Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Specialist Community Public Health Nurse to join our Single Point of Access (SPA) team. This role is central to ensuring that children, young people and families receive timely, appropriate and highquality support. As the SPA Practitioner, you will be responsible for managing the daytoday operations of the SPA triage process, ensuring that all contacts and referrals are assessed efficiently and safely. You will oversee the smooth running of the front door to the service, coordinating the flow of information, prioritising risk, and ensuring consistent, highquality decision making that supports the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme.
About the role
A key part of the role involves providing expert clinical oversight and leadership to practitioners and administrative staff. You will support the team in undertaking robust assessments of need, ensuring that children and families are triaged to the right service at the right time. You will use your clinical judgement to interpret often complex or sensitive information, offering clear direction, and ensuring that all decision making reflects safeguarding policies, professional standards and childcentred practice. Your ability to communicate compassionately and professionally, especially when dealing with emotionally challenging or contentious situations, will be essential.
Main duties of the job
You will work closely with administrative colleagues to maintain effective communication systems that support a responsive and wellcoordinated service. The role also requires you to build strong working relationships with internal colleagues and multiagency partners, enabling effective collaboration, early help planning and seamless referral pathways. You will contribute to developing and improving working practices within the SPA, promoting a positive performance culture and ensuring that protocols, standards and systems are consistently reviewed and strengthened.
As part of your responsibilities, you will support the collection, analysis and reporting of service data, helping drive quality improvement and demonstrating the impact of the SPA function. You will take a proactive approach to managing risk, responding to complex scenarios with confidence and professional accountability, and ensuring that safeguarding responsibilities are always upheld.
We are looking for a practitioner who is reflective, resilient and passionate about improving outcomes for families. You will be confident working autonomously while knowing when issues need to be escalated, and you will bring excellent IT skills, strong communication abilities and significant postqualification experience. A sound understanding of the Healthy Child Programme, safeguarding processes and multiagency working is essential, alongside a commitment to ongoing professional development.
About us
At Barnsley Council you can start a career that makes a real difference to peoples lives, helping our council and residents to be the best they can be.
Were an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.
Theres so much happening in our thriving borough, and nows the perfect time to join our excellent0-19 Public Health Nursing Serviceteam as we work to make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Single Point of Access (SPA) triage process,
delivering a responsive and efficient service that meets the needs of children, young people, and families.
Provide clinical expertise, leadership, guidance, training, and support to both SPA triage staff and the
administration team, fostering effective working relationships and practices.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the Single Point of Access (SPA) triage process,
delivering a responsive and efficient service that meets the needs of children, young people, and families.
Provide clinical expertise, leadership, guidance, training, and support to both SPA triage staff and the
administration team, fostering effective working relationships and practices.
Person Specification
General and Special Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and related policies and pathways
- Knowledge and understanding of Local and National Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
- Sound knowledge of professional accountability and professional regulations requirements for continued registration
- Demonstrate knowledge of clinical governance and its implications for practice
- Knowledge and understanding of principles and benefits of reflection and use of models and tools to enhance understanding of complex clinical practice and safeguarding supervision.
- Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of clinical governance and its implications for practice
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Demonstrate a full commitment to develop information technology skills as appropriate to undertake public health nursing duties
- Willing to undertake training and continuous professional development in connection with the post
- Willing to work flexibly in accordance with policies and procedures to meet the operational needs of the council.
- Work in accordance with the council's vision and values.
- Able to undertake any travel in connection with the post.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work with a high level of autonomy, but also as part of a team and with a clear understanding of when issues need to be escalated.
- Ability to use all Microsoft packages and excellent IT skills.
- Ability to work with highly confidential data/ information and present/communicate this data in reports in a format that stakeholders require and understand. Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing to a range of audiences including children, young people, parents and carers and professional colleagues. Ability to use reflective practice techniques to evaluate, present and critically analyse own practice
- Ability to line manage and supervise other team members, organising and delegating as appropriate
- Demonstrate skills in delivering effective clinical decision making in complex scenarios and to make decisions when there are conflicts and tensions.
Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse level 6 or above qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development in safeguarding children to level 3
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of integrated working/ multi-agency working
- Evidence of compliance with professional regulations Standards of Proficiency
- Experience of safeguarding vulnerable children and families
- Experience of delivering and implementing the Healthy Child Programme
- Experience of initiating and leading the early help processes for children and families
- Experience of working in a community setting
- Experience of managing staff
- Significant post qualification experience
Person Specification
General and Special Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and related policies and pathways
- Knowledge and understanding of Local and National Safeguarding Policies and Procedures
- Sound knowledge of professional accountability and professional regulations requirements for continued registration
- Demonstrate knowledge of clinical governance and its implications for practice
- Knowledge and understanding of principles and benefits of reflection and use of models and tools to enhance understanding of complex clinical practice and safeguarding supervision.
- Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of clinical governance and its implications for practice
Additional Requirements
Essential
- Demonstrate a full commitment to develop information technology skills as appropriate to undertake public health nursing duties
- Willing to undertake training and continuous professional development in connection with the post
- Willing to work flexibly in accordance with policies and procedures to meet the operational needs of the council.
- Work in accordance with the council's vision and values.
- Able to undertake any travel in connection with the post.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Ability to work with a high level of autonomy, but also as part of a team and with a clear understanding of when issues need to be escalated.
- Ability to use all Microsoft packages and excellent IT skills.
- Ability to work with highly confidential data/ information and present/communicate this data in reports in a format that stakeholders require and understand. Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing to a range of audiences including children, young people, parents and carers and professional colleagues. Ability to use reflective practice techniques to evaluate, present and critically analyse own practice
- Ability to line manage and supervise other team members, organising and delegating as appropriate
- Demonstrate skills in delivering effective clinical decision making in complex scenarios and to make decisions when there are conflicts and tensions.
Qualifications
Essential
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse level 6 or above qualification
- Evidence of continued professional development in safeguarding children to level 3
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience
Essential
- Experience of integrated working/ multi-agency working
- Evidence of compliance with professional regulations Standards of Proficiency
- Experience of safeguarding vulnerable children and families
- Experience of delivering and implementing the Healthy Child Programme
- Experience of initiating and leading the early help processes for children and families
- Experience of working in a community setting
- Experience of managing staff
- Significant post qualification experience
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
