Family Health Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
The Family Health Worker will support children aged 0-5 years within the Plymouth Public Health Nursing Team, working under the supervision of Specialist Community Public Health Nurses. This role involves delivering planned episodes of care and health promotion in home and community settings. Key duties include conducting universal developmental reviews, facilitating Child Health Clinics, and providing advice on health promotion topics to parents and carers. The worker will implement approaches to promote health and prevent adverse effects on well-being.
Essential criteria
- Vocational Qualification Level III in childcare or health related area.
- Maths & English GCSE Grades 4 and above or equivalent.
- Additional qualifications in child and family related areas.
Desirable criteria
- IT skills.
- Working with children and/or families in partnership.
- Knowledge of normal child development.
- Awareness of Public Health
- Basic Child care
- Life skills
- Health and safety
- In depth knowledge of normal child development and able to apply with assessment tools.
- Has knowledge of how to communicate effectively in a range of settings and with a variety of people.
- Able to identify and know when to liaise and communicate effectively with other professionals.
- First aid training.
- Knowledge of community initiatives.
- Knowledge of child protection.
- Able to communicate effectively.
- Able to work alone within a supervised framework.
- Decision maker.
- Enthusiasm for working with children and families.
- Good listening and observational skills.
- Ability to frequently travel independently and in a timely manner between Livewell Southwest sites and community locations including areas not served by public transport.
- Be available to work outside normal working hours, occasional evening and Saturdays for specific health promotion activities.
- Works on an individual basis with children and families, supervised by the SCPHN (Health Visitor or School Nurse), for time limited, outcome based episodes of care.
- Is able to recognise areas of concern within families and follow agreed procedures.
- Working with children and/or families in partnership.
- Able to prioritise own work.
- Runs group activities in a variety of settings.
- Up-to-date working knowledge of a range of areas related to normal child development, for example, nutrition.
- Knowledge and/or experience of developmental language delay.
- Experience with group work.
- Experience working with other services/agencies
- Vocational Qualification Level III in childcare or health related area.
- Maths & English GCSE Grades 4 and above or equivalent.
- Additional qualifications in child and family related areas.
- IT skills.
- Working with children and/or families in partnership.
- Knowledge of normal child development.
- Awareness of Public Health
- Basic Child care
- Life skills
- Health and safety
- In depth knowledge of normal child development and able to apply with assessment tools.
- Has knowledge of how to communicate effectively in a range of settings and with a variety of people.
- Able to identify and know when to liaise and communicate effectively with other professionals.
- First aid training.
- Knowledge of community initiatives.
- Knowledge of child protection.
- Able to communicate effectively.
- Able to work alone within a supervised framework.
- Decision maker.
- Enthusiasm for working with children and families.
- Good listening and observational skills.
- Ability to frequently travel independently and in a timely manner between Livewell Southwest sites and community locations including areas not served by public transport.
- Be available to work outside normal working hours, occasional evening and Saturdays for specific health promotion activities.
- Works on an individual basis with children and families, supervised by the SCPHN (Health Visitor or School Nurse), for time limited, outcome based episodes of care.
- Is able to recognise areas of concern within families and follow agreed procedures.
- Working with children and/or families in partnership.
- Able to prioritise own work.
- Runs group activities in a variety of settings.
- Up-to-date working knowledge of a range of areas related to normal child development, for example, nutrition.
- Knowledge and/or experience of developmental language delay.
- Experience with group work.
- Experience working with other services/agencies
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Livewell Southwest
Family Health Worker
The closing date is 06 September 2026
Job summary
37.5 hours per week.
The Family Health Worker will work within the Plymouth Public Health Nursing Team; which includes Health Visitors, School Nurses and Family Health Workers. The Public Health Nursing service work with children and young people aged 0-19-years; this role will primarily support children aged 0-5-years.
The Family Health Worker will be accountable to the Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (Health Visitor or School Nurse) in the delivery of the Department of Health, Healthy Child Programme 0-5years.
The Family Health Worker will implement approaches to
promote and help prevent adverse effects on health and well-being.
The Family Health Worker will deliver planned episodes of care and health promotion in the home and community settings.
This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.
Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.
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