Public Health Practitioner

Job introduction

You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.

About the role

This permanent role offers a rewarding opportunity to improve the health and wellbeing of babies, children, young people and families across West Northamptonshire. You will play a key role in preventing ill health, reducing health inequalities and shaping services that give every child the best start in life, while being supported to grow your career in Public Health.

Working alongside our Public Health Consultant and Public Health Principal, you will help drive forward the maternity, babies, children and young people agenda across the area. This includes early years and maternity services, the Healthy Child Programme, Family Hubs, Best Start in Life initiatives, and mental well being support for children and young people.

Additional information

You will be passionate about improving outcomes and tackling health inequalities for children and families and confident working in partnership across organisations. Ideally you will have experience of child and family services within a local authority, NHS or VCFSE setting. You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to manage projects and work collaboratively across multiple agencies.

West Northamptonshire council strives to be the best place for our babies, children, young people and families. We are committed to providing high quality services and offer an excellent working environment valuing supervision, training and opportunities for professional development.

Company information

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential.  We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.

If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support.

West Northants Council, where careers thrive.