Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NCFE CACHE Level 3 Diploma in Child Care and Education/ BTEC National Diploma in Children’s Care, Learning and Development/NVQ Level 3 in Children’s Care, Learning and Development
• Foundation Degree or evidence post-qualification education and/or development

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with a Healthy Child Programme (e.g. School Nursing/health visiting) or community settings
• Evidence of collaborative working within a multi-professional arena
• Working with Safeguarding and Child Protection
• Delivery group works with children and parents
• oDelivery of health promotion sessions
• oExperience of teamwork.

Key Competencies

Essential

• Up-to-date knowledge of current Government and Local initiatives and how these translate into practice.
• Demonstrable experience working with children and young people
• Can demonstrate high level of interpersonal skills.
• Able to demonstrate clinically effective practice.
• Understands and can demonstrate accountability
• Computer literate – ability to use software programmes designed to maximise the contribution to the post e.g. Microsoft, Word, Excel.
• Demonstrates sound literacy/numerical skills.

Skills and Aptitude

Essential

• Ability to demonstrate effective organisational skills
• Ability to work using own initiative, and work under directed supervision
• Ability to prioritise own work and meet deadlines
• Ability to demonstrate effective time management skills
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-agency team
• Ability to communicate effectively with a range of people, face to face, over the telephone and in writing.

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).