Community Staff Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job responsibilities:

Work with children, young people and families using Suffolk Signs of Safety (SOS) and Wellbeing framework.

Apply an integrated, multi-agency approach to supporting and empowering children, young people and their families.

To ensure a strong focus on prevention, early intervention and identification of need, using your experience, knowledge and skill to determine the level of intervention required.

Work in accordance with regulatory and statuary documents, legal frameworks, NICE guidance and Suffolk County Council policy and procedures.

Actively build relationships and networks with other professional groups and services in the locality to deliver a holistic service to children, young people and their families.

To work with the community and ensure the active participating of children, young people and families in service planning and delivery that respond to local needs and reflects the diversity of the community and the inclusion of vulnerable people and those with additional needs.

To identify risk and safeguarding concerns and escalate where required, undertaking appropriate referrals, including CAF.

What you will be expected to deliver:

Plan and deliver universal and targeted provision which focuses on improving outcomes for children, young people and their families.

To work alongside children, young people and families where there are early signs of social, emotional, health or behavioural issues to bring about sustainable improvement.

Identify early children and families where additional preventative interventions could reduce their risks and improve future health and wellbeing.

To respond to needs identified within the family by identifying and delivering evidence -based interventions and escalating as required.

A thorough understanding information and advice to signpost for children, young people and families to relevant universal and specialist services in the local area and beyond, empowering families to help themselves.

Support children, young people and their families to maintain their own good emotional health and wellbeing, finding their own support network from friends, family and the community.

Engage in individual and group supervision.

To mentor and/ or supervise junior colleagues or students.

To contribute to ensure successful completion of quality assurance processes within the team.

To be responsible for individual performance and the quality of data produced.

Use feedback to inform service delivery and staff development.

Although this list provides examples of what you will be doing its not intended to be exhaustive and you will have personal objectives linked to our People Plans and Strategies that will be discussed and agreed with your line manager when you start.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Current Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) Registered Nurse.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Willingness to undertake further professional training and attend training courses as well as reading literature as required to update knowledge and skills.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Suffolk County Council

Address

West Suffolk Council

Western Way

Bury St. Edmunds

Suffolk

IP33 3YU

Employer's website

https://careers.suffolk.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)