Job description

We are looking for Sexual Health Improvement Outreach Worker to join our sexual health team. 22.5 hours, Fixed Term (maternity leave cover)

This role will play a key role in:

• Developing opportunities to deliver universal outreach across Derbyshire and Derby city aimed at improving the sexual health of our communities.
• Delivering relationships and sexual health educations (RSE), community STI screening, awareness raising events, and using our health prevention outreach van.
• Working as part of our friendly and passionate team to improve accessibility to sexual health services
• A background in community health initiatives is desirable, but no former experience of sexual health is needed, we will provide full training, support and supervision.
• Delivering education, support and awareness raising sessions within community settings such as schools, colleges, festivals and events
• Delivering community STI and HIV screening within community settings
• Developing opportunities for you and your wider outreach team to deliver, through ongoing networking and liaising with our multi-agency professionals across the locality
• Maintaining the high reputation of DCHS Sexual Health Services through maintaining a professional, approachable and informed approach.

Here at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS) our vision is to be the best provider of local healthcare and a great place to work.

We care for patients across a wide range of services, delivered from 205 sites including 12 community hospitals and 28 health centres across Derbyshire, touching the lives of more than 4,000 patients every day.

We employ approximately 4,500 staff, making us one of the largest providers of specialist community health services in the country, serving a patient population of more than one million.

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The main responsibilities of this role are:

• To deliver high quality outreach initiatives which meet the needs of our local community
• To deliver education, support and awareness raising events
• To develop opportunities for outreach for you and your team
• To work alongside our diverse sexual health team
• To be passionate about improving the sexual health of our local population