Do you want to make a difference to children with additional needs and their families? We are currently looking to recruit a qualified Health Visitor (SCPHN-HV) to our developing SEND Health Visiting Team. The team will provide an enhanced pathway of support for children with additional needs. The successful candidate will have strong team‑working skills and a passion for delivering high quality, child‑centred care, within our developing, enthusiastic and dynamic Health Visiting teams in Bury.
As a Health Visitor, you will have continuous responsibility for a defined caseload of families requiring targeted health visiting care and safeguarding support. You will participate and influence decision making at professional meetings to ensure the complex needs of the children on this caseload are supported.
Key responsibilities include:
* Participating in the identification and safeguarding of vulnerable children and their families in partnership with other agencies.
* Contributing to the Borough’s Children and Young People’s Partnership Strategy and the Early Help Strategy.
* Managing the operational and strategic delivery of high‑quality programmes of care for infants and children with complex medical conditions and SEND, using a multi‑disciplinary approach.
* Providing resource and consultation to the wider health‑visiting service, sharing expert knowledge and skills.
* Supporting home visits, early years educational settings and Team Around the Family (TAF) meetings to offer advice and support.
* Contributing to the development of transition processes and supportive transitions for children between services and into school, health and education.
* Using specialist public health knowledge to assess and plan care for parents and caregivers’ physical health and emotional well‑being.
* Participating in the ongoing development of the SEND health‑visiting team and wider community service.
* Managing the development, implementation and compliance of policies, procedures, audits and benchmarks, including appraisal, personal development plans and clinical supervision.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people across Greater Manchester. Within this large NHS trust you will find a supportive environment that encourages high standards of care and collaboration with local authorities and key partners.
In return, we can offer a job role with purpose and flexibility. Your career can move forward through challenging opportunities. You will also gain a competitive benefits package, consisting of a generous annual leave allowance, flexible working arrangements and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you achieve a better work‑life balance.
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