Public Health Specialist for Children and Young People

2 weeks ago


Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom Somerset County Council Full time

Job Overview:

The Public Health Specialist for Children and Young People will provide professional and team leadership to manage a defined team delivering public health priorities in Somerset to school age children between 5-19 years.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead school profiling and develop whole school population public health programmes.
  • Work with vulnerable children and families in line with national and local policies relating to safeguarding children.
  • Provide specialist support and advice to children, families, and schools regarding the health and wellbeing needs of children.
  • Work in partnership with other agencies, particularly health services, education, and social care.
  • Manage and co-ordinate programmes of intervention for a caseload made up of schools and individual children and families.
  • Plan, implement, monitor, and review programmes of intervention based on identified health and social needs.

Requirements and Qualifications:

  • Understand, uphold, and promote the aims of the council's equality, diversity, and inclusion policies; health, safety, and wellbeing of self and others.
  • Able to communicate in person, face to face, in writing, and, where appropriate, electronically with all contacts.


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