Health Visitor Lead — Community & Child Wellbeing

NHS Jobs; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Somerset Council is seeking an experienced Health Visitor to coordinate and deliver skilled care, addressing health inequalities and working within Early Help services to promote integrated care. You will lead a health visiting team, manage a geographic caseload, collaborate with schools, health services and social care, and ensure safeguarding, data quality, and effective care planning.

The role also requires DBS clearance and fluency in English; strong partnership work and commitment to

Qualifications

• DBS check required prior to appointment.
• Fluent English essential for customer-facing role.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and deliver skilled care to promote health and tackle disadvantage and inequality, contributing to integrated Early Help Services.
• Provide professional and team leadership to manage a defined team delivering care to a geographical caseload, assessing needs and coordinating interventions.
• Work with vulnerable children and families within safeguarding policies, offering specialist health guidance to children, families and schools.
• Partner with health, education and social care to plan, implement, monitor and review intervention programmes for the caseload.
• Identify vulnerable/at-risk children, respond to abuse incidents, and ensure child protection documentation complies with guidelines.
• Attend local policy groups and participate in projects, audits and research to improve service delivery.
• Maintain knowledge of public health targets and governance, aligning practice with national frameworks and priorities.
• Manage care plans and allocate workloads within the health visiting team, monitoring outcomes and reviewing effectiveness.
• Collaborate with families and agencies to promote healthy lifestyles and parenting, delivering education and support programmes.
• Provide safe clinical advice and prescribers formulary guidance where appropriate.
• Investigate complaints and incidents and complete risk assessments per policy.
• Offer guidance to families to access available support services and strengthen safeguarding.
• Uphold equality, diversity, health, safety, and organisational values in all activity.

Job description

Somerset Council is seeking an experienced Health Visitor to coordinate and deliver skilled care, addressing health inequalities and working within Early Help services to promote integrated care. You will lead a health visiting team, manage a geographic caseload, collaborate with schools, health services and social care, and ensure safeguarding, data quality, and effective care planning.

The role also requires DBS clearance and fluency in English; strong partnership work and commitment to