Senior Public Health Practitioner - Family Hubs

37 hours per week

Fixed term for 2 years until 31^st March 2027

Can you bring your skills to our Public Health Team? Will you rise to the challenge and ensure health improvement and prevention is a key aspect of the established Family Hubs programme led by Children’s services, driving forward the plans for the Infant feeding strand led by Public Health? Also do you have the skills to contribute to other public health programmes including our health in education settings programme called PEACH, rolling out new investment for oral health prevention work, supporting the team involved in suicide prevention and mental health wellbeing partnership working? As this is a fixed term post the focus of the role will change to meet the needs of the team and there may be opportunities to work in other portfolio areas.             

You will primarily work as part of the ‘babies, children, young people and families’ team that currently operates across Hampshire and Isle of Wight as well as with the Isle of Wight Family Hubs team, so you will have excellent partnership working and team working skills and experience. The post is full time and fixed term for two years. We are a supportive and friendly team, with a passion for using evidence-based approaches to improve population health and wellbeing and developing our team.

You will use your talents and experience to coordinate and deliver the final year of the Infant feeding strand of the Family Hubs programme, including oversight of the commissioned elements working with providers and other commissioners responsible for children’s health and prevention services. You will work with the PEACH education consultant and schools to deliver the PEACH programme, awards and network. You will also support suicide prevention and mental health wellbeing partnership working.

You will be:

• developing and driving forward the delivery plans with progress reported to the delivery Board and Early Help and Family Hubs board for onward reporting to the Department for Education
• working in partnership with all key partners in health, care and the voluntary sector involved in children’s health and wellbeing services and all age mental health services
• commissioning services and managing budgets relevant to the family hubs delivery plan
• Using insights, JSNA and public health strategy to influence action plans
• working with schools to drive forward plans for health in education settings work around PHSE, emotional health and wellbeing, physical activity and health eating
• working at pace to deliver outcomes on time
• working independently and confidently
• using project management tools
• providing assurance to the consultant and management team

As a dedicated professional, you’ll be aware of the latest developments in your field and you will help us to be innovative, ensuring local practice keeps up to date with best practice. To succeed you’ll also understand the breadth of public policy and be able to work at a population level, translating changes achieved by individuals and communities into health improvement across the community.

You will be a good communicator and self-starter, able to be organised, good at team working, reporting progress and effective at seeking agreement for decisions. You will be confident at contributing your ideas while consistently working to standard processes and working within your level of experience and expertise.

Public Health is committed to workforce development and training and if you display the potential to develop a career in public health there will be further training and learning opportunities open to you.

Applicants will ideally have post graduate qualification in public health or a similar field.

Benefits include:

• Annual leave of 32 days per annum, plus public holidays (pro rata)
• Local government pension scheme
• Local and national staff discounts and benefits, including Solent travel discounts
• Staff parking permit scheme

We support agile and hybrid working. There will be a need to work on the Island to build relationships with partners and to attend face to face meetings approximately once a week, and also to occasionally attend meetings in Winchester (until end of summer 2025). However, the team works agilely from home much of the time using online technology. We also support flexible working where possible.

If this opportunity sparks your interest, and you think you might be the person we are looking for, we would be delighted to hear from you. Interviews will be held in person and are likely to be on 15^th April.