Job responsibilities
Main Purpose of the Job
Work as an autonomous practitioner to develop provisions of
a proactive and responsive delivery of the 5-19 healthy Child programme service
to support the health and emotional wellbeing needs of Children and Young People
who are Educated Other Than At School.
Provision of an accessible universal school nursing service
for children and young people attending Pupil Referral Units, Alternative Education
Provision, tutoring and supporting where appropriate the Specialist Nurse for
Electively Home Educated Children.
To be the named school nurse for Victory Park School, providing
drop-in clinics and targeted health intervention offer to students in Year 9 to support preparation for transition.
Attend EHCP panel meetings in rotation with the Specialist
Nurse for Electively Home Educated Children.
Partnership working with a wide range of professionals
including but not limited to the SEND services, GPs, Health Visiting, School
nursing, Community dental, community paediatricians, mental health services,
YPDAT, Early Help, social Care, and the Youth offending team to ensure that
children and young peoples health needs are supported, and safeguarding is
maintained.
Support the Specialist school nurse for the electively Home
educated to support children and young people to engage with an educational
provision through referral and escalation to the Early help/child Missing from
education (CME) team.
Engaging with safeguarding processes to ensure concerns are
escalated through appropriate channels and a suitable plan of support can be
developed to meet the need of the child/Young person. This includes adhering to the local SET and
national safeguarding policies and procedures, accessing mandatory safeguarding
supervision, liaising with the locality safeguarding team and social care,
writing safeguarding reports and attending Child Protection conference, core
groups and Child in Need meetings.
Completion of safeguarding core health assessments to
support in the identification of health needs and inform a personalised plan of
care/interventions in collaboration with the client and their parent/carer.
To establish and maintain relationships with voluntary
agencies to support the understanding of health needs, increase accessibility
to services and address inequalities.
Support effective service responses and pathways where
there are multi-agency service interfaces required.
To maintain an excellent standard of records for the
service.
It is recognised that children and young people within this
client group often present with complex and/or enduring needs which require a
multidisciplinary and flexible approach in the aim of recognising and
addressing barriers to services and reducing health inequalities. Due to these
factors, children and young people in this client group may be at increased
vulnerability.
To promote and upskill the Southend Children, Young People
& Family Public Health service and other agencies regarding this client
group.
Key Responsibilities
Provision of a proactive and responsive service, working
flexibly to meet the needs of children and young people in this client group
utilising a variety of communicative tools such as face to face appointments,
telephone contact, video calls and Chat Health text service.
Setting up and maintaining nurse led drop-in clinics for
young people and parents/carers for Young People who are Educated Other Than At
School.
To be the named school nurse for Victory Park School,
providing drop-in clinics and targeted support
including the offer of a Transitional Intervention in Year 9
Completing and reviewing risk assessments to identify
safest means of school nursing service delivery.
Utilising problem-solving skills to address difficult to reach
clients and families and encourage engagement with services.
Development of evidence-based health promotion and
educational sessions for delivery to children and young people to support
increased knowledge and understanding of effectively managing health
needs.
Arranging meetings between parents and education to support
the development of health needs care plans and effective implementation.
Attend the annual SENDCO meeting, to support manging the
expectations from the schools.
Link with the inclusion team and review any health needs of
young People being discussed at the inclusion panel.
Partnership working with a wide range of professionals
including but not limited to GP, Health Visiting, Community Dental Service,
Community Paediatrics, Mental Health services, Stop Smoking Service, YPDAT,
Social Care and Youth Offending Team to ensure that children and young peoples
health needs are supported, and safeguarding is maintained.
Engaging inmeetings
between parents and education to support the development of health needs care
plans and effective implementation.
Supporting children missing from education to engage with
an educational provision through referral and escalation to the Early Help/Child
Missing from Education (CME) team.
Having an understanding of the legislation that underpins
safeguarding practices and childrens rights to education and support.
Engaging with safeguarding processes to ensure concerns are
escalated through appropriate channels and a suitable plan of support can be
developed to meet the need of the child/young person. This includes adhering to
local SET and national safeguarding policies and procedures, accessing mandatory
safeguarding supervision, liaising with the locality safeguarding team and
social care, writing safeguarding reports and attendance to Child Protection
Conferences, Core Group, Child In Need and Strategy Meetings.
Completion of safeguarding core health assessments to
support in the identification of health needs andinform
a personalised plan of care / intervention in collaborationwith
the client and their parent/carer.
Attendance at specialist multidisciplinary meetings with a Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) focus to increase
understanding of CSE and Criminal Exploitation (CE) risk within the locality
and how best to support vulnerable children and young people most at
risk.
To provide leadership within the team and to client group,
acting as a positive role model by demonstrating excellent standards of working
practice and communication.
Act as the SEND champion for the School Nursing Service.
Accessing specialist training sessions to develop and
promote skills needed to support children and young peoples varied and/or
complex needs on subjects such as Gangs and County Lines, CE, CSE, Risk Taking
Behaviours, Sexual Health, Smoking Cessation, Drugs and Alcohol, Mental Health,
Risk Assessment and Communication.
Evaluating and auditing service provision to ensure it is
client accessible and effective.
To support the team leader for the school nursing service by
providing advanced clinical practice and team oversight including knowledge and
experience. This includes supporting on
safeguarding practice, caseload oversight, statutory 5-19 programmes, training,
audit, and interagency work as required.
Support School Nursing Duty providing cover as appropriate
Promoting awareness and utilising school nursing referral
system
To provide
advanced public health clinical expertise to the public health team and school
nursing team offering specialist advice and guidance for care of the 519-year-old
children and young people at risk of exclusion and EOTAS.
To support
the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies/evidence-based
guidelines for the service. This includes the quality assurance framework for
the service.
Support management oversight for clinical effectiveness of
the Healthy Child Programme by the use of evidence-based practice and audit.
The post holder will adapt and be responsive whilst supporting
development of the school nursing role, creating, and maintaining an
environment in which excellence in service delivery will flourish.
Support the team on safeguarding agendas that impact on the
5-19 services including Safeguarding Partnership subgroups (CSE/CE/Missing),
primary care interfaces, multi-agency groups, and engagement with the universal
services.
Support the team leader
for the school nursing service with management of the service and the skill mix
team as appropriate.
Clinical
To work with children, young people, and their
families to deliver the Healthy Child Programme whilst supporting statutory safeguarding delivery.
To establish and maintain relationships with other
statutory and voluntary agencies e.g., primary care, 0-5 universal services,
safeguarding teams, specialist/targeted childrens services, specialist school
nursing, early help, social services, and education.
Provide a supervisor/preceptorship role to school
nurses and health visitors, identifying ongoing developmental needs.
Support effective service responses and pathways where
there are multi-agency service interfaces required. This includes but is not exhaustive
of dealing effectively with child protection processes, domestic violence
incidents, A&E notifications, and mental health notifications.
To provide clinical cover as required.
Full JD and Presonal Specification is attached
