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Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us click here.
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Best Start Inclusion Health Visitor
This is a new post created to support the government Best Start strategy with a focus on supporting families who find the health visiting service hard to access and those with children who have SEND or emerging SEND needs. The post will be based within the health visiting team but will also require close working with staff within the family hub.
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 salary for these roles are equivalent to NHS Band 6.
About the role
The Best Start Inclusion Health Visitor plays a pivotal role in championing equitable access to health services for families with children aged 0-5 years and ensuring that they receive the support needed to reach a good level of development by the end of reception.
The postholder will:
- Provide expert guidance, support and strategic input to the wider health visiting team in relation to SEND and underserved communities.
- Line manager and provide supervision for the Targeted Support Nursery Nurses.
- Undertake direct work with families holding a small targeted caseload.
- Work collaboratively with family hub, health and education to build positive relationships with community leaders.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Tonya Curtis - Public Health Nursing Lead at tonya.curtis@achievingforchildren.org.uk.
About you
You will bring passion for supporting children and seeing them reach their potential, you will also:
- Be educated to a degree level with a relevant professional qualification as a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. RGN/RMH/RMW/ Dip HE (Child/adult/Learning disabilities) and Nursing and Midwifery Council membership.
- Possess extensive knowledge of child development and proven experience supporting children with complex SEND needs.
- Demonstrate experience working with underserved children and families, with the ability to design, implement, and evaluate interventions that deliver positive outcomes.
- Demonstrate experience in building strong partnerships, maintaining relationships and co-producing solutions to challenges across a diverse set of stakeholders, including children, young people and their families, advocating on behalf of our service users.
- Hold a driving licence and have use of a vehicle to travel effectively to undertake work.
About our benefits
We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:
- 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month (Or for term-time workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract)
- Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
- Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
- Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- A range of staff benefits and discounts
- An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway
To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children click here. For our social work offer click here. For our Recruitment Journey, click here.
Important Information
Start dates: Achieving for Children have set start dates meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.
Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.
Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
