Specialist Health Visitor, Children with Special Needs & Disabilities
| Posting date: | 16 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £56,276.00 to £63,176.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £56276.00 - £63176.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, NW5 2BX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9333-25-0898 |
Summary
Clinical Provide specialist advice to Health Visitors and other community practitioners in supporting children with disabilitities. Act as the first point of contact for those children referred and accepted to MOSAIC CDT or the Down Syndrome Pathway and undertake the initial contact for onboarding and access to waiting supports. Ensure relevant information from initial assessment is shared with CDT staff/Down Syndrome team. Participate in the multidisciplinary assessments and reviews where appropriate.] To link with the complex care team when necessary and attend discharge planning meetings for children referred to MOSIAC CDT from hospital, as required. To identify services from which families may benefit, assisting parents in their choices of service and make appropriate referrals. To make any additional relevant referrals to enable families to access the necessary support, eg opthalmology, early help. To act in accordance with the CNWL Safeguarding Children & Young People Policy & the London Child Protection Procedures; taking prompt action in relation to children where there is cause for concern To support families and staff within CDT where there are safeguarding concerns and attend case conferences and core group meetings. To support work alongside the MDT Coordinator and MOSAIC Service Manager with transition planning forchildren moving from the CDT to School Health where staff member has been involved. Ensure that contemporaneous records of all contact with children, young people, and their parents / other professionals involved in the care of the child or young person are maintained. Recording and providing information activity and service data as required. Advising and supporting parents and children on strategies to promote good health. Demonstrate advanced verbal and communication skills and the ability to communicate difficult or sometimes distressing information effectively on occasions, to clients, families and colleagues. 2. Partnership Working Work closely with partner agencies and the Special Educational Needs team in order to provide relevant and up to date information about their services, to families on how to access their supports e.g. SENDIAS, EYIT. T To signpost families towards the key working servicese.g. Family Workers, Early Help, Information and Engagement Team and Family Hubs. To ensure clarity about the role of the Specialist Health Visitor with parents/carers and other colleagues within the health service, local authority and voluntary agencies. To work in partnership with paediatric and therapy colleagues to identify priorities and support management of health and developmental needs. P Participate in decision making panels as appropriate eg triage panel, as required To work closely with other members of the wider MOSAIC Team, participating in team meetings, and supporting objective setting, clinical governance priorities and the overall functioning of the team. To attend CDT Clinical Lead meetings and other relevant working groups and participate in service improvements and redesigns as required. 3. Educational Facilitate the personal and professional development of staff by participating in training and education programmes for staff within CNWL, partner agencies, using expertise on issues relating to children with special needs and related issues. To provide a training to pre and post registration students and trainees in MOSAIC services. To be responsible for own professional development and keep up-to-date with best evidence based practice. Participate in quality improvement projects as identified by the team leaders in health Visiting and MOSAIC To act as a resource within MOSAIC and Health Visiting services concerning current development within the service, taking forward initiatives to share best practice, acting as a clinical role model within the team by demonstrating high levels of clinical practice. Contributes to and participates in the development of audit, evidence based practice, clinical governance activity and research where appropriate.. Encourage carer/user feedback and involvement to inform the development of the service.