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At Suffolk County Council, every role is a chance to create positive change. We're not just a local authority; we're a team of dedicated individuals working together to improve lives across our diverse communities. As a Community Staff Nurse (Health Visiting), you'll have the unique opportunity to see the direct impact of your work on the people and places that make Suffolk special. Your contributions will help build a brighter future for all. If you're passionate about making a real, tangible difference, it's time to reimagine your career with us. Join Suffolk County Council and turn your passion for positive change into action.
Main duties of the job
Your role and responsibilities
Suffolk County Council (SCC) delivers the 0 - 19 Healthy Child Service for the whole of Suffolk, which includes School Nursing, Health and Children's Centres, Family Nurse Partnership Services and our Health Business Centre.
Working with and supporting families in the crucial early years of a child's life, you will:
* play a key role in ensuring the best possible start in life for children in Suffolk
* have a profound impact on the lifelong health and wellbeing of young children and their families
* help families and young children overcome the challenges that they face
* provide expert advice, information, assessments, and interventions.
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With Suffolk County Council, you can work in this uniquely rewarding role and be part of our innovative multi-agency team-focused approach with social care and children's centres.
To find out more:
* Children's health and children's centre services (suffolk.gov.uk)
What you will need
You must be a current Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Nurse to apply for this role.
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About us
The team
We are a fully integrated service that can responsively support the needs of children and their families. SCC has invested in Staff Nurses to work alongside Health Visitors and Healthy Child Practitioners to facilitate improved public health outcomes.
We specialise in working with families with children aged 0 to 5 to identify health needs as early as possible to improve health and wellbeing. We promote health and by offering early interventions and advice, we support our families' ever-changing needs.
We will offer you:
* the Local Government or NHS Pension, subject to meeting the current requirements
* a range of training opportunities
* full support to undertake your role
* enhanced entitlement to annual leave, dependent on length of continuous service which recognises both NHS and SCC service
* access to a car leasing scheme
* free on-site car parking in all council buildings
* flexible working options and our commitment to supporting health and wellbeing
* staff networks which are open to staff, councillors, and partners that share similar characteristics, life experiences, values, and beliefs.
Job responsibilities
This post is designed to support the Health and Children's Centre service by working directly with families to help support the social, emotional, physical, and intellectual wellbeing of children from pregnancy to 5 years, through the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and Children's Centre statutory framework.
You will be expected to plan and deliver effective and evidence-based universal and targeted services to children and families from pregnancy to 5 years, as well as support the provision of an appropriate learning environment to enable other practitioners and students to develop, including mentoring.
This role will include group planning, delivery, and evaluation, as well as offering a home visiting programme focusing on the needs of those families on a universal and universal plus pathway. This role will be key in supporting parents to develop a strong bond with their child and remain positive role models as their children grow, understanding their role as their child's educator.
You will work in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and other regulatory documents, ensuring your NMC registration is maintained.
You will directly support the needs of children and their families through the implementation of the care pathways outlined in the Health & Children's Centre Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and in accordance with the clinical governance framework.
Through effective practice and multi-agency working, you will effectively safeguard children and young people, including participation in safeguarding meetings and contributing to assessment processes.
Typical responsibilities
Work with children, young people, and families using Suffolk Signs of Safety (SOS) and Wellbeing framework.
Apply an integrated, multi-agency approach to supporting and empowering children, young people, and their families.
Ensure a strong focus on prevention, early intervention, and identification of need, using your experience, knowledge, and skills to determine the level of intervention required.
Work in accordance with regulatory and statutory documents, legal frameworks, NICE guidance, and Suffolk County Council policy and procedures.
Actively build relationships and networks with other professional groups and services in the locality to deliver a holistic service to children, young people, and their families.
Work with the community and ensure the active participation of children, young people, and families in service planning and delivery that responds to local needs and reflects the diversity of the community and the inclusion of vulnerable people and those with additional needs.
Identify risks and safeguarding concerns and escalate where required, undertaking appropriate referrals, including CAF.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Current Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Nurse.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
* Willingness to undertake further professional training and attend training courses as well as reading literature as required to update knowledge and skills.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£34,314 to £39,513 a year. This role includes performance-related pay progression.
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