Children In Care Nurse

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To directly support Children in Care and young people leaving care, to reach their full potential by achieving the best possible health outcomes.

Ensure statutory responsibilities are met by offering timely, person centred assessments and interventions in line with Statutory Guidance. As part of a caseload covering 0-18, for children living both in and outside of Coventry.

Support the Named and Specialist Children in Care professionals, in providing a needs-led, individual outcomes focussed, accessible health offer to children and young people.

To provide advice, support and training; including the provision of specialist advice to professionals in relation to improving the health and well-being outcomes of Children in Care.

To take part in audits and peer reviews, to improve quality, standards and make improvements to our service.

The role of the Children in Care Nurse is to work with other Health and Social Care services to support specialist health care delivery within a multi-professional Children in Care team. We are looking for an experienced practitioner who will work with and advocate for, Children in Care & young people to promote their best health outcomes.

Clinically, you will be expected to independently manage your own case load, managing your time to conduct holistic statutory Review Health Assessments (RHAs) and writing comprehensive Children in Care Leavers Health Summaries - living inside and outside Coventry. You will also act as a point of contact for professional liaison, take part in a duty rota and attend safeguarding meetings.

You will be expected to work within the local specification and national guidance to respond to Children in Care and young people, their carers and others supporting them. You may be required to travel across the country to engage with Coventrys Children in Care who are placed out of city.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

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