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Name - Helen Croucher Job title: Sure Start project worker (health visitor)

Job title: Sure Start project worker (health visitor)

Name of organisation and department:

Sure Start Weymouth and Portland Local Programme

Location: Weymouth, Dorset

Duties

As the only Sure Start health visitor for the Weymouth and Portland Sure Start programme, I provide the link between local health visitors and Sure Start. I keep them updated on related activities and provide the health visiting voice in Sure Start.

I do not have a caseload - families registering with Sure Start have their own health visitor, meaning much of my work is liaising with health visitors. They may refer families to me so that some one-to-one work can be undertaken. This may involve exploring parenting issues, discussing Sure Start with the family or linking the family with other team members. I also carry out joint visits with health visitors, other members of the Sure Start team (for example, our speech and language development worker) and other agencies, such as housing.

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