The post holder will work in partnership with the dedicated Looked After
Children Health Team and with partner agencies to ensure that children who are Looked After achieve the best possible health outcomes. This includes completing review health assessments, attending multi-disciplinary meetings, delivering training and offering advice and support to multi -disciplinary/multi-agency staff, carers, children and young people.
• To work alongside the Named Nurse, Specialist Nurse and the wider LAC health team, planning and undertaking statutory health assessments and formulating health care plans for LAC and young people aged 0-19 years.
• To ensure assessments are completed within statutory time-frames and completed reports are produced in a timely manner for quality assurance prior to processing.
• To contribute to and undertake the training and ongoing development of health professionals, social workers and foster carers.
• To act as a resource and support, providing expert advice to social workers, foster carers, teachers, residential workers and young people who are looked after. To arrange and attend regular LAC surgery’s with Social Care.
• To arrange for any urgent needs identified to be addressed promptly by referral to appropriate services.
• To ensure any health issues identified which are a matter of concern are acted upon immediately and that the Social Worker for the case is notified promptly by email and telephone contact.
• To attend any Looked after Children’s reviews if required for complex cases.
• To contribute to the provision of comprehensive reports in the development of the service.
• To assist the Named Nurse and Specialist Nurse in maintaining an accurate, up to date database on health assessments, A&E attendances of LAC and a missing persons schedule.
• A friendly, welcoming, nurturing and encouraging work environment that will support you in your practice and development
• Local induction and an allocated mentor
• Regular clinical, management, and safeguarding supervision.
• Opportunities for leadership and career development
• A strong focus on staff well-being and access to excellent staff engagement programs and support services via our People Development team
• Working within strategic and CNWL policy frameworks, identify assessments that are to be arranged for completion in the LAC Nurse Clinics and which are to be completed in the home environment according to the needs of the child.
• To liaise with LAC Administrative Support for booking RHA appointments with carers and co-ordination of the reports required.
• To undertake comprehensive health assessments and formulate health care plans within a holistic framework for LAC.
• To adopt a flexible approach to working in order to accommodate children and support young people who may be difficult to engage with.
• To undertake health assessments on LAC from other Local Authorities in line with good practice.
This advert closes on Sunday 24 Aug 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr