Community Outreach Officer

The main duties of the role is to deliver a sexual health outreach service for at-risk groups in the community in the London Borough of Bromley.
The post holder is require to work in a variety of settings including clinic and non-clinical outreach venues such as schools, colleges, hostels, youth clubs and campaign venues, Provide an outreach service for identified at-risk groups at various lcations in the community including schools and clinics
Encourage under 25s to participate in the National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP) by testing for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea
· Increase referrals into sexual health services from non-clinical settings
· To promote and participate in an effective community based C Card scheme
· Support the delivery of C Card training to professionals and provide ongoing support to professionals
· Encourage identified at-risk groups including men who have sex with men and Black Africans to use condoms and encourage to order a full STI testing kit online
· Provide information, advice and appropriate material at various campaigns throughout the year including World AIDS Day and 6th form campaigns in schools
· To provide face to face support in a community setting and targeted sexual health promotion to diverse groups
· Ensure any data/forms are submitted for inputting by yourself or support team
· Provide information on and promote Kings Sexual Health Service and other relevant services to target groups and relevant agencies, using media appropriate to the audience
Condom distribution schemes
· Proactively build partnerships with condom distribution scheme outlets
· Encourage new outlets to join condom scheme
· Distribute condoms to existing outlets
· Collect and maintain patient data from outlets
Relationship and Sex E ducation (RSE) delivery
· To deliver a programme of Bitesize Community Based RSE Sessions
· Deliver RSE to young people in the borough at a variety of locations including schools, youth clubs, pupil referral units and hostels
· Deliver RSE sessions to 6th form pupils as part of annual campaigns
· Deliver RSE sessions to young people with special educational needs
· Ensure evaluation forms are completed by all attendees of RSE sessions in the community

We are seeking to recruit a part-time Community Outreach Worker for the Department of Sexual Health based at Beckenham Beacon Hospital. Previous experience of working in a sexual health, family planning and/or Public health would be advantageous.
The post holder will be required to take a flexible approach to days/hours worked and actively participate in changes to planned rota to ensure that service has appropriate outreach cover for community-based sites and clinics where appropriate.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.7 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley., King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.
We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.
King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible., + Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust's criminal records checking policy
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