Band 4 BFS Hub Child and Family Advisor | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	24 July 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£27,485 - £30,162 per annum
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	23 August 2025
Location:	Nechells, B7 5JR
Company:	Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7357185/820-7357185-CF

Summary

The BFS Health Visiting Hubare looking for aChild and Family Advisorwith a NNEB or NVQ Level 3 in Child Care/CACHE or a Level 4 Certificate in Early Years Practice (OU) or a Level 3 BTEC National Diploma in Early Years (as per job description and personspecification) tojoin our Health Visitingservice.




Experience should include working with children and families in a variety of settings and the candidate must have an excellent knowledge of child development and ideally have some experience of working with children who have additional needs


The role involves delivering key aspects of the Healthy Child Programme as part of services provided across theBirmingham Health Visiting Service.These aspects will include infant feeding, child development andhealth promotion. Computer skills are essential, as is a positive attitude to change.





You will havegood communicationskills, be a team player and be well organisedin order towork effectively, in partnership withHealth Visitingcolleagues, the Early Years Childcare providers and key health professionals. 





You will be supported in this role by a comprehensive induction programme, and internal training opportunities.


Be Part of Our Team...


Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people,parentsand families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.


If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for better care and healthier communities, we want to hear from you.

1. Working with an integrated team including Health Visitors, Community Public Health Nurses (CPHN’s), Admin, Early Years Outreach Workers (EYOW’s), to deliver a virtual single point of access service for Health Visiting for the City of Birmingham.

1. Utilising the Cisco/ARC/Jabber telephony system and Rio Clinical Record System, for which full training will be given

1. To work in collaboration with the health visitor to delivera holistic approachto supporting families, incorporating child development, publichealthand family support agendas.

1. To work collaboratively with other relevant agencies whereappropriate,establishingeffective links to support signposting and referrals whererequired.

1. To report back to the Health Visitor any concerns following any contact,in a timely manner.

1. Toassistin developing programmes of care to promote normal child development.

1. To use a solution focused approach when working with families to support engagement with the service andmaintaina child centred focus.

1. To promote the importance of attachment and bonding, play and stimulation to encourage child development through interaction with parent and child.

1. To provide advice,supportand signposting around child development to include early interventions and onward referrals to AHPs to include SALT, ND Pathway & Children’s centre.

1. Provide advice and support to parentsregardingbehaviour management individually or in groups, utilising presentation skills and working with colleagues from other agencies and within the locally agreed programmes.

1. Provide health promotion information and advice to support work around the six public health high impact areas for the service, to include maternal mental health, breast feeding, healthy nutrition and weight, alongside other key public health agendas including immunisation, dentalhygieneand smoking.

1. Provide information and guidance in relation to accident prevention, home safety, child safety and safe play.

1. Provide advice about treating common childhood illnesses and recognising when a child is ill.

1. To provide guidance and support on childcare,nutritionand early education.

1. To provide advice around parentingcapacityand parental conflict and signpost to partners foradditionalsupport.

1. To promote and support families to access the Children’s Centres and Family Hubs.

1. To work flexibly as required, across the corporate team, to meet the needs of the service.

1. Tomaintainclear and concise records.

1. Skilled in reflective practice and able to evaluate own practice and share skills and learning.

1. To enter all statistical information promptly onto computerised or manual records asrequired.


1. To attend meetings and in-service training asrequired.

1. To be aware of and respect the confidential nature of the work.

1. To effectively respond to daily call and email workstreams supporting the requirements of families,partnersand stakeholders.




1. To undertake other dutiescommensuratewith this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager.




1. To minimise the Trust’s environmental impact wherever possible, including recycling, switching off lights, computers,monitorsand equipment when not in use. Helping to reduce paper waste by minimising printing/copying and reducing water usage, reporting faults and heating/cooling concerns promptly and minimising travel. Where the role includes the ordering and use of supplies or equipment the post holder will consider the environmental impact of purchases.










This advert closes on Thursday 7 Aug 2025