Job summary
- Main area
- Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home visiting {MECSH} Supervisor
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: NO
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 824-INNER-7212189
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Park Medical Centre
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £54,320 - £60,981 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home visiting {MECSH} Supervisor
Band 7
Job overview
MECSH is a licenced intervention programme delivered within Hammersmith and Fulham 0 -19 Service.
The MECSH Supervisor will work with the MECSH co-ordinator and Health visitor teams. They will have the key responsibility to support the Health Visitors to effectively implement the MECSH Programme within their practice and work collaboratively with them to improve the
equity and quality of child and family health service delivery.
They will support clinical practices for MESCH within their allocated teams through training, reflection, supervision and case review and have a pro-rated caseload of generic clients which will include MECSH clients.
They will be responsible for the allocation of MECSH clients within a team and act as a role model for practice. They will provide training for new staff into the teams on MECSH They will work collaboratively with the Health Visiting Team Leads.
Main duties of the job
- To hold a small caseload of MECSH clients
- Undertake home visits in accordance with MECSH
- Use high level interpersonal and communication skills to provide and receive complex and often highly sensitive information. Use strengths based, solution focused strategies and motivational interviewing skills to enable families to develop behaviour change strategies.
- Use professional and clinical judgement to undertake detailed assessments of clients and their families and analyse complex family situations in order to develop appropriate clinical interventions.
- Actively engage and work with all members of the extended family to achieve positive outcomes for children.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse or Midwife
- Registered Community and public Health Nurse (Health Visitor)
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Current NMC registration
Desirable criteria
- Post-graduate master’s degree in a relevant subject area or working towards
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of recent post-registration nursing experience in community nursing
- Experience of teaching others and mentoring students
- Experience of evidence-based practice
- Demonstrated experience of co-working in complex and challenging environments
- Experience of managing risks and reporting and escalating concerns
- Experience of holding child protection case load
- Understanding of the public sector
- Understanding of the wider healthcare environment
- Good understanding of IT and community recording systems
- Sound Knowledge of multi-agency working (children and families)
- Sound Knowledge of legislation and policy, e.g. Children Act 1989, 2004, Data protection, and NHS Confidentiality Guidance
- Experience of assessing risk and need for children
Desirable criteria
- Experience of innovative practice
Skills
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of national child protection guidance and policies, relevant NSFs and other national standards
- Knowledge of current health care policy and relevance to the delivery of healthcare services
- Detailed knowledge of primary care and collaborative working with other care providers, e.g. social care and voluntary services
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
- Basic computer skills e.g. use of Word, Powerpoint, Excel
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carol Cork
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Inner Public Health Nursing
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07944550263
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