Job Title: Assistant Practitioner
Agency: East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)
Location: Norfolk, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 28,392 to 31,157 £ / Year

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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 settings, such as schools at a variety of locations across the collaborative localities

Building on existing assessment of families’ needs and delivering evidence-based health advice without direct supervision.

Receiving referrals, triaging and using appropriate signposting.

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 safeguard 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 the ability to change communication style depending on the 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

Closing Date: 13 September 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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