SCPHN Health Visitor

Job summary Thurrock has an exciting opportunity for Band 6 Health Visitors. If you are an experienced Health Visitor, or soon to be qualified Health Visitor, we would love to hear from you. We are looking to recruit motivated practitioners with initiative and drive who are keen to contribute to the further development of our service. We work in close collaboration with Family Hubs as well as other agencies to improve outcomes and reduce health inequalities for children, young people and their families in our borough. For newly qualified practitioners, we have a Preceptorship Programme in place to aid your development. We also offer a wide range of in-house and other training opportunities for continuous professional development through our learning and development department. We provide monthly clinical supervision, mentorship and yearly appraisals to support you in your role and development. We are an inclusive organisation and are keen to celebrate the success and hard work provided by practitioners in improving the health outcomes for children we work with. Main duties of the job To lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, and ensure the 4, 5, 6 Service model is implemented in practice. Ensure services are provided within the HCP model- Your Community, Universal, Targeted and Specialist Services This will incorporate building community capacity, and embedding this into caseload, team and locality management. Responsible for the management of caseload allocation as per locality/team, and classify cases in line national stratify of Universal, Universal plus and Universal partnership plus. Work in accordance to the Locality commissioned service specification, to ensure the 5 mandated reviews are completed within required timescales, services provided are evidence based practice and the 6 High impact areas are embedded within practice. To improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people especially those from disadvantaged groups. To Identify, prioritise, develop and implement programmes of care to meet individual and local needs, taking into account cultural diversity. This will be achieved through evidence based assessments, effective care planning and implementation of a range of support packages for individual families, targeting the most vulnerable families and groups utilising best available evidence About us NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Details Date posted 08 September 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £39,959 to £48,117 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number GHC-3EL-001997 Job locations Grays Health Centre Grays Essex RM17 5BY United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities Main duties of the job To provide key contacts as per the Healthy Child programme, identifying and assessing health needs. Working within the wider multidisciplinary team to provide appropriate support for families. To identify and assess children 0-5 with complex health needs, offering an enhanced integrated service within the multi agency team. To identify possible safeguarding concerns and escalate for support as required, working with other agencies across the borough. You will need to have the ability to work autonomously and as part of an integrated skill mix team. You need to have excellent communication skills and experience of working in partnership across organisational boundaries. You need to be willing to facilitate and support change in service delivery.. Starting with NELFT NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex. Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff). High Cost Area Supplement – Fringe (Basildon, Thurrock, Brentwood, Harlow and Dartford only) This post also attr