About the Role

The School Health Services consist of School Nursing and Healthy Schools. They operate citywide across Manchester working in partnership with schools to improve the health outcomes of children, young people, and their families. Comprising of child focused functions, namely, School Health Screening; Healthy Schools; Healthy Weight Team and the Healthy Child Programme (HCP), the School Health Service contributes to tackling health inequalities by addressing the city’s key public health priorities for children. The role is citywide with an expectation of all functions to be accessed to gain experience within the School Health Service.

Responsibilities

• Provide a public health-based service that contributes to improving the health of children and their families in Manchester through partnership working.
• Work within a multi-agency arena to enable children and young people to reach their full potential (physically, emotionally, and socially) through education and healthy lifestyles.
• Working in partnership with families and other agencies contribute to the assessment framework for children in need/ Early Help Assessment processes.
• Within the scope of professional practice and using appropriate frameworks assess, plan, deliver, and evaluate the health needs of specific groups of children, e.g., looked after children, children with additional needs.
• Demonstrate the ability to co-ordinate and manage own workload including data collection, maintenance of records, and ensuring that reporting mechanisms are in place and working effectively.
• Complete health assessments for children and young people as required.
• To contribute to the SEND agenda and EHC by supporting schools if required by providing relevant information to compile care plans and to co-ordinate care plan involvement in supporting the child in school or other settings.