Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – Children in Care | £36,648 – £43,421 (Career Grade)

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Job title: Specialist Community Public Health Nurse – Children in Care | £36,648 – £43,421 (Career Grade)

Company: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Job description: Position reference: 50110732

Salary: £36,648 – £43,421 (Career Grade) Plus laptop & phone

Working Arrangements: Monday-Friday

Hours per week: 37

Contract type: Permanent

We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.

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Closing date: 26/01/2024 at 23:59

The successful candidate will be required to speak English to an appropriate standard.

This post requires an Enhanced DBS Check

If you are currently living overseas or have lived overseas in the last five years please be aware, if you are the preferred candidate for the post, you will be required to apply for an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in. If you experience difficulty in obtaining an overseas criminal record check please email

Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.

How do we sum up Barnsley Council? Well, we’re a double award-winning, high-performing council with a growing economy, a thriving town centre and some truly impressive outcomes in our communities. This is why we’ve been awarded Council of the Year for 2023 by the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) and The Municipal Journal (MJ).

Our excellent Public Health service has been a key part of our win; we’re so proud of what we’ve achieved not just for the council but for our partners and Barnsley.

We’re impressed. Are you? It’s the perfect time to join our excellent team.

About the Post:

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly ambitious, innovative, energetic, friendly, and high achieving 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service we are seeking to recruit a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health Visitor or School Nurse) who is passionate about wanting to lead and support the provision of a high-quality Children in Care service. We know that our greatest asset is our employees, which is why for successful candidates we will recognise your NHS continuous service for the purposes of annual leave and sickness absence, and you can continue to access the NHS Pension Scheme if you are an existing scheme member.

To ensure continued provision of the Public Health Nursing Service within Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council we are seeking to recruit a dedicated, motivated, and innovative Specialist Community Public Health Nurse to work in our Children in Care Team.

About the post

The Children in Care SCPHN will work as an integral part of a multi-agency service to provide a seamless pathway for Children in Care and Care Leavers. The primary focus of this role will be to undertake statutory health assessments, develop and undertake age-appropriate health promotion advice, attendance at statutory reviews, and the delivery of the healthy child programme with children and young people in care to improve their life chances and health outcomes. The post holder will work with children in care, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children/young people, children with complex health needs, care leavers and their parents/carers. Following national and local guidelines, plan, organise, deliver, and evaluate comprehensive health assessments to assess and formulate the complex needs of a looked after child or young person using evidence-based knowledge to develop health plans towards improving the long-term health outcomes for looked after children and will act as a resource providing health advice to children, carers, and professionals.

In the role as SCPHN, you will need,

You will need to be a registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) with sound knowledge and understanding of the Healthy Child Programme and related policies and pathways. You will need to be able to identify risk, assess, plan, and deliver care, providing evidenced based interventions to support children, young people, and care leavers within Barnsley. Be a highly motivated, innovative, and adaptable practitioner who is committed to taking a child centred approach with the ability to identify health needs as early as possibility and improve health and wellbeing by promoting health, preventing ill health, and reducing inequalities. You will need to be able to plan and prioritise your own workload and the ability to travel to a range of venues and settings is essential. We are seeking an experienced nurse who can contribute to ongoing service improvement initiatives demonstrating a commitment that the “voice” and lived experience of the child and young person is at the heart of all decision making and clinical care planning. Experience of safeguarding and multi-agency working is also key to the role. The team also take responsibility for children placed out of borough. This includes undertaking the health assessment and/or liaison with other agencies and services, coordinating effective care and acting as an advocate where necessary.

Why is it great to work in Barnsley.

Barnsley is a place of possibilities. Our Barnsley 2030 Strategy details how we will work together to make Barnsley the best place it can be. This is an exciting time to join us, and the team has strong working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, making our work more effective in meeting the needs of our population and tackling health inequalities.

Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. Our 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service is rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC. As part of our team, you can be sure we will do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. We offer a full induction programme, and excellent training packages to enable you to have the right skills to do your job, including regular supervision to help you recognise your continued professional development needs and support you to achieve your potential.

We offer working conditions that are flexible and agile that support good life work balance. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. There is so much happening in our thriving Borough and your talent and skills will help make Barnsley a place of possibilities.

We would encourage interested applicants to contact Gemma Conway Tel; 07720031333 email

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We welcome the opportunity to have a chat about the role and are happy to address any questions you may have about flexible working arrangements, including as a result of caring responsibilities.

We’re committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued and everyone truly feels able to be themselves. If you have any support needs during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Expected salary: £36648 – 43421 per year

Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Job date: Sat, 13 Jan 2024 01:03:37 GMT

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