School Health Advisor
At a glance
- Band
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Term time hours
- Hours / week
- 22.5
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
“Please note that whilst the trust does offer sponsorship this role isunfortunately **not eligible for visa sponsorship** under the UK Health and Care Worker visa route. This is due to the position not meeting the**minimum salary threshold of £25,000 per annum** and/or the required**skill level** set”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This role involves working as a School Health Advisor within the Stockport Family Service, supporting the delivery of early help and public health interventions to school-aged children and young people. You will promote their health, learning, and development through various interventions in homes, schools, family hubs, and health centres. The position requires collaboration with partners to coordinate services and activities that meet the needs of children and their families. Full training and support will be provided.
Essential criteria
- NNEB/diploma in childcare (CACHE)/HNC in childcare/Level 3 BTEC/Assistant practitioner/NVQ Level 3/Equivalent experience
Desirable criteria
- NHS care certificate
- In depth knowledge of child development and up to date knowledge of developmental assessment tools
- Knowledge of current evidence based interventions
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Awareness of child safeguarding and knowledge of policies
- Knowledge of positive parenting programmes
- Knowledge and understanding of the HCP
- Experience of working with school age children and ability to supervise children on a group basis
- Multi disciplinary team working
- Experience of working with children who have special educational needs
- Experience of using evidence based interventions to support child development
- Experience of participatory work with parents/carers
- Experience of using evidence based parenting programmes
- Skills and Abilities
- Organisational skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Well developed inter-personal skills
- Flexible and adaptable and able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Ability to plan, organise and deliver group and individual activities with children and parents
- Experience of undertaking risk assessments when working with families
- Education and Qualifications
- NNEB/diploma in childcare (CACHE)/HNC in childcare/Level 3 BTEC/Assistant practitioner/NVQ Level 3/Equivalent experience
- NHS care certificate
- In depth knowledge of child development and up to date knowledge of developmental assessment tools
- Knowledge of current evidence based interventions
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Awareness of child safeguarding and knowledge of policies
- Knowledge of positive parenting programmes
- Knowledge and understanding of the HCP
- Experience of working with school age children and ability to supervise children on a group basis
- Multi disciplinary team working
- Experience of working with children who have special educational needs
- Experience of using evidence based interventions to support child development
- Experience of participatory work with parents/carers
- Experience of using evidence based parenting programmes
- Skills and Abilities
- Organisational skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Well developed inter-personal skills
- Flexible and adaptable and able to work on own initiative and as part of a team
- Ability to plan, organise and deliver group and individual activities with children and parents
- Experience of undertaking risk assessments when working with families
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 4 at £26,530 – £29,114 a year, across England.
This advert: £28,392 – £31,157 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
School Health Advisor
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
School Health Advisor - Band 4
1 x 22.5 hrs TTO - permanent
Are you a dynamic and motivated healthcare worker looking for a new challenge? An exciting opportunity has become available to join our passionate School Nurse Team as a School Health Advisor to support the delivery of early help and public health interventions to children and young people in Stockport.
School nursing is a universal public health service for children and young people of school age encompassing the Healthy Child Programme 0-19 (2016). This is a nationally developed evidenced based programme which is available to all children and aims to ensure that every child gets the good start they need to lay the foundations of a healthy life.
Stockport School Nursing Services are part of the Women, Children and integrated Care Business Group of Stockport Foundation Trust, and is also part of a wider integrated children's service with Stockport Council called 'Stockport Family' which is an improved way of working with children and families in Stockport. The service includes health visiting, early help and social care services.
You will be given a full training support package to undertake this role
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will work as an integral member of the Stockp
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