Healthy Child Service Team Leader (0-11)

Overview

As Healthy Child Service Team Leader, you will steer the 0-19 delivery of the Healthy Child Programme in York through strong, child‑focused leadership. You’ll collaborate with other team leaders to ensure consistent, high‑quality delivery and drive the embedding of the 0-19 delivery model. The role emphasizes staff development, safeguarding collaboration, and linking service delivery to population health priorities. You’ll work in a forward‑looking Council culture that values continuous learning and service improvements.

Pay / Benefits

• Institute of Health Visiting corporate membership
• discounts, rewards and savings
• Pension Scheme
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives
• flexible working practices
• continuous Learning & Development

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of the Healthy Child Programme and ensure high-quality services across York
• Collaborate with other HCS Team Leaders to embed the 0-19 delivery model
• Foster an innovative, flexible, and child‑focused leadership approach; set the team ethos
• Identify staff training and professional development needs to maintain a quality service
• Report to the HCS Operational and Quality Manager to align delivery with population health priorities
• Support safeguarding with multi‑agency collaboration and identify vulnerable children
• Work with Lead Nurse for Safeguarding, Practice Educator and Public Health Specialists to develop staff and services
• Promote staff wellbeing and retention, and support service improvements through leadership and development
• Provide public-facing guidance with clear communication in English (CEFR C2) during interviews and in workflow interactions
• Enhance service delivery via hybrid working arrangements and flexible deployment of resources
• Encourage community engagement and continuous Learning & Development
• Support job-share arrangements and participate in safeguarding commitments

Key requirements

• Leadership experience in health/public health settings
• Experience with safeguarding and multi‑agency collaboration
• Current UK professional registration
• Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check requirement
• Ability to communicate clearly to the public in English (CEFR C2)
• Flexibility for hybrid working and variable arrangements
• Commitment to safeguarding and welfare of children and vulnerable adults

• collaborative
• innovative
• people development
• public health delivery
• safeguarding in practice
• stakeholder collaboration

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