Health Visitor

Job summary Are you a qualified Health Visitor looking to make a lasting difference to the lives of children and families? Join our Public Health Nursing team in Yeovil and play a key role in delivering the Healthy Child Programme, improving health outcomes, reducing inequalities, and providing early support to families across Somerset. You'll work as part of a collaborative service dedicated to helping children thrive and enabling families to achieve the best possible outcomes. About the Role As a Health Visitor, you will deliver specialist public health nursing services for children and families across your community. You'll assess needs, provide early intervention and preventative support, work closely with partner agencies, and help ensure families receive the right support at the right time. Main duties of the job How You'll Make a Difference Deliver public health nursing services that promote the health, wellbeing and development of children and families. Assess needs and develop tailored plans to provide effective support and intervention. Build positive relationships with families, offering guidance, advice and practical support. Work collaboratively with health, education, social care and voluntary sector partners. Identify and respond to safeguarding concerns to help keep children safe. Promote positive parenting, healthy lifestyles and improved outcomes through early intervention and prevention. What You'll Bring A recognised Health Visitor qualification and current professional registration. Experience working with children, families and communities in a health or public health setting. Strong knowledge of safeguarding, child protection and risk assessment processes. The ability to manage a varied caseload and prioritise competing demands effectively. Excellent communication and relationship-building skills. Confidence working collaboratively with a wide range of professionals and partner organisations. Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a car for work. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010. About us At Somerset Council, we're a progressive organisation committed to improving lives and shaping better services for our communities. Based in one of England's most beautiful counties, it's a great place to build your career and enjoy an excellent quality of life. 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional leave. Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), one of the UK's most enhanced and secure pension schemes. Flexible and hybrid working arrangements to support work-life balance, where service needs allow. Health and wellbeing support, including access to confidential employee assistance services. Paid volunteering opportunities, helping you make a difference both inside and outside of work. We believe diversity makes us stronger and are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences, whose unique perspectives help us better serve the people of Somerset. If you submit an application for this role via NHS Jobs, we will upload your details to our applicant tracking system. Please see our privacy statement in the link Details Date posted 19 October 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £31,967 to £38,493 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number K0002-26-0036 Job locations The Council Offices Brympton Way Yeovil BA20 2HT United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities 1. Responsible for ensuring the co-ordination and delivery of skilled, effective care to promote positive health and respond to identified, individual client and population/community needs. This will reflect the prime objective of tackling disadvantage and inequality to impact on the health divide and effectively participate in the mainstream development of Early Help Services to fully embrace the ethos of integrated care delivery. 2. Provide professional and team leadership to manage a defined team delivering care to a geographical caseload/population. Undertake an ongoing community health needs profile of the caseload identifying individual, family and community needs affecting health and social well-being, including Emotional Health Screening, assessing the need for specific services and ensuring that the appropriate level of interaction is provided and co-ordinated. 3. Work with vulnerable children and families in line with national and local policies relating to safeguarding children and provide specialist support and advice to children, families and schools regarding the health and wellbeing needs of children. 4. Work in partnership with other agencies, particularly health services, education and social care. Manage and co-ordinate programmes of intervention for a caseload made up of individual children and families, to plan, implement, monitor and review programmes of intervention