0-19 Community Health Link Worker

The Main Duties/Responsibilities: To provide skilled and culturally sensitive interpreting for families within the service and support clients to access local services and facilities whilst working alongside members of the Health Visiting/School Nursing Locality Teams. To undertake lone working under the direction of the Health Visitor/School Nurse and to discuss actions and interventions completed with the clients to ensure understanding e.g. attending appointments and reducing Was not brought. To develop supportive relationships with clients in order to promote accessibility of services and treat all information to do with client and health information as confidential. For workers to develop a rapport and acceptance within the Pakistan/Indian or Arabian communities and to foster quality relationships and to deal sensitively with clients using well-developed interpersonal and communication skills. Participate in health promotion activities with a view to building community capacity through community engagement activities e.g. smoke harm reduction and tackling childhood obesity. And promote uptake of the Vaccination and Immunisation Programme. For more information on the main responsibilities for this post, please refer to the job description and person specification. For an informal chat about this role, please contact: Lisa Manlove - 07580840064 Melody Satumba - 07792401548 Inclusive Recruitment & Selection We offer encouragement and active support to applicants with additional needs, including those from ethnic minorities, with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ+ community. If you wish to adjust any aspect of the recruitment process or wish to find out more about our recruitment & selection processes, please get in touch with our Recruitment Manager: Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net We are currently reviewing our recruitment & selection process and are looking to make our job adverts more inclusive. This will support the long-term aim of Sheffield Childrens being a champion of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. If you have any ideas in how we can make our recruitment & selection process more inclusive, please get in touch with Catherine Gilbert at Catherine.Gilbert7@nhs.net Trust Values The Trust is committed to providing great quality patient care and keep children, young people and families at the heart of what we do by following our CARE values: Compassion leading by kindness and showing empathy, understanding and respect Accountability striving to do the right thing and owning responsibility Respect value differences, tackling inequality and fostering a culture of inclusion Excellence delivering a high-quality standard of care