Main area: Care Leavers
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: 12 months (Fixed term to cover secondment of 2 nurses to SCPHN Course)
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Flexible to meet the needs of the service 5 days per week.)
Job ref: 453-24-6771504
Employer: Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Westbourne Green
Town: Bradford
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 15/11/2024 23:59
Specialist Nurse - Leaving Care
NHS AfC: Band 6
Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs, we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.
Job overview
As a Specialist Public Health Nurse, you will be a case holder for complex and vulnerable young people who are eligible for a Care Leavers Service. You will work as part of the district-wide health team for Children in Care & Care Leavers.
The team works to promote strategies to improve health outcomes for Care Leavers, enabling and empowering them to be involved in the assessment of their health needs and the delivery of their health plan.
You will work closely with Local Authority Fostering and Adoption Services, Children’s & Families Trust, Health Visiting, School Nursing, Substance Misuse Services, Child & Adult Mental Health Practitioners, and Allied Health Professionals on all aspects of the young person’s health, wellbeing, and safeguarding.
The Specialist Public Health Nurse for Care Leavers is expected to display high personal levels of competence, judgment, integrity, and personal accountability. You will assist the team in providing a single point of contact for advice, support, and information pertaining to the health needs of Care Leavers.
Main duties of the job
You will be required to:
1. Demonstrate the ability and willingness to foster trusting professional relationships with young people to empower, enable, and support them to make informed choices regarding their health status.
2. Engage with Care Leavers to ensure that their voice is heard and is utilized to influence and inform the shape and delivery of the service across the Bradford District.
3. Demonstrate a sound knowledge of the impact of trauma and ACES on young people and be proficient in providing a trauma-informed approach to practice.
4. Promote understanding of the importance of health and wellbeing, their attendance for health appointments, and provide ongoing encouragement to enable them to utilize services to optimize their health and wellbeing.
5. Ensure that health interventions are underpinned by your understanding and competent use of the principles of advocacy, empowerment, facilitation, communication, coordination, and partnership both with individuals and families, and with professionals from health services and those from other statutory and non-statutory agencies.
6. As part of the multi-disciplinary team, develop Individual Health Plans, in consultation with young people, and in partnership with the young person’s Social Worker or Personal Advisor, ensuring the delivery of the actions of this plan, with a specific responsibility for coordinating the delivery of health services necessary, within agreed timescales and targets.
Working for our organisation
Everything we do is underpinned by our core values:
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs.
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including:
* Increase mileage rates for > 3500.
* A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages.
* A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities.
* Plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse
* Current NMC Registration.
* SCPHN HV or SN qualification or equivalent and current experience of working with care leavers or children in care.
* Experience of undertaking health interventions with care leavers.
Experience
* Experience of effective multi-agency working.
* Demonstrable understanding of the health needs of Care Leavers & Children in Care.
* Awareness and Experience of managing Adult and Child Protection issues.
Knowledge
* Impact of ACES and Early Neurodevelopment.
* Legislation relevant to care leavers.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates' best interest to apply as soon as possible.
In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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