Healthy Child Practitioner

Supporting young people and promoting healthier futures.

You care about making a difference to the health and wellbeing of children and young people, helping them feel supported, informed and empowered to make positive choices.

As a Healthy Child Practitioner, you’ll join our Young Health Hub in Tower Hamlets, delivering accessible health promotion, prevention and early support across schools and community settings.

You’ll carry out health screenings and holistic health assessments, deliver health promotion sessions and provide advice on emotional wellbeing, healthy eating, healthy relationships, substance use and sexual health.

You’ll work closely with children, young people, families, schools and partner agencies, helping identify individual needs, respond to safeguarding concerns and ensure young people can access the right support at the right time.

Ready to make a positive difference to young people’s health and wellbeing? We’d love to hear from you.

You’re a compassionate and proactive practitioner who is passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people, helping them feel supported, build confidence and make informed choices about their health.

You’ll bring:

• A relevant qualification in healthcare, substance misuse, youth work, psychology, counselling or mental health, or an equivalent qualification.

• At least two years’ experience working with children, young people or adults in a community setting.

• Experience of facilitating group work, working with vulnerable people and collaborating with partner agencies.

• Knowledge of safeguarding, child development, equality and diversity, confidentiality, consent, mental health and emotional wellbeing.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships and adapt your approach to different audiences.

• An organised, flexible and collaborative approach, with the ability to manage your workload, use your initiative and handle sensitive information with discretion.

• A commitment to safeguarding, inclusion and improving outcomes for children and young people, alongside ability to work flexibly and travel across the borough.

Experience of involving children, young people and families in service development, delivering behaviour change support, or knowledge of substance misuse, sexual health, Fraser and Gillick competency would be welcomed.

If this sounds like you, take the next step and apply today.

Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. For 40 years, Compass is a national charity which works in communities across the UK providing services spanning substance misuse treatment and rehabilitation, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school-aged health programmes and associated prevention as well as treatment and health promotion initiatives.

All Compass posts are subject to appropriate level DBS checks.

We positively encourage applications from all members of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation, and encourage applications from people who have experiences in life which enrich skills and empathy. This is part of our commitment to equality and developing a truly inclusive and representative workforce.

We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post.

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits including:

• 27 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time (pro rata)
• Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
• Competitive contributory pension scheme
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
• Enhanced sick pay
• Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
• Annual salary review

Help us to make a positive change to the lives of children and young people!