Health Visiting Team Leader

at  Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

PART TIME POST 30 HOURS PER WEEK

You will be working in a fully integrated Start Well team with restorative practice at its heart.
Team Leaders are an integral part of Start well, leading developments alongside Locality Leads and managing a range of Start Well staff.
You will work collaboratively with Start Well Team Leaders and School Age Plus Team Leaders to deliver an integrated Start Well and Early help service
To effectively communicate the purpose and function of the team, across the Stockport Family Service and with key partner agencies
To ensure effective information sharing and collaborative working is facilitated within integrated services for children, young people and families through
To ensure that service users’ views are incorporated into the development of services and work towards increased coproduction of services
To effectively communicate complex information to a wide range of colleagues, service users and other stakeholders
To deal with sensitive and confidential information relating to staff or service issues appropriately.
To maintain a service culture which places children, young people and families at the heart of the service.
To promote the vision for the Stockport Family Service both within the locality and across the borough.
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
NHS pension scheme membership
Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
NHS Staff discounts
Cycle to work scheme
Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
You will be responsible for patient care with the oversight of named health visitor and vacant caseloads
You will contribute to policy and practice development through pathways and evidence based practice, ensuring the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and GM Early Years delivery model.
You will identify areas that require development and improvement and be solution focused to contribute to solutions.
You will be responsible for human resource line managing a number of staff. You will utilise clinical supervision and follow HR policy and procedure.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13

Please refer the Job description for details