About the Role
and our Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a passionate and proactive Health Visitor who shares our commitment to improving health outcomes for children and families in Sutton. You’ll work closely with the Head of Service to deliver the strategic vision for children’s services, fostering collaboration between Health and Local Authority partners to achieve the best results.
You will bring a strong commitment to empowering families, enabling them to take responsibility for their health through education, support, and community-based care. Your practice will be guided by the four principles of health visiting:
1. Searching for health needs
2. Raising health awareness
3. Influencing health-related policies
4. Facilitating health-enhancing activities
What You’ll Do
5. Deliver the Healthy Child Programme to Sutton’s families with a focus on quality and impact.
6. Identify health needs early and provide tailored interventions to help children reach their full potential.
7. Ensure vulnerable children are supported with timely, effective care and interventions.
We’re seeking a compassionate, adaptable professional who thrives in collaborative environments, values evidence-based practice, and is eager to make a meaningful difference in the community.
About Us
Join our Specialist Public Health (0-19) Service, covering Cheam and South Sutton, Carshalton, Wallington, and Central Sutton. Our Health Visiting and School Nursing teams are dedicated to improving outcomes for children and families, with a focus on school readiness, mental health and well-being, and enhancing SEND provision.
We proudly deliver the Healthy Child Programme for children aged 0–19, providing a comprehensive range of support to families in our community.
Why Work With Us?
8. Comprehensive Training and Development: We are passionate about supporting our staff to grow. Whether your interests lie in leadership, specialist areas such as speech and language, perinatal mental health, or working with children with additional needs, we provide tailored training and personal development opportunities to help you progress your career.
9. Innovation and Collaboration: We actively encourage innovation and ambition, empowering staff to contribute their ideas to enhance our service. Your voice matters here, and together, we continually strive to improve outcomes for Sutton’s residents.
10. Modern and Flexible Working Environment: Embrace a modern approach to working with flexible options to work from our main bases, on the move, or at home. Equipped with Google Chromebooks, apps, and advanced technology, our team benefits from streamlined, collaborative, and adaptable working practices.
You’ll find a supportive and friendly team culture here at Sutton, where collaboration and shared purpose drive everything we do.
For more information on the role and the service, download the Candidate Pack attached.
For an informal discussion, feel free to contact Jean Crate, Service Manager, at
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.
In addition, we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff, supported by our IT infrastructure, including Google Chromebooks and Google Apps. Our Flexible Working - Smarter Working Scheme embraces new ways of working. It provides improved work life balance for our staff as it allows staff to work from a variety of locations and staff are not required to work within the office 5 days a week.
Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:
11. Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
12. General Council Flexi-time (Please note, this applies to roles at grades 1-9 only)
13. Public Health Service Localised Flexi-time Scheme - accrual of up to 5 days per year
14. Three volunteering days per year in Sutton
15. Comprehensive learning and development programme
16. Local and national discounts for shopping, eating out and leisure activities
17. Interest free season ticket loans
18. Local Government Pension Scheme
19. Car parking scheme
20. Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
21. Zip car scheme
22. Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
23. Confidential wellbeing and counselling support
24. Subsidised gym membership