Student health visitor trainee!

[Rottiemum1]

I was considering applying for a trainee health visitor post. I'm a single parent to 2 kids of 8 & 1.
Can anyone give me an insight in to the process ?
Hints or tips about supporting statement, presentation and assignment required?
I would appreciate all advice!
Tia .

Hi OP. This might be better in our Chat section as this area is more for lecturers and researchers. We'll move it for you.

Are you currently an RGN? What area do you work in? I would try to apply for a part time course if I were you it's pretty full on. Also if you are able to contact your local HV team and see if you can shadow for a few hours to get a better idea of the job. Look up the Healthy Child Programme that's what we work from. When you apply treat as though you are applying for a band 6 job. Hope this helps. It's a great job, I love it but it's not for everyone.

Current HV Trainee scphn here..
Have you worked in community at all?
Think about your transferable skills
It's a hellish year.
I have 3 kids and wouldn't recommend the course unless you can give it 100% and have unfailing child care.
I absolutely love it though.
Lots of fb groups for wannabe HV trainees, you might be better off looking for support and advice there.

Thanks for replying!
I only have community experience years ago when I worked in a nursing home / home care. Plus during my time as a nursing student I had 2 back to back community placements in the same place so it allowed me to work autonomously and have my own case load + the 4 weeks I did with the health visitor but that was quite a few years ago now. Since then I have been hospital based in clinics, theatres and day unit. I volunteer at local womens hub working with women and children and that's it unfortunately.
What do you mean by hellish? A lot of work , assignments etc.?
I'm more worried about what type of presentation they would like at interview and assignment subject currently.
One of my children is at school and the other is at a childminder. I feel like I can pull myself through a difficult and hectic spell as I worked nights , studied at college and attended placements then moved on to uni and juggled a job as well as my child .however this could be a different type of pressure perhaps?
I really just wish I had the chance to sit down with someone like yourself and pick brains so that I'm 100% sure I can commit .I have searched for fb groups but I'm not sure if they are maybe secret groups so that public cannot see posts!
Thank you x

I've replied on your other thread so have copied and pasted here:

I was a health visitor. For application and interview you need to know the Healthy Child Programme inside out. Also worth knowing about current public health priorities. I didn't have to do an assignment for my interview just a presentation and answer questions. The training is very intense, hardest year of my life because it's so condensed and if you already have a BSc you study at level 7. Which branch of nursing are you? Do you have support for when you need to work on assignments? Also, the holidays are built into the course, you can't book annual leave throughout the year so you need good child care.

Hi thanks for taking time to reply .
I worry that I will miss a lot with my children although I am lucky with childcare and support it's more the mum guilt! I have been through studying working and juggling mum life before and as long as I know the end goal is worth it, it keeps me going .
I'm in general nursing . I have worked in clinics and theatres, I'm currently in a day unit . I enjoy being a nurse but I just crave more, I want to be out and about , I want more job satisfaction. Its something I have thought about for years but never been brave enough to take the leap .
Thank you I will do some more research if I'm lucky enough to get an interview.

Your volunteering work with women and children will count for a lot in terms of application and interview I would have thought. My background is adult nursing and I was the only one in my cohort (was mostly midwives) but I was an A&E nurse so had cared for children as well. To give you an idea of how hard the course is, our first semester ran September to January, 2 days at uni and 2 days in practice per week with one study day. At the end of semester 1 we had to hand in 3 x 4,000 word assignments, 2 x 1, 000 word reflections and do a presentation. It's a lot of work in a short space of time and in semester 2 it was even more including prescribing exam. Also, the jump from level 6 to level 7 is big, I'm a nursing lecturer now and I say this from the other side of the fence!

Wow yes that is a lot of writing!
Was it scotland you trained ? I'm not sure about the prescribing here. If it's just for infant calpol and things .
I feel like its something I will regret if I dont go for it but I suppose nothing will prepare you until you get in to the job role and see how well you cope with it . On a side note the job I'm in just now was very difficult to get in to and I dont want to regret losing it!🙈

No not Scotland, England. It's the V100 prescribing so just from the NPF but that will change soon to V300 as pre reg nursing students will eventually do V100