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SalaryDirectorate: Public Health & Communities | Service: Public Health
Position reference: 50128048
Salary: £36,648 - £39,186 Plus laptop
Working Arrangements: Monday to Friday
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.
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Closing date: 22/03/2024 at 23:59
The successful candidate will be required to speak English to an appropriate standard.
This post requires an Enhanced DBS Check
If you are currently living overseas or have lived overseas in the last five years please be aware, if you are the preferred candidate for the post, you will be required to apply for an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in. If you experience difficulty in obtaining an overseas criminal record check please email dbs@barnsley.gov.uk
When applying, please ensure you are prepared to start work with all the necessary legal documents, such as a valid visa, relevant to the type of work you will be undertaking. Please be aware that our organisation does not possess a Home Office license and, as a result, is unable to provide sponsorship for anyone seeking a visa as a skilled or temporary migrant worker.
Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.
How do we sum up Barnsley Council? Well, we’re a double award-winning, high-performing council with a growing economy, a thriving town centre and some truly impressive outcomes in our communities. This is why we’ve been awarded Council of the Year for 2023 by the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) and The Municipal Journal (MJ).
Our excellent Public Health service has been a key part of our win; we’re so proud of what we’ve achieved not just for the council but for our partners and Barnsley.
We’re impressed. Are you? It’s the perfect time to join our excellent team.
About the Post:
Creativity, ambition and a focus on people. That’s what matters at Barnsley Council. Our award-winning council is on an exciting journey of change. It’s all about putting local people at the heart of everything, listening to and doing good for our communities. We’re now more innovative, more efficient and provide better value for money.
Your role in our journey
Barnsley MBC are seeking to recruit a Public Health Officer who will work as part of a team to embed and improve health outcomes for children, young people and families living in the Borough, across the Integrated Care System.
You will support the delivery of Public Health functions, ensuring collaborative working, as part of Barnsley’s distributed model of Public Health.
You will be flexible in your approach and able to communicate complex Public Health messages to colleagues across the council.
You will manage your own portfolio of programmes and projects. Your portfolio will change as the priorities of the Children Public team evolve to meet changing local demand. Currently there is a requirement to support the healthy weight, oral health and teenage pregnancy agenda.
Your role will identify opportunities to pilot new interventions and explore creative approaches aimed at supporting behaviour change.
You will use your communication and interpersonal skills to influence strategic partnerships; building and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders to develop and deliver multi-agency action plans that tackle health inequalities and target the most vulnerable children and young people in Barnsley.
In particular this role includes working closely with key stakeholders including internal and external partners, Family Hub colleagues and our Public Health Nursing service.
What you’ll need
To join us, you will need to be passionate about the health and wellbeing of children, and young people and families, have an understanding of the wider factors that can impact on the health and wellbeing of children and young people and families, especially those most at risk and be a great team worker with excellent communication skills.
A lot to look forward to
Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. Barnsley Council’s distributed Public Health model supports our vision to be a Public Health Council. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a wider team who can really make a difference to the health and wellbeing of children and young people in the Borough.
If you would like to discuss this post further please contact Laura Quinn lauraquinn@barnsley.gov.uk
Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.
Job Profile: Job Profile.pdf
Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile.pdf
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Why work for us?
Please ensure you view the job profile for this role, as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria.
We welcome the opportunity to have a chat about the role and are happy to address any questions you may have about flexible working arrangements, including as a result of caring responsibilities.
We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued and everyone truly feels able to be themselves. If you have any support needs during the recruitment process, please let us know.
CVs will not be accepted.
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