Children's Programme Assistant

1 month ago


Leicester, United Kingdom Leicester City Council Full time

**Job details**:
Job reference
- REQ3797

Date posted
- 25/03/2024

Application closing date
- 07/04/2024

Location
- Hybrid working - Home and Leicester City Offices

Salary
- £24,294, - £25,979 Per Year

Package
- Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): £35,425.40

Contractual hours
- 37

Basis
- Full time

Job category/type
- Public Health

Attachments

Job Specification.pdf

**Children's Programme Assistant**:
Job description

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week /Permanent

Play a key role in ensuring that people living in the city are supported to have good oral health.

Join our dynamic and vibrant Public Health Team to facilitate the promotion of good oral health, reducing health inequalities and improving the general health of children and families in Leicester.

Join our small yet well-established team that consists of Programme Officers, Childrens Programme Assistant, Oral Health Promoter and Children’s Health Promoter. With the majority working towards one common goal; Healthy Teeth and Happy Smiles We are keen to support learning and development and will encourage you to take up opportunities offered internally and externally.

This is a full time, permanent position working 37 hours per week Monday to Friday. You’ll have flexibility in hybrid working being both office based, at City Hall or working remotely from home to suit your needs. You’ll also be required to regularly visit settings around Leicester City to attend various meetings. You’ll be provided with a laptop and standard Microsoft software.

**What you’ll be doing**

You’ll work on campaigns to promote oral health to different groups as well as collate data to write short evaluations of projects/campaigns. You’ll ensure correct information is recorded around the supervised toothbrushing programme and that orders for resources are made and processed. Working with the corporate communications team and the wider team, you’ll create resources to use in person and online to promote health messages or events. You’ll work with colleagues in Children’s Services in Social Care and Education on campaigns like Get Up and Go and work in Children, Young People and Families Centres. You’ll organise team meetings for the Oral Health Promotion Service and attend the EPIC team and whole Public Health team meetings. You may be asked to present some of your work on projects or campaigns at team or multi-agency meetings but will be supported to do this.

**What you’ll need**

**What we can offer you**

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

**Join us**

**Interview/Assessments will take place 16**th**, 17**th** and 18**th** April (in person)


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