Health Visitor - SEND

Job overview

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.

To have continuous responsibility for the families on the caseload requiring targeted health visiting care and safeguarding support. Health Visitors will have a responsibility for participating and influencing decision making at professional meetings to ensure the complex needs of the children on this caseload are supported.

Our vision is to deliver the best care to children, people and families in our local communities, by working effectively with partners to help people to live well.

The Health Visitor will participate in the identification and safeguarding of vulnerable children and their families in partnership with other agencies.

As a member of the Integrated Children’s services in Bury, the post holder is expected to contribute to the expectations of the Borough’s Children and Young Peoples Partnership Strategy and the Early Help Strategy.

Main duties of the job

The Health Visitor will be responsible and accountable for the operational and strategic management of a defined caseload of children with complex medical conditions and SEND. The post-holder will be responsible for the delivery of high quality programmes of care to support infant’s, children and their families using a multi-disciplinary approach.

The practitioner will act as a resource and provide consultation for the wider health visiting service to share expert knowledge and skills to support children with additional needs. Support at home visits, in early years educational settings and attend team around the family (TAF) meetings to be offered and advice to be given.

The Health Visitor will support the health visiting service with current developments in transition processes and contribute to supportive transitions for children between services and into school health and education.

Specialist public health knowledge will be used to provide high quality assessment and care planning of parents and caregivers physical health and emotional well-being to ensure that they remain as healthy as possible.

The Health Visitor  will participate in the continued development of the SEND health visiting team and wider community service.

The Health Visitor will manage the development, implementation and compliance of policies, procedures, audit and benchmarks, including appraisal, personal development plans and clinical supervision.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk