Oral Health Promoter

Collaboration

Engage with key stakeholders and local communities to ensure that key oral health promoting messages are imparted and understood by the local population in key stages of life. Develop effective relationships with early years providers, schools and other venues to encourage the participation of the Supervised Toothbrushing programme, including oral health promotion with children, parents and carers. Work in partnership with key stakeholders on delivering and evaluating the success of national campaigns that promote and raise awareness of oral health issues. Work across agencies to provide training for all frontline workforce and ensure that oral health brief advice is delivered by general healthcare, social care and voluntary care professionals and workers. Deliver oral health messages to vulnerable groups across the community as agreed with key stakeholders, visiting groups in harder to reach organisations and areas, for example in nursing/care/residential homes, schools/childrens centres and community groups. 10% Contribute to raising awareness of oral health issues by engaging with key stakeholders and partners such as dentists, schools, childrens centres and elderly persons homes 10% Initiate monitor and evaluate accreditation schemes for early years settings, schools, nursing and residential homes. 10% Develop persuasive materials and resources to gain support for oral health promotion delivery and activities. These include power point presentations, posters, leaflets, worksheets, practical activities/games. Establish Oral Health Promotion Networks to ensure up-to-date messages and information are available and engender partnership working on common issues and campaigns. Develop effective neighbourhood-based networks to build awareness of oral health issues including establishing and training community based oral health champions. Supervising People Allocate to and oversee work carried out by allocated temporary staff/volunteers. in the context of this leadership:

Job Title

Oral Health Promoter Job No

SC924 Division

Public Health Service

Public Health Team/Section

IMPACT Responsible to

Public Health Project

Manager Overall Purpose of Role

Through engagement with key stakeholders and local communities the post holders will facilitate the promotion of good oral health within local communities through training, health promotion, information sharing, communication and face to face activities. The post holder will facilitate the uptake and maintenance of the supervised toothbrushing programme. + in the context of supervising the work of temporarily assigned staff/volunteers/external contracted staff: To provide decisive and effective leadership to team(s) in line with the councils Vision & Values and Leadership Qualities that enables them to do their best work resulting in high levels of people and organisational performance. Involve team/s in creating a shared purpose to help them develop and achieve results. Give clear direction. Explore and understand the views of the team and adapt style and behaviour as necessary to ensure positive outcomes. Show respect for the views of others by recognising their contribution and valuing diversity. Inspire team/s by creating opportunities to be creative and innovative, supporting team development and encouraging autonomy to enable team(s) to do their best work. Develop positive trusting relationships within and outside the team, treating people with fairness and respect. Carry out other miscellaneous tasks associated with the role.