Specialist Health Visitor Safeguarding Vulnerable Families
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Job summary
Exciting opportunity for Health Visitors to undertake a Specialist Health Visitor role within the Winchester Health Visiting Team. The successful candidate will provide specialist knowledge, supervision, advice, and support to team members working with communities, families and individuals with additional needs and vulnerabilities. This role will hold a caseload with capacity to deliver the expert specialist role to team members.
The role will strengthen safeguarding knowledge and skills within the team, focusing on assessment, analysis of need, care planning and service delivery which improve public health outcomes for children and families and reduce risk of future health inequalities.
We are looking for Specialist Health Visitors to support team members by providing safeguarding supervision as a key function of the role and expert support with complex report writing, inter-agency referrals and attendance at statutory and multi-agency meetings.
We are looking for a qualified Health Visitor who wishes to develop their clinical skills while maintaining a caseload. We need individuals with inspirational and motivational behaviours, highly skilled in communication, with a strong approach to teamwork. This individual will be someone who can use their expertise to lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme to ensure better outcomes for our vulnerable families. Working as a team player, your role will require excellent assessment and analysis skills and effective partnership working.
Main duties of the job
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare Foundation Trust is well known for its creative approach in supporting our communities, children and families with great innovations including ChatHealth, our Text Messaging Advice Service; the Parent Portal, an interactive web based information hub for parents and our partnership with Barnardo's which offers community based public health programmes. We are proud of having achieved BFI accreditation at gold standard.
In our trust we are committed to ensuring that our values are the foundation of everything we do. We offer great opportunities for learning and development for all staff and a range of wellbeing services. We will provide an induction programme to meet your needs with comprehensive safeguarding and clinical supervision along with a range of clinical, leadership and professional training opportunities to aid your development.
If improving outcomes for children and families within a supporting working environment is your passion, we look forward to receiving your application. Good luck.
A car driver and access to a car that can be used for work purposes is essential for this post.
About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
Details
Date posted
10 January 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£46,148 to £52,809 a year Based on full time hours
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
348-SS-6969
Job locations
Southern House
Otterbourne
Winchester
Hampshire
SO21 2RU
Employer details
Employer name
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Southern House
Otterbourne
Winchester
Hampshire
SO21 2RU
Employer's website
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