Children’s Looked After Nurse for UASCYP

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Children Looked After Nurse For Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children And Young People (UASCYP)

We are looking to recruit a committed, innovative, experienced nurse with demonstrable leadership skills to share our passion for supporting the health needs of highly vulnerable yet resilient children and young people.

Your focus will be on assessing and meeting the health needs of unaccompanied children and young people who are Looked After and seeking asylum in line with statutory timeframes. You will work autonomously within our existing team of nurses and doctors and will often be the first health professional to meet the child or young person and initiate the statutory health assessment process. This will require excellent planning and prioritisation skills.

The best interests of the child or young person will be at the centre of your work and decision making. Collaboration is pivotal to this role, and you will work closely with our children and young people, their carers and support workers and our health services within CWPT and NHS Coventry and Warwickshire Integrated Care Board. Working together with our colleagues in primary and secondary care, social care and the voluntary sector will also be an essential part of the collaborative approach in assessing and supporting the health needs of this vulnerable population.

This is an exciting challenge for someone who is passionate about meeting the needs of our Unaccompanied Asylum-seeking young people.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Act as the lead health professional for our UASCYP and those supporting them.

Directly support UASCYP and those leaving care to reach their full potential by accessing the best possible health outcomes.

Ensure UASCYP receive timely, child & young person focussed assessments and interventions in line with Statutory Guidance, as part of a caseload covering 0-18.

Support the team to provide a needs-led, outcomes focussed, accessible health offer to UASCYP.

To provide training and support; including the provision of specialist advice to Coventry community professionals in relation to improving the health and well-being outcomes of UASCYP

Undertake and lead on audits for the service.

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.

These Include

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group
  
  

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jackie Ruddy Job title: Named Nurse for Children Looked After Email address: jackie.ruddy@covwarkpt.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07557 549327

Alternatively, Please Contact

Lindsey Duck; Team lead: lindsey.duck@covwarkpt.nhs.uk

07584 582194