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Health and Wellbeing Community Connector Children and Young People
| Posting date: | 07 March 2024 |
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| Salary: | £25,147.00 to £27,596.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £25147.00 - £27596.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 April 2024 |
| Location: | London, NW10 8AL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9333-24-0594 |
Summary
You will have a good understanding of the barriers and issues affecting children and young people and work closely with organisations and services that support or work with children and young people, their family, carers and schools. You will scope the needs, and service gaps faced by this group and together develop strategies to address these. You will also link in voluntary sector organisations and the local public health team to deliver preventative mental health and wellbeing support to children and young people. They will also signpost to the appropriate services that can meet the needs of CYP. Together with CYP, organisations working with them, schools, parents, family and carers co-design workshops, interventions and come up with solutions to support the wellbeing of CYP in Brent. Working with them to develop workshops and sessions that address their needs to further support the development of culturally sensitive offers and improve accessibility of existing offers. The community connectors will also work to ensure that learning from the communities is embedded and supports changes in the core offer and become key links between services and communities. A substantial part of your working time will be spent conducting outreach in most affected by the impact of Covid-19 and wider health inequalities. Working closely with communities in identifying health and wellbeing needs and supporting the development of services in response to those needs. Part of your role will be seeking the community voice; recognising and addressing concerns about the physical health and mental needs of children and young people. Advising the community on prevention of illness and uptake of preventative measures with focus on choice, self-management and social inclusion. You will possess good communications skills with excellent interpersonal skills, ability to listen to others views, respect and value individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds.