Health Visitor

The Health Visiting Service is responsible for delivering the Healthy Child Programme to families in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) and forms part of the Early Help Offer for the 0 to 19 age group. Health visitors are based in one of two localities but will be required to work across the whole borough as the need is required, a hybrid working model is in place with the expectation that staff will be based within the office at least two days a week.

The health Visiting service is provided by Achieving for Children, which is a social enterprise company also responsible for the provision of early help and social care services across RBWM. The health visiting team work out of the family hubs and have positive working relationships with our colleagues in the family hub and social care. We offer corporate membership as a benefit with the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) to all our Health Visitors for professional support and evidence-based publications.

Achieving for Children as an organisation has a strong ethos for staff training and development and staff wellbeing is a high priority. There are options for flexible working within the needs of the service.

The Health Visitor will work as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) within the community as a member of the Health Visiting Team. The Health Visitor will offer a comprehensive public health nursing service in accordance with AfCs Health Visiting Standard Operational Procedures and the Public Health England Healthy Child Programme 0-5 years. Duties will include:

• Assess each child and family health needs, using the appropriate assessment and risk assessment tools ensuring accurate documentation
• Assess child protection concerns in relation to children and young people and to discuss these concerns with colleagues and to take appropriate action in line with the RBWM Safeguarding Partnership guidance
• Support the child, young person and family throughout any safeguarding concerns process and to ensure that they are kept informed at all times and actively participate in child protection supervision
• Develop and facilitate Health Visiting drop in clinics, health promotion activities and groups
• Establish effective working relationships with members of the Primary Health Care Team, Midwives, Children Centres, School Nurses, allied professionals and voluntary agencies, The Health Visiting Service is responsible for delivering the Healthy Child Programme to families in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (RBWM) and forms part of the Early Help Offer for the 0 to 19 age group. We are divided into 4 geographical teams across the borough, however health visiting remains working with 0 to 5 years old and parents-to-be.
  
  We offer corporate membership as a benefit with the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) to all our Health Visitors for professional support and evidence-based publications.

The Health Visitor will work as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) at NHS Band 6 equivalent level within the community as a member of the Health Visiting Team. The Health Visitor will offer a comprehensive public health nursing service in accordance with AfCs Health Visiting Standard Operational Procedures and the Public Health England Healthy Child Programme 0-5 years. They will assess each child and family health needs, using the appropriate assessment and risk assessment tools and ensure that at each contact with a child an assessment of the health and developmental needs are documented.

Actions will include the development and implementation of outcome focused care plans and evaluation of the care given and this is done in partnership with clients. The Health Visitor will be required to assess child protection concerns in relation to children and young people and to discuss these concerns with colleagues and to take appropriate action in line with the RBWM Safeguarding Partnership guidance.

This can include decisions to breach confidentiality where this is in the best interest of the child or young person. The Health Visitor will support the child, young person and family throughout this process and to ensure that they are kept informed at all times and actively participate in child protection supervision. The Health Visitor will develop and facilitate Health Visiting drop in clinics, health promotion activities and groups.

They will provide care according to the available evidence of best practice and support the team in the development of…