Job Introduction
Help Give Children the Best Start in Life
The first five years of a child's life are crucial in shaping their future health, development, and wellbeing. As an Early Help Family Practitioner, you will play a vital role in supporting children and families at the moments when early intervention can make the greatest difference.
Working alongside Health Visitors, you will help deliver the Healthy Child Programme (0-5), providing practical support, guidance, and early help to families across Bath. Your work will focus on improving outcomes for children, strengthening family resilience, and supporting key public health priorities within the community.
We are pleased to offer both full-time and part-time opportunities, giving you the flexibility to choose a working pattern that suits your lifestyle while building a rewarding career. Whether you're looking for a full-time role or a part-time position, we have opportunities available to fit your needs.
As travel is an essential part of the role, applicants must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.
If you're passionate about helping children thrive, supporting families, and making a real difference in your community, we'd love to hear from you.
As a Early Family Practitioner, you’ll be part of our valued team based at Bath. You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
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A salary of £27,674 FTE with access to our group pension
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Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
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Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
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Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
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Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
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Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
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An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
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To carry out individual work with families as delegated by accountable Health Visitor and feedback outcomes.
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To support the facilitation of local healthy family drop in Hubs.
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To plan and deliver universal 3-4 month health promotion sessions, facilitating discussions with groups of parents/carers.
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To undertake Universal mandated reviews, including 6-8 week, 10 month and 24 month reviews as delegated by accountable Health Visitor, and to feed back regarding any child or family requiring further assessment, or referral, to the named Health Visitor.
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To carry out maternal mental health screening at 6 week and 10 month reviews using evidence-based screening tools.
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To participate in CO monitoring at key mandated contacts as per CO monitoring pathway.
Please refer to the Job Description for a full list of main responsibilities.
The ideal candidate will have an NNEB qualification or equivalent to BTEC (National Diploma in Nursery Nursing) or equivalent such as NVQ level 3 (Childcare and Education) or Foundation Degree in Early Years/Education.
A Full UK driving license and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.
We would like someone who has good communication and interpersonal skills and have the ability to work flexibly and be adaptable according to service needs.
The successful candidate will have a sound understanding of child development, parenting, and the ability to apply behavioural programmes.
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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