Assistant Practitioner - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
Description
We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic, and caring individual who is passionate about child development.
Cambridgeshire Community Services (CCS) and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) and have various vacancies for Assistant Practitioners to join our skill mix team; working with families and children aged 5-19 to deliver the Healthy Child Programme.
As an Assistant Practitioners you will focus on promoting the health and wellbeing of children, young people and families using an early help and partnership approach at every opportunity and contribute to improving health outcomes.
An Assistant Practitioner will:
Have an NVQ Level 3 Child Development qualification, or equivalent.
Have a sound understanding of child development.
Be able to work independently as well as in teams alongside School Nursing.
Be confident giving advice and support to families, for example around toileting and behaviour.
The post holder will be expected to be able to act autonomously.
To support the integrated 0-19 Healthy Child Programme (HCP) locality team in providing an innovative and high quality service in an environment that enhances client care and promotes child and family wellbeing.
To work without direct supervision to a specified caseload of clients who are identified as needing further support as part of the universal and universal plus aspects of the service provision.
To liaise regularly with the caseload holder to assist in the co-ordination and development of the service.
To develop specialist interest areas in order to enrich the knowledge and skills set within the Cambridgeshire Children & Young Peoples Service.
Participate in continuous service improvement within the organisation/ service priorities.
Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
Duties may include:
Building on existing assessment of families' needs and deliver packages of planned care with no direct supervision
To provide and receive complex and sensitive child related information from health and social care staff To decline referral if not appropriate which requires excellent negotiation skills and appropriate sign posting
Support to clients with more complex/additional needs
To demonstrate ability for motivation and behaviour change with children and families enabling self-efficacy, resilience and strength based relationship
To recognise and report any health and safety or risk issues
To write records in a concise, accurate and timely manner in line with Cambridgeshire Community Services 'Record Keeping Policy'
To independently carry out specified assessment and intervention as allocated and discussed with the Health Visitor/ School Nurse and using own initiative and experience to modify according to the clients' needs
To hold own caseload with support from Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) for those families with planned packages of care
To hold a special interest role and support other staff within the locality and service
To promote people's equality, diversity and rights
To contribute to the care of all clients, ensuring safety and dignity at all times
To be aware at all times of the needs of client groups and to promote and encourage positive health choices
To plan and manage own day to day tasks which may include organisation of health education events
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