Health Visitor - SEND

Job summary

Do you want to make a difference to children with additional needs and their families?

We are currently looking to recruit qualified Health Visitors to our developing SEND Health Visiting Team. The team will provide an enhanced pathway of support for children with additional needs. The successful candidates will have strong team working skills and a commitment to delivering high quality, child-centred care, to join our developing, enthusiastic and dynamic Health Visiting teams in Bury.

To have continuous responsibility for the clients on the caseload requiring care and targeted support at universal partnership plus (UPP) and safeguarding thresholds. 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.

You will need to be a registered nurse or midwife and Health Visitor.

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 isexpected 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.

To 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.

To 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.

Utilise specialist public health knowledge 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.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.