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02.03.2025
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16.04.2025
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Job summary
Are you a compassionate and dedicated professional looking to make a meaningful impact in the lives of children and young people? At HCRG Care Group, we are offering a wonderful opportunity to join our Children in Care Team within the Essex Child and Family Well-Being Service in West Essex.
As a Children in Care Nurse, you will play a pivotal role in supporting some of the most vulnerable children and young people in our community, aged 0-19 years. With your expertise, you will ensure their health needs are met through statutory health assessments and by attending statutory reviews, fostering their well-being and resilience.
This is more than a job; it’s a chance to grow in your career with dedicated support and training from the Named Nurse for Children in Care. You will develop specialized knowledge, skills, and competencies in the field, helping you to truly make a difference.
Please call Lisa Seager, Named Nurse for Children in Care at 07970 346 619 for more information about this exciting role.
Interviews for this role will be held on 27th & 28th February 2025
Main duties of the job
Core Responsibilities
* Care Delivery: Lead and support statutory health assessments, ensuring sensitive, age-appropriate care that respects choice, culture, and diversity.
* Partnership Work: Collaborate with safeguarding teams, social care, foster carers, and other agencies to promote the health and well-being of children in care.
* Health Coordination: Oversee health reviews and assessments, ensuring timely completion and adherence to contractual agreements and legal frameworks.
* Clinical Expertise: Deliver evidence-based, high-quality nursing care to support healthy lifestyle choices and improve health outcomes for children in care.
Key Activities
* Conduct holistic health assessments and attend multi-agency meetings.
* Support access to appropriate health services within the community and secondary care.
* Escalate concerns to the Named Nurse for Children in Care as needed.
* Provide clinical guidance to colleagues while maintaining accountability standards.
Training and Supervision
* Support and deliver safeguarding and Children in Care training initiatives.
* Participate in appraisals, supervision, and reflective practice to support colleagues.
* Contribute to training evaluations and implement improvements.
Governance and Policy
* Assist in policy dissemination, case discussions, and monitoring of significant events.
* Contribute to audits and the development of safeguarding processes.
Professional Development
* Maintain competence through ongoing professional development and training.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology, and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing in England. We support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments, and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit our website.
Job responsibilities
You will feel valued as a Children in Care Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
* Band 5 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions + 5% fringe payment.
* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you.
* Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high-interest rates.
* Online and face-to-face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post-trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling.
* Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways, and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
* An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ring-fenced innovation funding each year.
* The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a number of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission.
The Ideal Candidate
Education/Qualifications
* Registered on Part 1 of the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) register as a registered children’s nurse and/or Part 3 as a specialist community public health nurse.
Experience, Skills, and Abilities
* Strong IT skills, including proficiency in digital systems.
* Excellent communication, literacy, and interpersonal skills.
* Ability to effectively engage and work with children, young people, and adults.
Knowledge and Understanding
* In-depth understanding of the health needs of Children in Care.
* Awareness of the importance of confidentiality and knowledge of legislation associated with information sharing.
* Self-motivated and enthusiastic about supporting children and young people.
Desirable
* Experience working within a Children’s team or directly supporting Children in Care.
* Holds a full driving license with access to a car for work purposes.
Person Specification
General Requirements
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