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Action For Children

Nurse

The closing date is 27 November 2025

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Job summary

Role: Nurse

Salary:Up to £36,500 per annum dependant on experience and qualifications.

Contract/Hours: Permanent Full- time - 37 hours fully rotational shifts available

Location. Headington Oxfordshire

Benefits:

29 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays, with up to 5 additional days for continuous service and option to buy or sell leave
Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities
Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages
Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover
Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers discounts.

This is an exciting opportunity for a registered nurse learning disabilities or Childrens Nurse, who is passionate about providing the health and social care needs of children and young people with a diagnosis of learning disabilities.

Viking House is an overnight 6 bedded short break residential service, suitable for children and young people up to the age of 18 years of age with physical and/or learning disabilities, to include complex health and behavioural care needs.

We work to reduce the impact of the disability on the child's day to day life by providing support for them to participate, make choices, enjoy new experiences, make friendships and be part of their local community. At the same time parents and carers can have a much-needed break knowing their child is in a safe fun and enriching environment.

Main duties of the job

How you'll help to create brighter futures

You will be responsible for shift leading a team of residential care workers
Being responsible for direct care for young people with significant and complex health needs.
Conducting individual risk assessments and person-centred planning providing a positive proactive outlook to support the young people in our care.
Being resilient in supporting the young person through challenging situations.
Beingresponsible for thesafeguardingof theyoungperson.
Maintaining accurate healthcare records up to date.
Complete weekly medication reports.
Support continued competency development.

Let's talk about you.

A positive andconfident approach to engagingwithchildrenandyoungpeople.
To hold an appropriate NMC Nurse registration with continuous professional development and revalidation which we will fully support.
Theability toworkeffectivelyas part of a team.
Experience of working as a Nurse with children and young people with complex needs.
Experience of multiagency working and attending meetings when required.

About us

Vulnerable children in the UK need your help.

Wherever you work in the Action for Children family, you'll be helping to change the lives of the most vulnerable children in the UK.

Last year, we helped more than 687,000 children and families across the UK. From direct work in communities to national campaigning, we are focused on making sure every child has a safe and happy childhood, and the foundations they need to thrive.

Why Action for Children?

Working here is more than a job. Everyone in the Action for Children family is passionate about protecting and supporting children. It's the sense of purpose that drives us every single day. Because we know that, when we work together, we can make a huge difference to bring lasting improvements to vulnerable children's lives.

Date posted

13 November 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£36,500 a year Negotiable

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

B0040-12223

Job locations

45 Saxon Way

Headington

Oxford

OX3 9DD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Nurse

Job Description

Role Purpose

Our vision is that every child and young person in the country has a safe and happy childhood. To help us achieve this, the role will:

Manage delivery of a service to ensure the children have their needs assessed, to understand their care requirements, including assessing risk, and to agree a plan. To also deliver or arrange bespoke training to carers to meet the childs needs.

In this role, youll be responsible and accountable for:

1. Leading on the assessment of childrens individual needs and development of targeted, quality assured plans, including the management of complex caseloads.

2. Delivering through a team or directly, a range of services to children and families, including providing both clinical advice/ consultation and operational delivery within residential settings and to others (i.e. fostering/ adoption) as required

3. Conducting risk assessments and care planning for children with specific additional health and/or learning and neuro-behavioural additional needs

4. Advising on the appropriate matching of skilled carers to children with specific additional health and/or learning and neuro-behavioural needs.

5. Updating electronic files utilising agreed systems and procedures and apply administrative processes to maintain home systems, clinical records and practices.

6. Planning, sourcing, and delivering training in specific aspects of disability and care, including to other providers and to the LA in a collaborative but market charged manner.

7. Leading on specific policy developments in services and across AfC in health and care for children and adults with additional needs aged 18-25 where required.

8. Leading by example to adhere to policies and regulatory framework, including for medication administration, liberty protection safeguards, and other specific areas of policy development.

9. Supporting and monitoring carer households, utilising Action for Childrens Policies and Procedures.

10. Oversight of service reviews at least annually for all children who do not have a LAC review and to report on utilisation and performance data monthly to the Registered Manager

The responsibilities, accountabilities and reporting structure for this role will be reviewed periodically and updated, if required.

11. Ensuring effective, consistent communication between children, young people, families, carers, advocates and staff.

To do this, you will have:

Qualifications and training

1.Professional qualification Registered Nurse (Children) (NMC)

Skills, knowledge and experience

1.Post qualification experience working effectively with a range of children and families in both clinical and community settings

2.Experience of supporting the distinct needs of carers

3.Proven experience of managing complex case loads

4.Line management experience

5.Experience of chairing meetings

6.Skilled in designing and delivering training to carers/ staff and managers.

7.Skilled in providing professional consultation to a range of professionals

8.Understanding of contemporary professional issues both within health and Family Placement

9.Understand and work effectively with the team around a child and across multiple agencies (Local Authority, Health, Education)

Don't meet every single requirement? If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we'd love you to apply anyway. You might just be the perfect person for this role, or another role within the Action for Children family.

To do this, you will work with:

External contacts:

Regular contact with managers in Local Authority including commissioners, and Operation and Strategic leads.

What else?

To ensure staffing levels are safe and meet legal requirements, in some of our services, there may be occasions where you will exceed your weekly contracted hours, however this will be balanced over the month, to avoid exceeding the maximum working hours over the month.

Some of our services operate 24/7 365, therefore you may be required to participate in rotational duties including night shifts.

Everyone at Action for Children must promote equality, value diversity and work inclusively to ensure everyone feels welcomed and valued.

If youre appointed, youll need to have a disclosure check.

Maintain professional nurse registration.

Develop clinical skills and participate in continuous professional development.