nurse qualification e.g. NNEB, NVQ Level 3 Childcare or equivalent.
- Knowledge of child protection issues and responsibilities
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with young children within a health care or community setting.
- Experience of facilitating group work.
Desirable
- Experience of multi discipline/multi agency working
- Experience of visiting clients in their homes
Aptitude and Abilities
Essential
- Effective communication skills (written and verbal).
- Confident to work as a "lone worker" in the community.
Desirable
- Has computer skills e.g. use of word, outlook and excel.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
