Exciting opportunity with iHV – Professional Development Officer, PIMH

Exciting and unique development opportunity with the Institute

Professional Development Officer, Perinatal and Infant Mental Health, ideally based South of England

The iHV is seeking to appoint a full-time health visitor expert in perinatal and infant mental health and practice development to work with them supporting their European project, training and various other related projects, as well as covering some national meetings, a job share would be considered.

The post holder, who will have a masters’ degree, will preferably be based in the South of England and will be prepared to travel within the post, mostly within the UK, but potentially also to European countries. They will ideally be an iHV infant and perinatal mental health (PIMH) champion or a specialist health visitor for PIMH, have broad experience in these fields, with additional research, or project development experience.

A confident self-starter, they will deliver the requirements of our European project, training, attend meetings, develop regional forums for our PIMH champions and input advice to other workstreams on request.

The post holder will be highly respected by colleagues for their capacity to drive and deliver local professional developments.

1 year post in the first instance with a definite expectation of extension, a job share would be considered. The Institute offers a competitive pension scheme.

Applications close: Thursday 26 November 2020

Interviews: Wednesday 2 December 2020

For further details, job description and application form

REMINDER: Exciting opportunity with PHE

PHE SLC Health Visitor Sessional Trainer Band 7 Secondment Opportunity – closing date midnight on 11 Nov 2020

The National Nursing, Midwifery and Early Years directorate in Public Health England (PHE) is looking to recruit Health Visitor Sessional Trainers, on a band 7 secondment opportunity, as part of the PHE Best Start in Speech Language and Communication (SLC) Programme.

They are seeking applications from motivated and enthusiastic individuals who will focus on the coordination and delivery of virtual training to frontline health visitors and early years practitioners across England, focusing on the use of a new early language identification measure and intervention and provide feedback to national leads.

The roles will support the dissemination of a package of new guidance and materials aimed at supporting speech, language and communication development locally.

Please see attached Job Description.

The role: To deliver national training sessions to health visiting teams and early years practitioners on the use of a new SLC early language identification measure and intervention for the 2-2.5 year review.

Essential to apply: Has previously completed the PHE/DfE speech, language and communication 1 day train-the-trainer programme from the Institute of Health Visiting (between 2018 and 2019), and was involved in cascading the speech, language and communication training.

Working days: 1-3 a month

Agenda for Change: Band 7

Dates: 7 December 2020 – 31 March 2021

Induction and Training: To take place early December 2020

Funding: Back fill will be provided to your organisation for your secondment days.

To apply: Please send your CV and supporting statement of no more than 500 words by midnight on 11 Nov 2020 to [email protected].

The supporting statement should include:

- How your experience matches the requirements of the person specification
- The personal development you expect to gain if successful in the role

Interview Date: Week of 16 November 2020

For further information or an informal discussion about the post, please contact Pauline Bigwood at [email protected]

Exciting opportunity – Operations Manager

Exciting opportunity with the Institute

New Post: Operations Manager

Based Emsworth, Hants (some home working necessary during Covid)

The Institute of Health Visiting is seeking to appoint an experienced operational/finance manager to join its corporate operations team in its South Coast office in Emsworth. They will work closely with the Head of Operations and the Executive Director.

This full-time post, based in our South Coast admin hub, is a pivotal role in the organisation and the right candidate will find they are joining ‘a supportive family’. The post will suit candidates who like a fast pace, new challenges, and who are able to provide exceptional attention to detail alongside managing a growing administration team. Development opportunities assured. Outstanding communication skills are essential.

For further details, job description and application form

Applications close: 9.00 am on 10 November 2020

Interviews: Friday 13 November (please keep this date clear if you are interested in the post)

Start date: ASAP December 2020

Exciting opportunity with iHV – Project Support Officer

This vacancy is now closed.

Exciting and unique local opportunity with the Institute of Health Visiting – Project Support Officer

Based Emsworth, Hampshire

12 months in the first instance

The iHV is seeking to appoint a part-time (2 days a week) Project Support Officer to support the team in delivery of commissioned projects within time, budget and to a high standard. The post holder will be expected to undertake a wide variety of tasks including communicating with stakeholders, assisting with and delivery of current and new projects, and working as part of a vibrant team.

The post holder will be based in the Institute’s Emsworth admin office.

The right person will be an experienced administrator/ project support, a self-starter who can work with minimum supervision to tight deadlines. They will have excellent keyboard, organisation and communication skills.

In return for joining us with this skill base, we offer you the opportunity to join a unique and vibrant national charity and professional body where two days are never the same.

Days and Hours – 15 hours a week over 2 days fixed to Wednesday and Friday (Please don’t apply unless you can work these days only)

For further details, job description and how to apply

Applications close: 9.00 am, Thursday 13 February 2020

Interviews: In Emsworth, Thursday 20 February 2020

Start date: As soon as possible

Exciting opportunity with iHV – Research Associate

Exciting and unique opportunity with the Institute of Health Visiting

Research Associate

Based in Kent, Essex or London

Applications are invited for a Research Associate at the Institute of Health Visiting (iHV) for a fixed term period of ten months. The post is available from early March, following successful appointment. The research is funded by Health Education England (HEE) working across Kent, Surrey and Sussex.

Applications are invited from highly motivated researchers with an interest in public health, doctor-patient communication, behaviour change, implementation science and/or health services research to join the iHV as a research associate. The post holder will join the research team to work on the, “Improving the delivery of different news study 2”. This study follows the feasibility study which was completed in 2019. It is an applied research study involving both families and Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) to establish best practices for delivering different news to families. “Different news” describes the process of imparting information relating to an unborn child or a newborn having a condition associated with a learning disability. This mixed-methods study aims to expand on the findings of the feasibility study and to develop, deliver and evaluate a training intervention to improve the process of delivering different news to families. The post holder, who will have a doctorate relevant to requirements of the post, will be based in Kent or Essex and will be prepared to travel within their post.

For further details, job description and how to apply

Applications close: 9.00 am on Thursday 20 February 2020

Interviews: Monday 2 March 2020

Start date: ideally early March 2020

Exciting opportunity – Office Manager and Executive Director PA

This vacancy is now closed.

Exciting opportunity with the Institute

Office Manager and Executive Director PA (Full Time Contract)

Based in Emsworth, Hampshire

The Institute of Health Visiting is seeking to appoint an exceptional Office Manager to head up the team providing administration and financial support to the organisation. They will also work closely with the Executive Director as a ‘PA’.

This full-time post, based in the admin hub in Emsworth, is a pivotal role in the organisation and the right candidate will find they are joining ‘a supportive family’. The post will suit candidates who like a fast pace, new challenges, and who are able to provide exceptional attention to detail alongside managing a growing administration team. Development opportunities assured. Outstanding communication skills are essential.

For further details, job description and application form

Applications close: 9.00 am on Monday 13^th January 2020

Interviews: Tuesday 21^st January 2020

Start date: ideally early February 2020

New Trustees required

Exciting and unique opportunities with the Institute

The Institute was set up in 2012 to support the work of health visitors to help give every baby the best start in life and in so doing to reduce health inequalities. It is now a very well established academic professional body which reaches across the UK and internationally and works with many partners including, increasingly, users of health visiting services.

The main areas of focus of this award-winning organisation are on research, education, quality assurance, leadership and partnership work which come together to develop practice in health visiting. However, we also have a significant social media and online presence which reaches very many others who either work with health visitors, are parents or are interested in learning about the work of the Institute. In particular, we produce a unique set of Parent Tips offering best evidence in a range of areas to parents, our most popular product.

The iHV is seeking to appoint two new trustees who have expertise in either:

Business development

Marketing/External relationships

The new Trustees will be passionate about the importance of investing support at the start of life to improve every child’s outcomes and will be experienced professionals in their fields. Previous experience in the charity sector would be helpful but not essential.

Applications close: 12 noon on Friday 28 June. Successful applicants will be informed as soon as possible after that.

Interviews: Interviews will take place on Thursday 11 July in London. We advise all applicants to keep this date free.

For further details including a description of the role and how to apply

New opportunity with iHV – Professional Development Officer, PIMH

Exciting and unique development opportunity with the Institute

Professional Development Officer, Perinatal and Infant Mental Health, South of England

The iHV is seeking to appoint health visitor expert in perinatal and infant mental health and practice development to work with them supporting training and various other related projects, as well as covering some national meetings. The post holder will be up to full time but could be 4 days, we would also consider a job share if the post holders were based in different areas of the country.

The post holder, who will have a master’s degree, will ideally be based in the South of England but this isn’t essential and will be prepared to travel within the post, mostly within the UK, but potentially also to European countries. They will ideally be an iHV infant and perinatal mental health champion, have broad experience in these fields, with additional research or project development experience.

A confident self-starter, they will deliver training, attend meetings, develop regional forums for our PIMH Champions and input advice to other work streams on request including to a European project just funded.

The post holder will be highly respected by colleagues for their capacity to drive and deliver local professional developments.

1-year post/secondment in the first instance with expectation of extension. The Institute offers a competitive pension scheme.

For further details, job description and application form

Applications close: 9.00 am Monday 18 March 2019

Interviews: Thursday 4 April 2019

Exciting and unique development opportunity with the Institute – Project Coordinator (full time)

Exciting and unique development opportunity with the Institute

Project Coordinator full time

12 months in the first instance (secondment or fixed term)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be part of the iHV professional Team. If you are an ambitious health visitor who has experience of successfully delivering practice projects then this may be the post for you.

You will be educated to master’s degree level or equivalent with a good understanding of current practice. You will be home based, but expected to regularly go to the Institute’s southern office near Portsmouth (Emsworth). You must also be able to travel across England to meet the needs of the post.

You will be dynamic, proactive, flexible and have the ability to work independently and have experience as a trainer. You will provide day to day project coordination of Institute funded projects. Reporting to the iHV Projects and Evaluation Lead, the postholder will work closely with the iHV Training Programme Manager, Projects Administrator and Administrative Team, iHV Communications Lead and iHV Professional Team.

The post will suit candidates who want to experience working nationally with the Institute and will provide excellent experience for a growing CV.

Project Coordinator: 12-month fixed-term contract or secondment, full time 37 hours per week in the first instance: January 2019 – December 2019.

For further details, job description and application form

Applications close: 9.00 am, Thursday 20 December 2018

Interviews: In London, Thursday 3 January 2019

For further information or an informal conversation about this post please contact Vicky Gilroy – [email protected]

Exciting opportunity with the Institute – Health Visitor SLC Trainer(s)

We are seeking two ambitious health visitor trainers to be part of a North and a South of England training team. You will be an experienced practice educator and able to confidently deliver formal training to groups of professionals, primarily health visitors.

The iHV has been commissioned by Public Health England to deliver train the trainer training on Speech, Language and Communication (SLC) to health visitors across England. To support this, we are establishing two training teams each made up of a health visitor and a speech and language therapist to deliver the training in training sites spread across England. The post holder(s) will ensure training is delivered to the highest standard, supporting our evaluation and a consistent professional approach to delivery.

This post(s) will offer the successful candidate(s) an opportunity to work nationally and to benefit from a superb development opportunity with this high profile national professional body focused on strengthening health visiting.

You will be home based, but able to travel across England with the likelihood of many overnight stays.

You must be dynamic, proactive, flexible and have engagement in your teaching approach. You will report to the iHV Training Programme Manager, to support the delivery of high-quality training.

The post will suit candidates who want to experience working nationally with the Institute and will provide excellent experience for a growing CV.

For further details, job description and application form

Applications close: 9.00 am, Monday 3 December 2018

Interviews: By Skype on Monday 10 December 2018

For further information or an informal conversation about this post please contact Philippa Bishop [email protected]