Public Health Project Officer

Creativity, ambition and a focus on people. That’s what matters at Barnsley Council. Our award-winning council is on an exciting journey of change. It’s all about putting local people at the heart of everything, listening to and doing good for our communities. We’re now more innovative, more efficient and provide better value for money. 

Shape a better future with us

We’re thrilled to have achieved Investors in People (IIP) Gold status for how we lead, support and develop people. Now we’d like you to be part of our success and help us take change further. Join us on our journey to a brighter future. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. Let’s make a better Barnsley for everyone.

Your role in our journey

You will work as part of a team to improve public health outcomes for children, young people and families living in the Borough. You will work alongside public health colleagues within both our Children’s and Young Peoples Public Health team and our Health Improvement team to support the development and implementation of strategies and interventions that tackle health inequalities and target children and young people in most need.  

You will contribute to the work around our Oral Health Improvement programme, with a focus on Supervised toothbrushing clubs. You will work with Barnsley Family Hubs, Early Years Settings and Primary schools to increase the uptake of supervised toothbrushing in our borough. You will support with delivering training to settings with the aim of improving awareness of the importance of good oral health.

We are looking for a committed, dynamic and flexible individual with a passion for improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Barnsley. You will need to be a great team worker with excellent communication skills. It would be beneficial for you to understand the oral health agenda and have an innovative and creative approach to your work. There will be opportunities to support the wider Children and Young Peoples public health teams on other priority areas likely to include food and healthy weight.

A lot to look forward to

Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. Barnsley Council’s distributed public health model supports our vision to be a Public Health Council.  This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a wider team who can really make a difference to the health and wellbeing of children and young people in the Borough.

If you would like to discuss this post further please contact Laura Quinn Public Health Senior Practitioner lauraquinn@barnsley.gov.uk