Public Health Assistant

Job overview

Public Health Assistants from the School Health Screening Team support the delivery of the Healthy Child programme as directed by local government.  These activities include:

• national and local screening programmes (such as vision and hearing)
• delivery of the National Child Measurement Programme

Activities are predominantly delivered within a school setting. Community venues are utilised during school holidays for children who are not enrolled within a school or to provide accessibility. As well as the delivery of screening programmes, Public Health Assistants may provide telephone support to families/carers to understand the screening results, and/or to identify other relevant routes of support and advice. They may also assist with other relevant school or community based health promotion events to support child/family health and wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

Delivering screening programmes to primary school-aged children in school and community settings. Supporting families and the wider School Health team with child health and wellbeing

The Kent School Health service works with schools, parents and carers as well as other professionals like health visitors or community paediatricians to prevent ill health in children, families and the wider  community, support safeguarding of children and young people and address any health needs to make  sure every child reaches their potential. Young people do not have to be within school to access our  support

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

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