SCPHN Specialist Practitioner (Safeguarding)

We are seeking an experienced Specialist Community Public Health Nurse SCPHN Specialist Practitioner to play a pivotal role in delivering the Healthy Child Programme and improving health outcomes for vulnerable children, young people and families. In this position, you will undertake comprehensive assessments and lead the management of Child Protection and Child in Need cases. You will offer specialist clinical expertise, ensuring the highest standards of evidence based care while championing a child centred approach across all elements of practice.

As a SCPHN Specialist Practitioner within the 019 Public Health Nursing Service, you will provide professional supervision, guidance and support to practitioners, helping to build capability and consistency across the workforce. You will work collaboratively with multiagency partners, contribute to clinical governance, prepare high quality reports, and support the development and implementation of policies and pathways. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated SCPHN who is passionate about reducing inequalities, influencing practice, and driving positive outcomes for the most vulnerable families.

Here at Barnsley Council, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. We're proud to deliver the 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service, which is at the forefront of care provision for the children and young people of Barnsley. We recognise that our greatest asset is our employees, which is why for all successful nursing 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., At Barnsley Council you can start a career that makes a real difference to peoples lives, helping our council and residents to be the best they can be.

We're an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.

There's so much happening in our thriving borough, and now's the perfect time to join our excellent0-19 Public Health Nursing team as we work to make Barnsley the place of possibilities.

Our 0-19 Public Health Nursing Service is rated Outstanding by CQC, as part of our team, you can be sure we'll 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.