Job summary
A position
has become available for a Band 6 Specialist Children in Care Nurse to join the
experienced Warrington Children in Care team which was established in November
2016.
This is a
specialist role requiring an enthusiastic, caring and dynamic nurse with a high
level of professional skills who is able to work autonomously and also as part
of a team. The candidate will need to demonstrate a strong commitment to Children
in Care whilst providing a comprehensive health service to the children in care
population. The successful candidate will need to be a strong advocate for children
in care. The successful applicant will be at the forefront of improving the
quality of service delivery and helping to shape future service provision.
The overall aim of the
Children in Care team will be to ensure that the health and well-being of
children in care in Warrington is delivered to the highest possible standards, ensure
the voices of children in care are heard and thread throughout all the work the
team undertake, developing great community services and ensuring that everything
we do is based around our aim of quality first and foremost.
The Specialist Children
in Care Nurse will have access to clinical supervision, safeguarding supervision,
restorative supervision and management 1:1s.
The Trust is committed to staff and provides several
health and wellbeing options for staff to access when required.
Main duties of the job
The Specialist
Children in Care nurse will be a team player and responsible for assessing, planning
and evaluating the care for children in care placed in Warrington and on occasions
Warrington children placed in neighbouring boroughs.
Undertake
statutory health assessments for children in care aged 5 -18 years in Warrington
including children placed in Warrington from other local authorities.
Contribute
to the IHA clinic undertaken by the Named Doctor for Children in Care.
Provide
advice and support to foster carers on the needs of individual children.
Contribute
to the delivery of foster carer training.
Support
young people to manage their health once they leave care including the provision
of a health passport.
Attend
Care planning meetings for children in care and initial care plannings meetings
for those children who are NEET and become subject to care arrangements.
Provide
review meeting up to date health reports for children in care as required.
Liaise
with health professionals across the health economy and multi-agency partners
outside of Warrington when required.
Work
closely with multi agency partners in social care and the virtual school.
As a team
player, support colleagues in the team including working closely with the
Lead Specialist Nurse to ensure statutory functions completed and performance
indicators collected including 903 data.
Access
safeguarding, clinical and restorative supervision.
About us
Flexible working will be considered for all roles.
Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.
At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver our
NHS services in your local community.
They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and
promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.
After all, values are about people and they were
created in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important
to them
Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.
P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and
promote independence in the healthcare we provide..
E- Empowered- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.
O- Open and Honest -We behave in a way that develops relationships
based on trust, openness, honesty and respect.
P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right
skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.
L- Locally Lead -We are always learning about our communities and
show great pride in being a local provider of health and care.
E- Efficient -We use our resources wisely to provide
sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
The post holder will work with children, young people, their carers and a wide range of professionals across health and social care settings to ensure that looked after children and young people (Known in Warrington as Children in Care-CIC) receive the appropriate services in order to reach their full potential as outlined in Promoting the Health and Well-being of Looked After Children 2015 and the Intercollegiate competencies for looked after children (revised 2020).
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of health care for CIC and care leavers. The overall aim is to ensure that children in care, care leavers and unaccompanied asylum seeking childrens health needs are met and positive outcomes are achieved for this vulnerable group.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate healthcare for CIC, formulating a holistic health care plan for school aged CIC, post 16 young people and care leavers.
2. To support CIC and their carers with the appropriate health advice, information, signposting and referral.
3. To support social work colleagues in ensuring that any health needs identified at childrens initial or review health assessments are promptly addressed with ongoing follow up and reviews.
4. To attend new into care planning meetings and assist with the compilation of information to inform the completion of quality Initial health assessments.
5. To attend and /or provide a written report for any statutory CIC health reviews/care planning meetings or CSE/ Missing from care strategy discussions for CIC
6. To ensure that all CIC are up to date with their immunisations and to organise/and or administer outstanding immunisations in line with the Department of Health guidelines.
7. To establish a drop-in facility in childrens homes
8. To monitor emotional health and stability by interpreting the strengths and difficulties questionnaire scores (SDQs) liaising with the Lead CIC specialist nurse/childs social worker.
9. To attend meetings on behalf of the band 7 CIC specialist nurse in periods of her absence.
10. To Work in conjunction with the Lead Specialist nurse for CIC participating in the delivery of CIC training and the ongoing professional development of health professionals, social workers and foster carers.
Leadership
1. Provides professional leadership and health advice and support to health professionals including health visitors and school nurses and social workers within health and social care settings.
2. Works with a legal, professional and ethical framework established by relevant bodies. e.g. Department of Health, Nursing and Midwifery Council and local health trust policies.
3. To assist and participate in any audits for improving the quality standards for health services for CIC.
4. To Participate in regional and local strategic planning groups within CIC nursing.
5. To Support and encourage community involvement in decision / policy making including the involvement of children/young people and carers.
Clinical Practice
- To work autonomously within own practice, Responsible for managing a caseload of children and young people in care (school aged, 16+ Not in Education Employment or training (NEET), and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) )
- To undertake comprehensive health assessments on CIC both in borough and those CIC placed within Warrington from other local authorities in line with good practice and reciprocal working arrangements.
- To make clinical decisions to satisfy the expectations and demands of the role, supported by relevant evidence based practical theories.
- To adopt a flexible approach to working which may include travelling out of borough on occasions, or working evenings or weekends, in order to engage with young people and facilitate their access to health services.
- To be responsible for the recording of personally generated clinical observations and the maintenance of relevant nursing records and reports.
- To exercise independent prescribing rights in accordance with relevant legislation.
- To work in conjunction with targeted and universal childrens services to provide health promotion and advice to looked after children and young people, including those not accessing mainstream education
- To work alongside the Lead Specialist Nurse and Named Nurse for CIC to support the development, implementation, review and updating of CIC processes and procedures.
Training and Education
- Professional knowledge acquired through state registration, continuing professional development, specialist knowledge and experience.
- Ensures own compliance and compliance of others with regard to mandatory training and PREP requirements.
- Ensures the maintenance of clinical excellence by commitment to the ongoing development and enhancement of own advanced specialist skills within the service area.
- Utilises computer literacy skills to manage information systems and to enhance presentational skills.
- Provides specific health related training to other services as directed by the Named Nurse or Lead Specialist Nurse for Children in Care
- Offers clinical support, supervision and shadowing opportunities to health professionals.
Research and Audit
- Develops a personal development and academic profile.
- Undertakes clinical audit and development programmes within own specialist area as directed by the Named Nurse and Lead Specialist Nurse for Children in Care
Communication
- To establish effective networks with health, social care providers and private care providers and voluntary agencies.
- Uses developed communication skills to involve children and young people, carers and staff within the development of CIC services.
- To communicate sensitive information to children and carers that enables joint care decisions to be made.
- To initiate discussion of complex information when planning care management.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
The post holder will work with children, young people, their carers and a wide range of professionals across health and social care settings to ensure that looked after children and young people (Known in Warrington as Children in Care-CIC) receive the appropriate services in order to reach their full potential as outlined in Promoting the Health and Well-being of Looked After Children 2015 and the Intercollegiate competencies for looked after children (revised 2020).
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of health care for CIC and care leavers. The overall aim is to ensure that children in care, care leavers and unaccompanied asylum seeking childrens health needs are met and positive outcomes are achieved for this vulnerable group.
Duties and Responsibilities
1. To assess, plan, implement and evaluate healthcare for CIC, formulating a holistic health care plan for school aged CIC, post 16 young people and care leavers.
2. To support CIC and their carers with the appropriate health advice, information, signposting and referral.
3. To support social work colleagues in ensuring that any health needs identified at childrens initial or review health assessments are promptly addressed with ongoing follow up and reviews.
4. To attend new into care planning meetings and assist with the compilation of information to inform the completion of quality Initial health assessments.
5. To attend and /or provide a written report for any statutory CIC health reviews/care planning meetings or CSE/ Missing from care strategy discussions for CIC
6. To ensure that all CIC are up to date with their immunisations and to organise/and or administer outstanding immunisations in line with the Department of Health guidelines.
7. To establish a drop-in facility in childrens homes
8. To monitor emotional health and stability by interpreting the strengths and difficulties questionnaire scores (SDQs) liaising with the Lead CIC specialist nurse/childs social worker.
9. To attend meetings on behalf of the band 7 CIC specialist nurse in periods of her absence.
10. To Work in conjunction with the Lead Specialist nurse for CIC participating in the delivery of CIC training and the ongoing professional development of health professionals, social workers and foster carers.
Leadership
1. Provides professional leadership and health advice and support to health professionals including health visitors and school nurses and social workers within health and social care settings.
2. Works with a legal, professional and ethical framework established by relevant bodies. e.g. Department of Health, Nursing and Midwifery Council and local health trust policies.
3. To assist and participate in any audits for improving the quality standards for health services for CIC.
4. To Participate in regional and local strategic planning groups within CIC nursing.
5. To Support and encourage community involvement in decision / policy making including the involvement of children/young people and carers.
Clinical Practice
- To work autonomously within own practice, Responsible for managing a caseload of children and young people in care (school aged, 16+ Not in Education Employment or training (NEET), and Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) )
- To undertake comprehensive health assessments on CIC both in borough and those CIC placed within Warrington from other local authorities in line with good practice and reciprocal working arrangements.
- To make clinical decisions to satisfy the expectations and demands of the role, supported by relevant evidence based practical theories.
- To adopt a flexible approach to working which may include travelling out of borough on occasions, or working evenings or weekends, in order to engage with young people and facilitate their access to health services.
- To be responsible for the recording of personally generated clinical observations and the maintenance of relevant nursing records and reports.
- To exercise independent prescribing rights in accordance with relevant legislation.
- To work in conjunction with targeted and universal childrens services to provide health promotion and advice to looked after children and young people, including those not accessing mainstream education
- To work alongside the Lead Specialist Nurse and Named Nurse for CIC to support the development, implementation, review and updating of CIC processes and procedures.
Training and Education
- Professional knowledge acquired through state registration, continuing professional development, specialist knowledge and experience.
- Ensures own compliance and compliance of others with regard to mandatory training and PREP requirements.
- Ensures the maintenance of clinical excellence by commitment to the ongoing development and enhancement of own advanced specialist skills within the service area.
- Utilises computer literacy skills to manage information systems and to enhance presentational skills.
- Provides specific health related training to other services as directed by the Named Nurse or Lead Specialist Nurse for Children in Care
- Offers clinical support, supervision and shadowing opportunities to health professionals.
Research and Audit
- Develops a personal development and academic profile.
- Undertakes clinical audit and development programmes within own specialist area as directed by the Named Nurse and Lead Specialist Nurse for Children in Care
Communication
- To establish effective networks with health, social care providers and private care providers and voluntary agencies.
- Uses developed communication skills to involve children and young people, carers and staff within the development of CIC services.
- To communicate sensitive information to children and carers that enables joint care decisions to be made.
- To initiate discussion of complex information when planning care management.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable experience of working in a community setting
- Understanding the needs of the client group
Desirable
- Working with children and young people
- Working with looked after children or children in care.
- Experience of attending Looked after Childrens reviews
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable), please state this on your application form.
Relations
Essential
- If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship in your application form.
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st level Degree or equivalent Nursing qualification
- Sexual health training qualification or willing to undertake.
- Clinical examination training qualification or willing to undertake
Desirable
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Excellent written communication skills, to include record keeping, report writing, data collection, and evaluations.
- Understanding of national policies relating to children
Desirable
- Computer literate
- Knowledge of statutory guidance on promoting the health and wellbeing of Looked after Children
- Assessment of care needs, planning, implementation and evaluation of care plans
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently across the Trust and on occasion to travel outside of trust boundaries to meet the needs of CIC.
- Self-motivated.
- Ability to demonstrate commitment to developing the service offer for CIC in Warrington.
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable experience of working in a community setting
- Understanding the needs of the client group
Desirable
- Working with children and young people
- Working with looked after children or children in care.
- Experience of attending Looked after Childrens reviews
Sponsorship
Essential
- Do you have the right to stay and work in the UK without sponsorship (share-codes will be checked if applicable), please state this on your application form.
Relations
Essential
- If you are related to a director or have a relationship with a director or employee of an appointing organisation, please state the relationship in your application form.
Qualifications
Essential
- 1st level Degree or equivalent Nursing qualification
- Sexual health training qualification or willing to undertake.
- Clinical examination training qualification or willing to undertake
Desirable
Skills & Attributes
Essential
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Excellent written communication skills, to include record keeping, report writing, data collection, and evaluations.
- Understanding of national policies relating to children
Desirable
- Computer literate
- Knowledge of statutory guidance on promoting the health and wellbeing of Looked after Children
- Assessment of care needs, planning, implementation and evaluation of care plans
Job Specific Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently across the Trust and on occasion to travel outside of trust boundaries to meet the needs of CIC.
- Self-motivated.
- Ability to demonstrate commitment to developing the service offer for CIC in Warrington.
- The ability to work flexibly in accordance with service needs.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
