Health Visitor

Locala Health and Wellbeing; Halifax; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization based in Halifax is seeking a Health Visitor to deliver quality services to children and families. This role focuses on promoting child development and public health issues within the community. The position offers flexible working hours and an opportunity to make a meaningful impact on local families. Ideal candidates will have a background in health visiting and embrace the organization's vision and values.

Benefits

Flexible working

Generous pension scheme

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in health visiting or a related field.
• Ability to work flexibly and responsibly with children and families.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality service to children and families in the community.
• Deliver Getting Ready for Baby Sessions.
• Promote child development and safeguarding.

Job description

Overview

Job Role: Health Visitor

Band: 6 (£38,682 - £46,580)

Hours: Up to 34hrs negotiable per week

Contract: Permanent

Responsibilities

We are looking for enthusiastic Health Visitors to join our service that is based at Horsfall House in Halifax, with the opportunity to work flexibly within the community. Health Visitors can make a real difference to children, families and communities and play a fundamental role in the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, promoting child development, safeguarding children, preventing social exclusion and deprivation, and tackling important public health issues.

As a health visitor you will be responsible for a caseload of children and families requiring various levels of intervention. You will be responsible for providing a quality service to these clients including delivering Getting Ready for Baby Sessions alongside children’s centres.

We are looking for Health Visitors who embrace our Locala vision and values. Part-time hours can be negotiated to accommodate the successful candidate’s needs and the needs of the service.

To find out more about Locala see our ‘Thrive Strategy’ (link)

For more information please refer to Job description and Person specification

For further details contact Corinne Prescott [e-mail] or Hannah Topliss [e-mail]

Closing date 13th October 2025 at 23:55

We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the stated date should we receive sufficient applications.

About us

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

“Locala is a ‘Disability Confident’ employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.”

Benefits

• Flexible working – We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension – We offer a generous, defined contribution pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Refer a Friend Scheme – If you know a friend or family member who works at Locala on a substantive contract, you may be able to take advantage of our Refer a Friend Scheme. You both could receive a reward of £500 each, after you have successfully started your role with us.