Job summary
- Main area
- Health Visiting
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6384349
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stopford House
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Start Well Team Leader - Health Visiting and Early Years
Band 7
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
FULL TIME POST 37.5 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 the Family Hub Neighbourhood Lead and managing a range of Start Well staff.
You will work collaboratively with Start Well Team Leaders and Family Help Team Leaders to deliver an integrated Start Well and Early help service.
Main duties of the job
- To provide leadership and day to day line management of an integrated team of staff within a neighbourhood in the Stockport Family Service.
- To work collaboratively and creatively with settings and other agencies to deliver interventions in support of high quality outcomes for children, young people and their families.
- To work with the Neighbourhood Lead and Start Well Team Leaders to ensure the effective delivery of the Start Well plan, Healthy Child Programme and key service priorities.
• To provide training, support and supervision related to electronic recording systems across Stockport Family.
• To work in partnership with the leadership team in identifying, managing and supporting learning related to risk within the service.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
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.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
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.
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Person specification
Knowledge -Skills- Experience-Qualification
Essential criteria
- Band 6 or 7, with at leasr 2 years experience
- Knowledge and skills of leadership
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leadership role within a health setting
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified registered Health Visitor
- at least 2 years experience
- Leadership experience
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge and sklls
- In post traiing in relevant skills
Essential
Essential criteria
- Registered Health Visitor
- 2 years of HV experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading teams
Essential
Essential criteria
- Skills described and good example of application given
Desirable criteria
- More than 2 years in a leadership role
Essential
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of the national agenda for children and families
Desirable criteria
- Excellent examples of application
Essential
Essential criteria
- Able to describe example of managing conflict
Desirable criteria
- Described example of excellent outcome from own actions
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hayley Rowan
- Job title
- Family Hub Neighbourhood Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07875990157
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