Healthy Child Practitioner

As a Healthy Child Practitioner, you'll join our Young Health Hub in Tower Hamlets, delivering accessible health promotion, prevention and early support across schools and community settings.

You'll carry out health screenings and holistic health assessments, deliver health promotion sessions and provide advice on emotional wellbeing, healthy eating, healthy relationships, substance use and sexual health.

You'll work closely with children, young people, families, schools and partner agencies, helping identify individual needs, respond to safeguarding concerns and ensure young people can access the right support at the right time.

Main duties of the job

• A relevant qualification in healthcare, substance misuse, youth work, psychology, counselling or mental health, or an equivalent qualification.
• At least two years experience working with children, young people or adults in a community setting.
• Experience of facilitating group work, working with vulnerable people and collaborating with partner agencies.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, child development, equality and diversity, confidentiality, consent, mental health and emotional wellbeing.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships and adapt your approach to different audiences.
• An organised, flexible and collaborative approach, with the ability to manage your workload, use your initiative and handle sensitive information with discretion.
• A commitment to safeguarding, inclusion and improving outcomes for children and young people, alongside ability to work flexibly and travel across the borough.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time (pro rata)
• Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
• Enhanced sick pay
• Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
• Annual salary review