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Healthy Child Programme Health Mentor | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Mehefin 2024 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £25,147 - £27,596 per annum |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 17 Gorffennaf 2024 |
| Lleoliad: | Denton, M34 2AJ |
| Cwmni: | Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6341309/245-ACS4CYP-06-24 |
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Healthy Child Programme Health Mentor
The Health Mentor role involves the provision of early intervention with Children, Young People and Families where there is a potential risk to health and wellbeing. This role will focus on key lifestyle issues that have an adverse impact on health and wellbeing-
- Alcohol/Drugs
- Smoking
- Healthy Weight
- Oral Health
- Sexual Health including teenage conception
- Emotional Health and Wellbeing
- School Readiness and transition to Primary School
- School transition to high school
- Transition to Adult Services
To provide one to one or small group support, advice and guidance to specifically targeted Children and Young People aged 5-19 (Particularly those from deprived areas and those with identified health risk behaviours)
To assess readiness to change behaviour and offer health care plans based on need.
To support Children, Young People and their Families to manage behaviour change.
To work closely with School Health, family Hubs, Schools and other agencies
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children. Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
• Safety
• Care
• Respect
• Communication
• Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ & Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
The post holder will be required to have:
Communication and Relationship skills
1. To work pro-actively to build relationships with relevant agencies to engage children and young people who would benefit from the service
2. To liaise with young people, parents and community health staff, School staff or other services working with children and young people to support the delivery of effective referral and recruitment pathways.
3. To provide information on the programme in a range of formats which are user-friendly to encourage self-referral.
4. To show tactfulness and sensitivity, negotiation, motivational skills to identify and develop effective pathways for lifestyle change with children, young people and families.
5. To guide and support individuals to undertake health risk assessments, recognise key areas for change and set effective lifestyle goals.
6. To deliver brief interventions for health improvement to individuals on the health mentor programme.
7. To develop healthcare plans and support individuals to meet their goals.
8. To encourage and support self-motivation in participants sustaining lifestyle changes.
9. To measure and report on the outcomes of healthcare plans.
10.To plan and deliver health improvement group interventions.
11.To promote the Health Mentor Programme and other lifestyle services to current and potential participants and other agencies.
12.To work with other mentoring and early intervention services to ensure seamless support for children, young people and families.
Analytical and Judgement Skills
1. To analyse the results and explain to children, young people and families the complex information based on the results of their health and wellbeing assessment.
2. To assess the readiness of children, young people and families to change lifestyle behaviour
3. To provide an appropriate package of lifestyle support with the child or young person (and family as appropriate) to include:
- A health behaviour check
- Choosing a health behaviour to change
- Planning behaviour change
- Mutually agreeing a personal health plan
- Reviewing behaviour change
4. Maintaining behaviour change
5. To use motivational interviewing/behaviour change techniques to support service users to determine an action plan based on the range of options available for them.
6. To recognise and refer complex cases to the band 6 school nurse or appropriate professional.
7. To respond professionally with enquiries from professionals and other agencies and the community.
This advert closes on Sunday 30 Jun 2024