HCRG Care Group is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Specialist Health Visitor to join our Vulnerable Families Team in Slough. This is a fantastic opportunity for a dedicated professional who is passionate about delivering outstanding specialist clinical services to a diverse and highly mobile population.
As a Specialist Health Visitor, you will play a crucial role in supporting families with complex needs, including those experiencing social deprivation, housing instability, or high levels of morbidity. You will hold a caseload of families receiving specialist and targeted services under the Healthy Child Programme, working in partnership with those facing challenges such as:
New to the country
Drug and/or alcohol misuse
Domestic abuse
Mental illness
Temporary accommodation & disengagement from local services.
Your expertise will be key in identifying highly vulnerable families, conducting assessments, coordinating family health plans, and ensuring targeted support to reduce health inequalities and improve long-term outcomes.
We are looking for someone who is hardworking, adaptable, and a passionate leader—committed to making a tangible difference in the lives of children and families in Slough. In return, we offer an exciting, development-focused role with plenty of opportunities for growth and career progression.
If you're ready for a new challenge and want to be part of a supportive, forward-thinking team, we’d love to hear from you!
Package DescriptionAs a Band 7 Specialist Health Visitor, you will be part of our valued team in our Slough Child &Family Wellbeing Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
Band 6 Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Main ResponsibilitiesAs a Specialist Health Visitor, you will be responsible for:
Specialist Support & Assessment: Access and apply research, legislation, and policy on homelessness, mental health, domestic abuse, and substance misuse to assess and support vulnerable families.
Multi-Agency Collaboration: Manage referrals from agencies such as midwifery, police, early help, and children’s services, contributing to audits, reports, and service planning.
Community & Outreach Work: Provide health and wellbeing support to families in temporary accommodations, including hotels, B&Bs, and refuges. Assess health needs and deliver targeted care in line with the Healthy Child Programme.
Language & Accessibility Support: Arrange translation services to help non-English-speaking families access healthcare and support.
Pathway Development: Establish and maintain links with health partners, primary care, local authorities, and voluntary agencies, particularly for new arrivals to the UK.
Monitoring & Evaluation: Record and track intervention outcomes to demonstrate service impact and effectiveness.
Representation & Training: Represent Slough Child and Family Wellbeing at panels (Early Help, MARAC, MASH, Housing) and contribute to multi-agency training and planning.
Professional Standards: Maintain accurate records, participate in supervision and audits, comply with clinical governance, and complete all mandatory training.
Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilities
The Ideal CandidateEssential
Registered Nurse with a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification (Degree/Diploma).
Additional post-registration clinical skills training relevant to the role (e.g., domestic abuse, substance misuse).
Strong safeguarding knowledge, with experience producing high-quality reports for multi-agency child protection teams and court proceedings.
Minimum two years' post-qualification experience, including working with vulnerable and hard-to-reach groups.
Proven ability to manage a complex caseload independently, supporting families with high levels of vulnerability.
Expert knowledge in child and family health and development.
Advanced communication and engagement skills, demonstrating resilience in challenging situations.
A strong commitment to equality, diversity, and anti-discriminatory practice.
Excellent observation and listening skills, with a compassionate and professional approach.
Ability to work effectively under pressure, multitask, and maintain accuracy in data recording.
Proactive in identifying and escalating concerns to ensure early intervention.
A flexible and adaptable mindset, with a commitment to continuous learning.
Desirable
Further educational development, such as a Master’s degree or postgraduate training in a relevant field.
Leadership training and/or experience in line management.
Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification
About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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