Specialist Nurse Youth Justice Service

Job summary

Locala Health and Wellbeing embraces diversity and inclusion and encourages applicants from people from all backgrounds with our ambition to have a workforce that represents the wider communities we live and work within, which you can support us to achieve.

We are an organisation that celebrates and values the individuality of our colleagues lived experiences and can adapt accordingly, recognising the value inclusivity brings when delivering equitable, high quality healthcare to our local communities. Where everyone feels valued, has the ability to develop, has flexible working opportunities, with a sense of belonging, supported by our Inclusivity Groups.

Locala is a Disability Confident employer and as such any disabled applicants who meets all the essential criteria are guaranteed to be invited to the assessment process.

Job Title - Specialist Nurse Youth Justice Service

Contract - Permanent

Band - 7 (£43,742 - £50,056)

Location The Orange Box 1 Blackledge Halifax

Main duties of the job

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced, dynamic SCPHN to join the Health Team in the Youth Justice Service in Calderdale.

The successful candidate will be an integrated member of the wider multi-disciplinary Youth Justice Service working across Calderdale predominantly, with some occasional cross over working with Kirklees as service needs dictate.

The post holder will complete holistic health assessments, focusing on physical health, emotional health and neurodiversity, offer specific intervention packages around physical health needs i.e. sleeping, lifestyles, sexual health, life skills; therapeutic interventions for low mood, anxiety, problems with emotional regulation and managing stress. The postholder will signpost, refer and support young people to access to other health services improving their health literacy and will work across the whole of Calderdale, seeing people in the community and school as well as in their home and at YJS buildings.

Working with key partners there will be a requirement to develop and deliver co-operative working arrangements that support healthy outcomes for children, young people and their families.

We will support the successful candidate with a full induction programme including opportunities for development in the areas of mental health and learning disabilities.

For informal enquiries please contact Tina Suthers on 07763548303 or Alice Jamil on 07873616629.

About us

Just a few of the benefits you can enjoy:-

• Flexible working-We are committed to supporting our colleagues to have a good work-life balance and welcome conversations about flexible working wherever possible.
• Generous pension We offer a generous, defined contribution, pension scheme with matched contribution + 2% up to a maximum of 8%
• Development opportunities We have a nursing framework and offer a range of development opportunities in all roles.

Here at Locala we are part of the community and have often cared for generations within the same family and continue to be part of the NHS family also delivering care under the same ethos.

Be part of an organisation doing things differently. One that delivers CQC-rated Good NHS healthcare services, as well as having a positive social impact in local communities.