Emotional Health and Wellbeing Nurse - Care Leavers

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will work collaboratively with Luton Borough Council, ELFT Adult Mental Health Service and CAMHS. The post holder will be attached to the Luton Community Mental Health Service working directly with Care Leavers (18-21 years, with the view to 18-25yr after the post has been embedded).

The post holder will be a highly specialist and experienced Nurse with a substantial knowledge in the field of mental health including child and adolescent mental health (CAMHS). The role will involve working collaboratively with Luton Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS), Luton Borough Council, ICB colleagues and other professionals to support young peoples physical, emotional and mental health needs in preparation for transition into adulthood and independence. These might be from statutory, voluntary or school based sectors such as NHS trust, local authority, school or charitable organisation.

The Main Duties:

1.1 Work directly with Care Leavers in the holistic assessment of health needs, supporting transition into adult services, sign posting and referral onto appropriate agencies as indicated.

1.2 The role will require effective communication with young people, sometimes this can be challenging especially those young people who have previously been hard to reach. A good amount of patience and an enabling and empowering approach is required to support young people to meet their own health needs.

1.3 Work directly with those young people identified as having an emotional health need, providing one to one support for the young person as required and referring or sign posting on to specialist services.

1.4 Provide regular health and well-being advice at the Luton Care Leavers Hub. This will include a face-to-face presence at the Hub with arranged sessions. Participating in a variety of approved Social Media technology including video / Whats App calls /messaging to ensure those young people placed out of borough can access health advice and support.

1.5 Support Care Leavers to make behaviour changes which lead to positive lifestyle changes.

1.6 Work with local services to meet the health needs of Care Leavers with special educational needs and disabilities to ensure sufficient provision is available when accessing services.

1.7 Support Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children to have access to specific trauma based therapies as appropriate. Consider the very specific health and wellbeing needs to prepare them to adjust to independent living.

1.8 Attendance at London Regional Looked After Children Forum.

1.9 Link in with Luton Borough Council Care Leavers Forum / Participation Team.

1.11 To be a resource of specialist advice, specifically relating to care experienced teenagers, to colleagues within CAMHS, other professionals and other agencies/organisations working in the field of adolescent mental health.

1.12 To liaise with and where appropriate participate in joint work with the Clinical Nurse Specialists in Youth Justice, Justice and Substance Misuse services and with the Trust adolescent and adult inpatient service.

1.13 To liaise with inpatient services in the adult mental health directorate and adolescent inpatient services where appropriate.

1.14 To ensure that the needs of the client group is paramount, and be aware of and adhere to the local Child Protection Procedures and Guidance (2019) and the local Multi-Agency Adult and Safeguarding Policy and Procedures (2019).

1.15 To ensure acceptable levels of safety (regarding potential verbal and physical aggression from more complex clients) for self and to advise other colleagues when necessary. To adhere to the lone worker policy and update training in breakaway techniques when necessary.

1.16 Requirement to travel to young people placed both in and out of borough. This could be by public transport or own car in line with ELFT travel and expenses policy.

1.17 Link with Luton Virtual School to support young people have access to education / training or employment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualified Nurse registered with NMC

Experience of Transitions work

Essential

• 2 years experience post qualifying

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Charter House

Alma Street

Luton

LU1 2PJ

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)