Assistant Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)

Job summary

To support the integrated 0-19 Healthy Child Service (HCS) in providing an innovative and high quality service to improve health outcomes for children, young people and their families

To support the assessment and review of clinical needs

To work without direct supervision to support clients as part of the universal and Targeted aspects of the service provision

To liaise with colleagues within the clinical team to assist in the coordination and development of the service.

To develop specialist interest areas in order to enrich the knowledge and skills set within the Norfolk Children & Young People’s Health Service.

Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close the advert after 4th September 2026

Interviews may be held on 20th or 21st September.

Main duties of the job

To assist the School Nurses in the management and delivery of care to clients. Duties may include:

Contacts with young people will be delivered in a variety of ways such as families homes, and venue based such as schools at a variety of locations across the collaborative localities

Building on existing assessment of families’ needs and deliver evidenced based health advice without direct supervision.

Receiving referrals, triaging and using appropriate sign posting.

Working jointly with School Nurse for Specialist families. This may include:

  • Communicating complex information with other agencies such as social care staff regarding work HCS are delivering to the young person.
  • Support to clients with more complex needs.
  • Completing Duty – reviewing waiting lists, triaging tasks, booking in contacts and running reports within system one.
  • Working jointly with outside agencies who may also be supporting a young person.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ level 3 in health, social care, education or an equivalent.

Desirable

  • Foundation degree in relevant area.

Experience

Essential

  • Recent experience of working with children and young people and families.
  • Building professional relationships with parents/carers
  • Demonstrates the ability to safeguarding children.

Desirable

  • Experience of working with families in the community
  • Planning and facilitating groups to deliver health promotion messages

Skills

Essential

  • Good communication skills and have the ability to change communication style depending on audience.
  • Ability to analyse information and use reasoning skills to assess clients needs.
  • Robust IT skills and clear record keeping.
  • Understanding of the public health agenda and national and local policies relating to Children and Young People’s health and wellbeing, including Working Together to Safeguard Children.
  • Understanding key public health resources to support the children and families of Norfolk.

Desirable

  • Ability to apply and use assessment tools to support a childs developmental assessment and identify need
  • Knowledge of Systm1
  • Experience in or knowledge of child development

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 13 September 2026

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