Health Visitor Job in Sheffield Recruiting by Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job overview

The South Community Mental Health Service is undergoing an exciting transformation with additional resource allocation to provide ongoing intensive support to the population of the Sheffield, this includes working towards a joint approach with Primary Care and the Voluntary Care Sector, reviewing the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) Service Criteria and working in discreet small teams into local communities leading to a high quality care standard.

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The successful candidate will be supported with their leadership team through dedicated supervision with highly experienced and motivated team managers, where learning opportunities will be supported and encouraged. From the multi-disciplinary team, we offer regular CPD sessions and candidates are encouraged to bring their own interests to the team to share and develop their specific interests in mental health.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with people providing support to service-users working in a discreet Care Group alongside Primary Care Networks in the South of Sheffield. You will promote positive outcomes by working with people in a proactive, practical sense encouraging service-users independence. You will work with your care team to ensure the service promotes healthy lifestyles, opportunities to enhance knowledge about mental health and provide encouragement to participate in care. You will liaise with other services to ensure a service-users journey remains as seamless as possible and report back to the MDT in a weekly meeting.

Working for our organisation

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust is a major employer and provider of services. Our Service Users, Carers and Staff are central, and our Values are important, to the delivery of high-quality care. We actively seek out individuals who share these values:

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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We aim to be an organisation that is diverse and inclusive and to meet this aim we welcome applications from people with a wide range of life experience and whose diversity echoes the diversity of Sheffield, that of the people who use our services, and that of the people who may need to use our services but face barriers to access. Please think about your personal values and how these align with our values when you are applying. Find out more about our organisation through our website.

We are a Disability Confident employer level 2 and hope to achieve level 3 this year. We offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. When you apply you will have the opportunity to let us know if you require adjustments to be made, please contact us if you are not sure or if you require adjustments to the application process itself.

Our six staff network groups welcome new members, these are:

We know how important flexible working can be to applicants and therefore we encourage you to discuss any working arrangements as part of this process. We will always aim to accommodate requests, wherever possible.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children and as part of our safe recruitment practice the successful applicant(s) will be subject to a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if it is deemed appropriate for the role. The cost of the DBS check (currently up to £48.23) must be met by the successful applicant(s).