Specialist Wellbeing and Public Health Officer (Children and Young People)
Permanent, Full Time
£41,383 to £48,687 per annum
Location: Chelmsford
Working Style: Anywhere worker
Closing Date: 22nd September 2024
Join Our Growing Public Health Team at Essex County Council
Are you ready to create positive change and be part of something bigger? As we embark on the next phase of our 5-year Business Plan, the Wellbeing, Public Health, and Communities Team is seeking passionate individuals to join us. Here’s what’s on the horizon:
Community Empowerment: We’re all about building community capacity. Be part of a team that fosters resilience, collaboration, and positive change across Essex.
Health Champions Wanted: Addressing health behaviours head-on. If you’re passionate about improving wellbeing, this is your chance to impact the lives of our diverse population.
NHS Collaboration: We’re breaking down silos by enhancing joint working with NHS colleagues. Together, we’ll achieve the ambitious goals set out in our Business Plan.
We are currently advertising several roles within our Public Health team. These aren’t just jobs; they’re opportunities to shape our county’s future. Help us build on early successes and expand our impact across Essex.
The role
As part of Essex County Councils Public Health team, you will drive work that will enable us to develop a clear vision and priorities for improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Essex. To do this you will work closely with the children and family's team, the corporate analytics team, procurement team and NHS to produce a needs assessment, benchmark the existing 0 – 19 service, monitor the existing healthy child programme, develop new initiatives to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Essex.
You will bring…
- Educated to degree level and/or appropriate professional qualification relevant to the field or equivalent by experience, with specialist knowledge of substance misuse treatment, governance, procedures and practices across substance misuse field.
- Proven track record of successfully delivering outcomes.
- Ability to communicate clearly and appropriately and to inspire and gain the confidence and participation with a range of internal and external stakeholders and engagement partners. of a wide range of stakeholders.
- Knowledge and experience of all aspects of the commissioning cycle, project life cycle and related activities gained within a commissioning environment.
- Experience of delivery of public services and managing change in a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
- Experience of working in a political environment, working effectively with members and senior officers across the council and partner agencies.
Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.
To read more about us please visit: Economy, Investment and Public Health
Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England’s oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest – Basildon and Harlow – are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.
Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We’re committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.
We’re also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.
As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service
Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
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If you have queries on this role or require anything further, please email resourcing.team@essex.gov.uk.
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