Health Visitor

A great opportunity has arisen to join Suffolk County Council's 0-19 Healthy Child Service as a Health Visitor, working from various teams across Suffolk.
Suffolk's Health (0-19) and Children's Centre teams provide services for parents/carers, children and young people, focusing on prevention and early intervention to support children, young people and their families to achieve their best outcomes. Health Visitors lead the Healthy Child Programme (DoH, 2009) for children 0-5 years of age which provides a universal and targeted service tailored to the individual needs of the children and families in our care.
Please view our locality map to see the areas our teams cover.

You will:
- Be working directly with families to help support the social, emotional, physical, and intellectual wellbeing of expectant parents and their babies and children from pregnancy to 5 years to enable them to achieve their best outcomes.
- Work in partnership to lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme 0-5 (HCP) assessing, planning, supervising and delivering high-quality care and evaluating the outcomes of this with the families involved.

Your responsibilities
You will:
- Offer universal contacts to all children at key milestones and enhanced support to the families on a targeted and specialist pathway as outlined in the Health and Children's Centre Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and the clinical governance framework.
- Work in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct, and other regulatory guidelines, ensuring your NMC registration is maintained.
- Through effective practice and multiagency working, safeguard children, young people and vulnerable adults which will include participation in safeguarding meetings and undertaking all relevant assessments.
- Supervise and support more junior staff and liaise with other partners and agencies to provide joined-up and responsive support.

You will need:
- To be a qualified Health Visitor or nearing the completion of your Specialist Community Public Health Nursing (SCPHN) course
- To be a registered adult, paediatric, mental health, learning disability nurse or midwife.
- A current Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Registration.
- The ability to relate to people of all ages and backgrounds.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and listening skills.
- Model the We ASPIRE values.
You can view a full list of requirements in the Job and Person Profile (docx). If you believe you can succeed in this role, apply. Even if you don't meet all requirements, still apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

The team
You will play a key role in ensuring the best possible start in life for children in Suffolk.
Working with and supporting families in the crucial early years of a child's life, you will:
- Have a profound impact on the lifelong health and wellbeing of young children and their families.
- Help families and young children overcome the challenges that they face.
- Provide expert advice, information, assessments, and interventions.
With Suffolk County Council, you can work in this uniquely rewarding role and be part of our innovative multi-agency team-focused approach with social care and children's centres.

We will offer you:
- A robust learning and development programme.
- Solihull Approach Training to strengthen early intervention work with families.
- Peer supervision, management and child protection supervision.
- A bespoke induction programme and preceptorship.

Additional benefits
- We can offer LG (Local Government) or NHS Pension, subject to meeting the current requirements
- Enhanced entitlement to annual leave, dependent on length of continuous service which recognises both NHS and SCC service
- Access to a car leasing scheme
- Free on-site car parking in all Council buildings
- Flexible working options and our commitment to supporting health and wellbeing, Step 3 - Upload a supporting statement answering the following questions below (no more than 200 words per question). You should use the Supporting Statement template.
- Question 1 - Please tell us what experience you have working with children, young people and their families.
- Question 2 - Are you passionate about improving the lives of children, young people and families who access our services and if so how can you evidence this?
- Question 3 - Are you committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and if so how can you evidence this?
- Question 4 - Provide an example of a time when you demonstrated leadership abilities
- Question 5 - Describe the key skills you can bring to this role.
- Question 6 - Give an example of a time you resolved team conflict.
- Question 7 - You are managing your own caseload and supervising the work you have given to a junior staff member to complete and it has come to your attention that the worker does not appear to be recording their work in a timely manner and that their time keeping has been poor of late. How would you explore this with the worker and what action would you take?
- Question 8 - Tell us about any previous experience of working within a team and what you think makes a good team.

Please note: Without a supporting statement, your application will not be progressed. Any supporting documents must be in either PDF or MS Word format.

As a modern and effective council, we offer a wide variety of careers to suit people with a range of skills, abilities and ambitions. We offer working options that flex to reflect the way people work today and take the time to understand and support your individual needs. We're driven to make a positive difference to the world around us and encourage everyone with drive and focus to join us and build an influential and impactful career. Reimagine the possibilities.
In return, you'll enjoy:

up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
diverse and active staff networks
flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day

Plus lots more!