• Job Description

  Req#: C9245-25-0343?language=en&page=1001&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Health Visitor - Homeless/Asylum/Refugee Families - 30 hours per week

  Are you a Health Visitor eager to make a real difference with the children, young people and families in Tameside?

  Our Healthy Child Programme 0-19 (25 SEND) Service for Health Visiting and School Nursing has a vision to improve health outcomes for our population and influence the wider determinants of health, through collaboration with the people of Tameside and Glossop and our health and care partners.We are currently progressing through an exciting service transformation in conjunction with all our team.

  Our skilled and diverse neighbourhood teams are looking for a Health Visitor who has a passion for improving the lives through public health, specifically for those families facing homelessness or seeking asylum or refugee status.

  This role delivers SCPHN Health Visiting care from a designated caseload within a small team, in conjunction with and as part of the wider Healthy Child Programme 0-19 (25 SEND) service. The small team link with the local authority and wider partners in identifying families who face homelessness/ asylum seeking or refugee status. Following the completion of a health needs assessment and triage process, the work to support these families from a public health perspective is undertaken by the named Health Visitor or signposted to the wider 0-19 service.

  Main duties of the job

  You will provide compassionate, community-based support to children, young people, and families in Tameside in Greater Manchester, helping them stay healthy. You will be responsible for a caseload of children and deliver the Healthy Child Programme within a team. To ensure children receive the best start in life and school readiness is promoted.These families will have been identified as those who face homelessness/ asylum seeking or refugee status. Alongside another HV practitioner and a Quality support officer, you will deliver the Healthy Child Programme at a universal, targeted and specialist level, in collaboration with the wider 0-19 Service.

  You will be required to lead and manage the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme, working with complex cases including safeguarding. Identifying at the earliest opportunity children with Special Educational Needs and Disability - signposting and supporting children, young people and families whilst being leaders in public health. You will work in collaboration with our neighbourhoods' communities, voluntary and statutory agencies.

  Professional development is a high priority for us, and we provide a range of training opportunities and in-house expertise that will support your professional and personal development. Successful candidates will receive safeguarding supervision and service-specific training.

  The post is based in the Tameside area only.

  About us

  Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

  We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:

  • Compassion
  • Accountability
  • Respect
  • Excellence

  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 Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.

  Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.

  Details

  Date posted

  15 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  245-NAM6HV-07-25

  Job locations

  Cricket's Lane Clinic,

  Cricket's Lane

  Ashton Under Lyne

  OL6 6NG

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

  The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

  The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • SCPHN qualification - health visiting

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • UK Nursing and Midwifery Council Registered Nurse or Midwife
  • Registered independent Nurse Prescriber V100

  Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to travel in the area

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Have experience of Health Visiting within a variety of communities with varying public health needs

  Desirable

  • Experience of Working with different communities including minority and ethnic groups
  • Experience of working with children and families experiencing homelessness, seeking asylum or refugee status

  Skills

  Essential

  • Demonstrate a high level of communication skills required for complex and sensitive issues

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • SCPHN qualification - health visiting

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • UK Nursing and Midwifery Council Registered Nurse or Midwife
  • Registered independent Nurse Prescriber V100

  Skills

  Essential

  • Ability to travel in the area

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • Have experience of Health Visiting within a variety of communities with varying public health needs

  Desirable

  • Experience of Working with different communities including minority and ethnic groups
  • Experience of working with children and families experiencing homelessness, seeking asylum or refugee status

  Skills

  Essential

  • Demonstrate a high level of communication skills required for complex and sensitive issues

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Cricket's Lane Clinic,

  Cricket's Lane

  Ashton Under Lyne

  OL6 6NG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Cricket's Lane Clinic,

  Cricket's Lane

  Ashton Under Lyne

  OL6 6NG

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.tamesidehospital.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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