Black Country Integrated Care Board

Designated Nurse Looked After Children and Young People

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Job summary

The Designated Nurse for Looked After Children (LAC) is a statutory role as outlined in Promoting the Health of Looked After Children (2015) and NHSE Safeguarding Vulnerable People in the NHS Accountability and Assurance Framework (2019).

The Designated Nurse Looked After Children role is a lead strategic one, separate from any responsibilities for individual children or young people who are looked after.

We are looking to recruit someone for 15 hours per week (0.4 wte).

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

Work closely with the Designated Nurse and Doctor Team, the Associate Director for Safeguarding and Partnerships and the Chief Nursing Office to ensure that the ICB fulfils all statutory requirements for children in care in respect of commissioning and service planning
Provide all necessary internal (ICB) and external (Safeguarding Partnership, NHSE etc) assurances in relation to precise legislative requirements and the quality of health services for Looked After Children and Care Leavers in the Black Country
Work with a wide variety of stakeholders and be a member of the Corporate Parenting Board, and related sub groups, in conjunction with other health service planners/commissioners.
Be a member, as required, of the Health and Wellbeing/Childrens Partnership Board (or equivalent) and Local Safeguarding Childrens Partnership and/or its relevant sub groups.
Provide expert health advice on policy and individual cases to statutory and voluntary agencies including the Police, Childrens Social Care and the Children in Care Council.
Provide assurance to the Chief Nursing Officer regarding the quality of health assessments for Looked After Children (LAC) both within and out of the area.

About us

The Black Country Integrated Care Board (ICB) is a statutory NHS organisation responsible for developing a plan for meeting the health needs of 1.26 million people in the Black Country. We manage the NHS budget for the area (Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton)and we are responsible for planning and buying Primary Medical Services (GPs), dental, optometry and pharmacy services.

Working for the ICB means you are making a difference to the lives and health of people in the Black Country.

We are part of the Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS), known as Healthier Futures, which is a partnership of organisations working together to bring health and social care services closer together for the good of our communities. We support the ICS vision for a healthier place with healthier people and healthier futures.

The ICB has five core values that underpin the way we work and help to guide our actions and the decisions we make for local people and communities. These are compassion, inclusivity, integrity, fairness and trust.

We are an equal opportunities employer who actively supports and encourages increasing the diversity of our employees, and welcome applications from people with transferable skills gained through experience across the full range of health and social care settings.

We are also a bronze award holder under the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS). The ERS recognises commitment and support from UK employers for defence personnel.

Date posted

10 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

D9118-23-0095

Job locations

Brierley Hill Health & Social Care Centre

Venture Way

Brierley Hill

DY5 1RU

Job description

Job responsibilities

Be a member of the Corporate Parenting Board, and related sub-groups, in conjunction with other health service planners/commissioners.
As required, be a member of the Health and Wellbeing/Childrens Partnership Board (or equivalent) and Local Safeguarding Childrens Partnership and/or its relevant sub-groups.
Provide expert health advice on policy and individual cases to statutory and voluntary agencies.
Assist in service planning and advise BC ICB in fulfilling their responsibilities as a commissioning organisation of services to improve the health and outcomes for CYPiC and care-leavers.
Provide assurance to the Chief Nursing Officer regarding the quality of health assessments for CYPiC both within and out of the area.
Working alongside the Designated Doctor for CYPiC, support all activities necessary to ensure that ICB commissioned services are meeting their statutory responsibilities for CYPiC and care-leavers.
Ensure expert health advice of CYPiC is available to health staff and partner agencies.
Advise and support all specialist CYPiC professionals across the health community.
Coordinate with the Designated Doctor CYPiC; the health agenda for CYPiC.
Advice to ICBs, Local Authority and healthcare providers.
Service planning, strategy, commissioning and audit of quality standards.
Ensuring appropriate performance indicators are in place in relation to health services.

Work with all healthcare organisations, and other key stakeholders, to monitor performance of local health services for CYPiC.
To provide specialist advice and assistance in individual cases when there are serious concerns about unmet physical and emotional health needs, assisting the Local Authority and other partner agencies in identifying creative solutions to overcome obstacles and achieve appropriate resolutions.
Advise colleagues in health and Childrens Social Care on issues of medical confidentiality, consent and information sharing.
Work with health service planners and commissioners to ensure there are robust arrangements to meet the health needs of CYPiC and care leavers placed outside the local area and ensure close working relationships with Local Authorities to achieve placement decisions which match the needs of children.
Work with commissioners and providers to gain the best outcome for the child/young person within available resources, including involvement in fostering and adoption panels according to local arrangements.
Ensure that there is a continuous assessment of clinical and organisational risk and that the ICB Governing Body, the lead Director and relevant local partners are informed in a timely fashion about potential problems and evaluated options.
Work closely with NHS England where they commission services accessed by CYPiC and care leavers.
Chairs or represents Health on multi-agency/single agency local, regional or national groups for Looked after Children as required.
Monitor that timescales are met for health assessments and SMART health plans are in place for all children in care placed both in and out of the local authority area.
Ensure the quality of health assessments carried out meet the required standard and there is an effective and robust escalation process in place to challenge poor quality.
Prioritise own work in relation to leading the overarching CYPiC agenda across the health community.
Acts within and in accordance to the Children Act 1989 and 2004 and all other National legislation and guidance.
Undertake an analysis of the need for healthcare to inform service planning, contributing to the production of health data on CYPiC across the health community.
Evaluate the extent to which CYPiC views inform the design and delivery of the local health services, using this to influence local service planning and commissioning decisions.
Work closely with other Designated professionals across BC ICB, regionally and nationally to meet the physical and emotional health outcomes outlined in statutory guidance.
Provide expert professional advice, support and leadership to Named and Specialist professionals employed by health organisations across the health community.
Produce reports on behalf of the ICB, to Governing body and Corporate Parenting Board as required as well as providing regular interim reports demonstrating progress in achieving improvements in health outcomes for CYPiC and care-leavers, making recommendations for improvement.
Provide constructive challenge when emerging patterns of deviation in provider assurance are identified as a consequence of audit, case review or inspection alerting the ICB to any risks/exceptions.
In partnership with the Designated Doctor and other professionals take a strategic overview of local NHS services for CYPiC to ensure robust clinical governance of local NHS provision.
Work with commissioners to ensure quality assurance and best value of specialist placements including processes of audit, follow up, and review.
Advise and input into the development of practice guidance and policies for all health staff and ensure that performance against these is appropriately audited including that such polices are updated and compliant with changes in national legislation, policy and research for CYPiC.
Work with provider health organisations across the health community to ensure that appropriate training and supervision is in place to enable health staff to fulfil their roles and responsibilities for CYPiC and care leavers as outlined in the Intercollegiate guidance (2015).
Provide supervision for CYPiC Named Professionals across the health community, or ensure they are receiving appropriate supervision from elsewhere.
Demonstrate competency at level 4, working to level 5 in 1st Year in post, in relation to the roles and competencies of Designated Nurse for CYPiC.
Receive supervision from outside the employing organisation.
To ensure the dissemination of relevant research and audit findings at both local and national level.
Advise commissioning bodies on training needs and be assured of the delivery of training for all health staff across the health community including those GPs, paediatricians and nurses undertaking health assessments and developing plans for CYPiC. This includes training programmes for ICB senior management, reflecting their statutory responsibilities in relation to CYPiC.
Participate, if requested, in partnership with the Designated Doctor CYPiC in delivering/coordinating local training to ensure health, including mental health is addressed.
To work in conjunction with the Safeguarding Children Boards Training Sub-Group to ensure that training in relation to CYPiC is included in the training programme.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Be a member of the Corporate Parenting Board, and related sub-groups, in conjunction with other health service planners/commissioners.
As required, be a member of the Health and Wellbeing/Childrens Partnership Board (or equivalent) and Local Safeguarding Childrens Partnership and/or its relevant sub-groups.
Provide expert health advice on policy and individual cases to statutory and voluntary agencies.
Assist in service planning and advise BC ICB in fulfilling their responsibilities as a commissioning organisation of services to improve the health and outcomes for CYPiC and care-leavers.
Provide assurance to the Chief Nursing Officer regarding the quality of health assessments for CYPiC both within and out of the area.
Working alongside the Designated Doctor for CYPiC, support all activities necessary to ensure that ICB commissioned services are meeting their statutory responsibilities for CYPiC and care-leavers.
Ensure expert health advice of CYPiC is available to health staff and partner agencies.
Advise and support all specialist CYPiC professionals across the health community.
Coordinate with the Designated Doctor CYPiC; the health agenda for CYPiC.
Advice to ICBs, Local Authority and healthcare providers.
Service planning, strategy, commissioning and audit of quality standards.
Ensuring appropriate performance indicators are in place in relation to health services.

Work with all healthcare organisations, and other key stakeholders, to monitor performance of local health services for CYPiC.
To provide specialist advice and assistance in individual cases when there are serious concerns about unmet physical and emotional health needs, assisting the Local Authority and other partner agencies in identifying creative solutions to overcome obstacles and achieve appropriate resolutions.
Advise colleagues in health and Childrens Social Care on issues of medical confidentiality, consent and information sharing.
Work with health service planners and commissioners to ensure there are robust arrangements to meet the health needs of CYPiC and care leavers placed outside the local area and ensure close working relationships with Local Authorities to achieve placement decisions which match the needs of children.
Work with commissioners and providers to gain the best outcome for the child/young person within available resources, including involvement in fostering and adoption panels according to local arrangements.
Ensure that there is a continuous assessment of clinical and organisational risk and that the ICB Governing Body, the lead Director and relevant local partners are informed in a timely fashion about potential problems and evaluated options.
Work closely with NHS England where they commission services accessed by CYPiC and care leavers.
Chairs or represents Health on multi-agency/single agency local, regional or national groups for Looked after Children as required.
Monitor that timescales are met for health assessments and SMART health plans are in place for all children in care placed both in and out of the local authority area.
Ensure the quality of health assessments carried out meet the required standard and there is an effective and robust escalation process in place to challenge poor quality.
Prioritise own work in relation to leading the overarching CYPiC agenda across the health community.
Acts within and in accordance to the Children Act 1989 and 2004 and all other National legislation and guidance.
Undertake an analysis of the need for healthcare to inform service planning, contributing to the production of health data on CYPiC across the health community.
Evaluate the extent to which CYPiC views inform the design and delivery of the local health services, using this to influence local service planning and commissioning decisions.
Work closely with other Designated professionals across BC ICB, regionally and nationally to meet the physical and emotional health outcomes outlined in statutory guidance.
Provide expert professional advice, support and leadership to Named and Specialist professionals employed by health organisations across the health community.
Produce reports on behalf of the ICB, to Governing body and Corporate Parenting Board as required as well as providing regular interim reports demonstrating progress in achieving improvements in health outcomes for CYPiC and care-leavers, making recommendations for improvement.
Provide constructive challenge when emerging patterns of deviation in provider assurance are identified as a consequence of audit, case review or inspection alerting the ICB to any risks/exceptions.
In partnership with the Designated Doctor and other professionals take a strategic overview of local NHS services for CYPiC to ensure robust clinical governance of local NHS provision.
Work with commissioners to ensure quality assurance and best value of specialist placements including processes of audit, follow up, and review.
Advise and input into the development of practice guidance and policies for all health staff and ensure that performance against these is appropriately audited including that such polices are updated and compliant with changes in national legislation, policy and research for CYPiC.
Work with provider health organisations across the health community to ensure that appropriate training and supervision is in place to enable health staff to fulfil their roles and responsibilities for CYPiC and care leavers as outlined in the Intercollegiate guidance (2015).
Provide supervision for CYPiC Named Professionals across the health community, or ensure they are receiving appropriate supervision from elsewhere.
Demonstrate competency at level 4, working to level 5 in 1st Year in post, in relation to the roles and competencies of Designated Nurse for CYPiC.
Receive supervision from outside the employing organisation.
To ensure the dissemination of relevant research and audit findings at both local and national level.
Advise commissioning bodies on training needs and be assured of the delivery of training for all health staff across the health community including those GPs, paediatricians and nurses undertaking health assessments and developing plans for CYPiC. This includes training programmes for ICB senior management, reflecting their statutory responsibilities in relation to CYPiC.
Participate, if requested, in partnership with the Designated Doctor CYPiC in delivering/coordinating local training to ensure health, including mental health is addressed.
To work in conjunction with the Safeguarding Children Boards Training Sub-Group to ensure that training in relation to CYPiC is included in the training programme.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current NMC registration on either Part 1 of the NMC register as a registered childrens nurse, or Part 3 as a specialist community public health nurse having completed a specific programme with a child and family focus.
Experience as a senior nurse or health visitor/school nurse.
Have completed specific relevant post-registration training which includes training in the specific needs of children and young people.
Evidence of leadership/management qualification.
Teaching qualification.
Evidence of supervision skills training.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable understanding of the statutory guidance and legislation in relation to looked after children, care leavers, fostering and adoption and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
Good understanding of national health policy and commissioning structures and processes.
Have substantial knowledge and clinical experience of holistic assessment and meeting the health needs of children and young people through effective multi-agency working.
Knowledge of supervision theories models and their application.
Good understanding of evidence-based practice and clinical / service governance.
Demonstrable ability to provide strategic advice and guidance to service planners and commissioning organisations.
Demonstrable ability to identify strengths and weaknesses in relation to current services and make recommendations to commissioners, providers and other key agencies to ensure statutory looked after children responsibilities and corporate parenting responsibilities are met
Senior management experience relating to policy, service and strategy development and implementation.
Proven experience of successful participation in and facilitation of teamwork.
Experience of working across organisational boundaries and ability to work within a multi-agency framework.
Proven ability analysing and interpreting data and national policy.
Experience of providing supervision and support for health and social care professionals.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Demonstrates level 4 competencies and working towards/meeting level 5.
Experience of assessing training needs, planning and delivering multi-disciplinary and multi-agency training in relation to looked after children.
Have proven negotiating and leadership skills.
Effective communication skills and ability to work constructively with internal and external partners.
Ability to influence and negotiate with range of diverse stakeholders and to build professional credibility within and external to the ICB.
Highly developed skills in clinical supervision and training.
Know how to lead the implementation of national guidelines and audit the effectiveness and quality of services across the health community against quality standards.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Current NMC registration on either Part 1 of the NMC register as a registered childrens nurse, or Part 3 as a specialist community public health nurse having completed a specific programme with a child and family focus.
Experience as a senior nurse or health visitor/school nurse.
Have completed specific relevant post-registration training which includes training in the specific needs of children and young people.
Evidence of leadership/management qualification.
Teaching qualification.
Evidence of supervision skills training.

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable understanding of the statutory guidance and legislation in relation to looked after children, care leavers, fostering and adoption and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
Good understanding of national health policy and commissioning structures and processes.
Have substantial knowledge and clinical experience of holistic assessment and meeting the health needs of children and young people through effective multi-agency working.
Knowledge of supervision theories models and their application.
Good understanding of evidence-based practice and clinical / service governance.
Demonstrable ability to provide strategic advice and guidance to service planners and commissioning organisations.
Demonstrable ability to identify strengths and weaknesses in relation to current services and make recommendations to commissioners, providers and other key agencies to ensure statutory looked after children responsibilities and corporate parenting responsibilities are met
Senior management experience relating to policy, service and strategy development and implementation.
Proven experience of successful participation in and facilitation of teamwork.
Experience of working across organisational boundaries and ability to work within a multi-agency framework.
Proven ability analysing and interpreting data and national policy.
Experience of providing supervision and support for health and social care professionals.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Demonstrates level 4 competencies and working towards/meeting level 5.
Experience of assessing training needs, planning and delivering multi-disciplinary and multi-agency training in relation to looked after children.
Have proven negotiating and leadership skills.
Effective communication skills and ability to work constructively with internal and external partners.
Ability to influence and negotiate with range of diverse stakeholders and to build professional credibility within and external to the ICB.
Highly developed skills in clinical supervision and training.
Know how to lead the implementation of national guidelines and audit the effectiveness and quality of services across the health community against quality standards.

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.