Health Visitor

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Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilitiesAny personal information you provide will be treated in the strictest confidence and in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2021.Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust (SHFT) is committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect. As an employee, you are accountable to ensure that you know to how to respond when you are concerned for the safety of a child, young person or adult at risk, applying the principles of the Family Approach to ensure evidence based analysis, risk management and appropriate action and escalation. SHFT require staff to work effectively together using the Family Approach to achieve better outcomes for adults, children and families. The Trust will support you in this duty by providing ongoing training, support and advice and have a Corporate Safeguarding Team who can be contacted for guidance and the provision of safeguarding supervision.Amazing Health Visitors required to join our outstanding team!These are exciting times for our Health Visiting Service in Hampshire and we want you to be part of it. If you’re a Health Visitor and you are looking to join a thriving, innovative service which puts children, young people and their families at the centre of all that they do, then this is the job for you.Some of the great innovations include the introduction of ChatHealth, our new 0-5 Health Visiting Text Message Advice Service, the facilitation of Ready Steady Mums, a community based exercise movement for mums run by mums and the creation of a mental health support group for mothers called “Knowing Me, Knowing You”. All of which have been rolled out across Hampshire. Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust is also an accredited Baby Friendly Initiative organisation.We’re looking for a Health Visitor with an inspirational and motivational personality and someone who is highly skilled in communication, with a strong approach to teamwork. The individual will be someone who can lead in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, especially the 6 High Impact Areas in the community using evidence based practice.Working as a team player, your role will require excellent assessment skills and effective partnership working including developing close relationships with our Barnardo’s workers to develop preventative community-based approaches and personalised care to support to the local population.In Southern Health we are committed to ensuring that our values are the foundation of everything we do and we offer great opportunities for ongoing learning and development for all staff by providing a robust induction programme, comprehensive safeguarding and clinical supervision as well as offering access to a broad suite of training to help with your professional development. For newly qualified practitioners we have a preceptorship programme in place to aid your development.Only qualified health visitors are to apply.If improving outcomes for children and families interests you, as well as doing so in a supportive working environment, we look forward to receiving your application. Good Luck.Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter:facebook.com/SouthernHealthNHS@Southern_NHSFTFor informal discussion contact: Laura.Cruse@southernhealth.nhs.ukA DBS check is required by the Employer for this post. The Employer will undertake an initial check at the appropriate level on appointment. As a condition of employment you are required to register with the online DBS update service and maintain this registration throughout employment.COVID-19 vaccine remains the best way to protect ourselves, our families, our colleagues, and patients from the virus, we therefore encourage applicants to become fully vaccinated. We ask for vaccination status as part of pre employment checks although COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment.