Early Help Support Worker


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£25,500 - £27,098
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Paulton Memorial Hospital, BS39 7SB
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	31 Jul 2026
Closing date:	16 Aug 2026

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Package Description: We are looking for asupportiveandcompassionateEarly Help Support Worker to work within the B&NESChildand Family Health Service. Within this role you will: Carry out the National Child Measurement Programme, following national and local guidance, working closely with schools. Promote, plan and carry out vision screening for eligible pupils in line with local orthoptic led pathways. Ensure children identified / assessed as being very overweight or underweight are followed up in line with the agreed pathway to ensure families are provided with brief interventions and health promotion advice to support children achieve a healthy weight. Maintain full proficiency in the application of vision testing and NCMP processes. Deliver targeted health promotion and group interventions delegated by the School Nurses. Please see the job description attached for a full list of responsibilities. This role is working 37.5 hours, 5 days per week, Term Time Only, based at Paulton Memorial Hospital, BS39 7SB The successful candidate will have: Essential: NVQ Level 3 or equivalent Skills or experience or willingness to undertake appropriate apprenticeship to meet required standard. Completed Care Certificate or willingness to complete within first 3 months of employment. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, both written and verbal. Experience of working with children and young people in the community in a professional or voluntary capacity. Ability to work both autonomously and under direction as an effective member of a multi-disciplinary team. Develop and maintain positive professional relationships across clinical and non-clinical organisations. Proactive approach highly self-motivated, ability to use own initiative. Able to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing. Ability to work flexibly and respond to changing work force demand. Exceptional organisational skills with ability to prioritise workload. Quality focused. IT literate e.g. word processing, excel, e- mail and internet use. Punctual and reliable. Current full driving license and use of a car during working hours Desirable: Understanding of child development. Childcare qualification. Experience of screening e.g., vision, height, and weight. Experience of using SystmOne clinical record. Experience of working within a School Aged Health Service. Presentation skills. Package Description As an Early Help Support Worker, youll be part of our valued team based at Paulton Memorial Hospital. You will feel valued as an Early Help Support Worker within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: A salary of £25,500 - £27,098 Pro Rata with access to our group pension Free tea, coffeeand milk at your base location Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year About the Company We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leadingindependentproviders of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes.We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, wesupportcommunities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We'recommittedto equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team.Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As youd expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. Finally, we need to let you know that the company youll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job well need to process and hold information about you.If you would like to know a little more about how we use your information, please see our website's privacy policy.

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