Job summary

As a Looked After Childrens Nurse (LAC), youll be working as part of Essex Child and Family Well-Being Service delivering care across North Essex and joining a highly skilled, motivated team that works together to achieve shared goals.

Working alongside the Named Nurse for Looked After Children, you will receive structured support and develop knowledge, skills and competencies in this field to ensure the health needs of this vulnerable cohort are met.

This is a permanent full time or part time position, working Monday – Friday travelling throughout Mid Essex in a range of environments including our family hubs and familys homes.

You’ll be joining our award-winning ‘Good’ Care Quality Commission-rated Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service (ECFWS), which we run in partnership with Barnardo’s on behalf of Essex County Council and West Essex CCG. Our focus is on improving outcomes for both parents and children by addressing issue s such as isolation and loneliness. The Social Mobility Pledge campaign states that our ECFWS should be used as an exemplar for improving health outcomes and social mobility up and down the country and we are proud of our association with this campaign.

Main duties of the job

You will undertake the lead health professional role for LAC for a small caseload of Children/Young People and responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Review Health Assessment (RHA), implement, and regularly monitor the health care plan and contribute to the childs interagency care plan.
• Act as an advocate for the health of each child or young person who is looked after.
• Promote the child/young persons well-being and independence to help them reach their maximum potential in life.
• Work with the childs social worker to co-ordinate the health care plan and ensure actions are followed up
• Promote the child/young persons well-being and independence to help them reach their maximum potential in life.
• Be responsible for liaising with other professionals known to be providing a service to the child, to gather up to date information. This is required to complete a comprehensive and holistic child centred health assessment and care plan

Moreover, through our outstanding in-house training provider, The Learning Enterprise, we provide free access to over 100 courses, empowering you in your current role and encouraging your professional development towards the next role.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs 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 services. Across 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.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were 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 doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

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