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Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us click here.
School Nurse Team Lead
This is an exciting opportunity to apply for the post of School Nursing Team Lead.
The Team Lead will work alongside the Public Health Nursing Lead; and will be required to work as a member of the School Nursing Team acting as operational lead.
Please note for this role you must hold a current, valid, full driving license and has access to a car for work purposes.
About the role
This role will be responsible for:
- Deciding how to approach tasks and develop a plan in order to accomplish them and be able to evaluate the plan.
- The team's Key Performance Indicators (KPI) and for ensuring that they are met.
- Distributing information to team members and also to all key stakeholders and will support the Public Health Nursing Lead in the provision of supervision and annual appraisals to team members.
- Supporting any SCPHN School Nursing Students, undertaking an appropriate assessor qualification if not already held.
- Work in partnership with children, young people and families to promote their health and wellbeing and provide a key link between health and education whilst promoting multi-agency working to support their needs. School nurses are the professional lead for children aged 5-19 years as part of Public Health England’s prevention and early intervention programme called the Healthy Child Programme.
If you wish to have an informal discussion about the role please contact Rachael Park-Davies, Associate Director for Early Help and Family Support via rachael.park-davies@achievingforchildren.org.uk
About you
As School Nurse Team Lead you will have strong organisational abilities including: time management, creative-thinking, problem-solving and multitasking with the ability to work flexibly and independently with limited management oversight.
You will have a Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) qualification and experience of working in a School Nursing team.
Your Knowledge, Experience and Skills will include:
- Knowledge of the Healthy Child Programme and relevant theory that informs practice delivery.
- Experience in building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their families, advocating on behalf of our service users.
- Proven ability to effectively use an online database and computer literate with a range of software applications (including Google).
- Experience in keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy and the NMC Code), as well as producing accurate reports, presentations, and written updates to a range of stakeholders (which may include families, children or young people).
About our benefits
We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:
- 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month (Or for term-time workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract)
- Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
- Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
- Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- A range of staff benefits and discounts
- An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway
To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children click here. For our social work offer click here. For our Recruitment Journey, click here.
Important Information
Start dates: Achieving for Children have set start dates meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.
Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.
Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
