Job Overview
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.
Main duties of the job
* 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.
Working for our organisation
* 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
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
* 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.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
* Delivery of services both universal and targeted to 0- 19 years including vulnerable children
* Experience of working as a member of a team but also able to work autonomously
* Experience of Integrated or joint working to deliver a high quality of care and to achieve health outcomes
Desirable criteria
* Contributing towards strategic planning of services
* Management experience or evidence of advanced practice
* Experience of working directly with looked after children, UASC and care leavers
* Planning and delivering training (health promotion)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Knowledge of childhood vaccination programme
* Risk management
* Infection Control legislation and maintenance of standards
* Policies, guidance and working practices that underpin Integrated working and development of services that aim to improve outcomes for Looked After Children and Care Leavers
* Sensitivity to the needs of looked after children and young people.
Desirable criteria
* Information & Data collection
* Resource allocation and management
* Line-management
* Clinical audit
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* UK Current Registered Health Visitor/ School Nurse/ Specialist Community Public Health Nurse qualification. SCPHN Qualification
* Diploma / degree or equivalent experience relevant to clinical practice
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (Ability to work to post graduate level)
* Safeguarding training at Level 3
Desirable criteria
* Nurse Prescribing
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