Job requirements
Essential
19 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Demonstrable experience of working in the community
- Experience
Extensive experience of safeguarding Children, Young People and Families
- Experience
Experience of multi-agency working
- Experience
Experience of managing risks and reporting concerns
- Qualifications
Registered Community Specialist Public Health Nurse
- Qualifications
Evidence of continued professional development in safeguarding children to level 3
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to analyse complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources
- Skills and Abilities
Demonstrated capability to act upon incomplete information, using experience to make inferences and decision making
- Skills and Abilities
Numerate and able to understand complex data
- Skills and Abilities
Able to contribute to the health perspective to multi-agency meetings
- Skills and Abilities
Able to constructively challenge decisions and articulate rationale effectively
- Skills and Abilities
Demonstrated capabilities to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales
- Additional Requirements
Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post.
- Additional Requirements
Willing to work flexibly in accordance with policies and procedures to meet the operational needs of the council.
- Additional Requirements
Willing to undertake training and continuous professional development in connection with the post.
- Additional Requirements
Work in accordance with the council's visions, priorities, values, and behaviours.
- Additional Requirements
Able to undertake any travel in connection with the post.
- General and Special Knowledge
Theoretical knowledge in child abuse and safeguarding children and its application into practice
- General and Special Knowledge
Knowledge of national statutory and local child protection safeguarding guidance, policies, and procedures
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of successfully operating in a politically sensitive environment
- Experience
Experience as a Clinical Supervisor for Child Protection/Safeguarding Children
- Experience
Experience of providing education and training in Child Protection
- Experience
Experience of producing high quality reports including data analysis
- Qualifications
Training in providing clinical/restorative supervision and/or coaching and/or mentoring
- Qualifications
Recorded Nurse Prescriber
- Skills and Abilities
Experience of setting up and implementing processes and procedures
Job summary
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Are you looking for an opportunity to join a dynamic and innovative 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service delivered within an award-winning council focused on placing local people at the heart of everything we do, listening to and doing good for our communities?
Here at Barnsley Council, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do.Wereproud to deliver the 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service, which is at the forefront of care provision for the children and young people of Barnsley. We recognise that our greatest asset is our employees, which is why for all successful nursing candidates we will recognise your NHS continuous service for the purposes of annual leave and sickness absence, and you can continue to access the NHS Pension Scheme if you are an existing scheme member.
Main duties of the job
We are offering an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) Health Visitor/School Nurse to represent the 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service within the Integrated Front Door. The Integrated Front Door in Barnsley consists of different agencies that come together and are co-located in the same office to work as the gateway into Childrens Social Care and Early Help services. The postholder will practice autonomously and as part of a wider multi-agency team, demonstrating and providing SCPHN expertise and knowledge to support effective information sharing with multi-agency partners, which facilitates continuity of care for children, young people, and families. You will also support the interpretation and sharing of health information that is necessary to inform multi-agency decision making in relation to children and young people in need of safeguarding in the Borough. Due to the complexities around the post and that it is within a co-located team, much of the work will take place within the office base at Wombwell Police Station.
About us
Barnsley is a place of possibilities. Our Barnsley 2030 Strategy details how we will work together to make Barnsley the best place it can be. This is an exciting time to join us, and the team has strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, making our work more effective in meeting the needs of our population and tackling health inequalities.
Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. Our 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service is rated Outstanding by CQC. As part of our team, you can be sure well do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. We offer a full induction programme, and excellent training packages to enable you to have the right skills to do your job, including regular supervision to help you recognise your continued professional development needs and support you to achieve your potential.
We offer working conditions that are flexible and agile that support good life work balance. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. There is so much happening in our thriving Borough and your talent and skills will help make Barnsley a place of possibilities.
We would encourage interested applicants to contact Gemma Conway 07720031333 or email gemmaconway@barnsley.gov.uk for further information.
Details
- Date posted: 16 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £48,738 to £51,928 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
- Reference number: F0056-26-0016
- Job locations: Westgate Plaza One, 1 Westgate, Western Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2DR, United Kingdom, South Yorkshire Police Station, Park Street, Wombwell, BARNSLEY, South Yorkshire, S73 0HF, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Provide SCPHN expertise and knowledge to support effective information sharing with multi-agency partners which facilitates continuity of care for children, young people, and families, within a co-located designated office space. Support the interpreting and sharing of health information that is necessary to inform multi-agency decision making in relation to children and young people in need of safeguarding in the Borough.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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