Children In Care Nurse

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

NHS discount schemes

Wellbeing support

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Band 6 Full Time Only Children in Care Nurse to join our trauma‑informed team. The post is 37.5 hours per week, permanent, and covers health, development and social‑emotional needs for 0‑18 year olds in Coventry and beyond.

You will assess, plan and deliver care with safeguarding expertise, working independently, and supporting named and specialist Children in Care professionals.

Qualifications

• Significant safeguarding experience.
• Ability to work independently.
• Confident report writing skills.
• Experience with 0-18 health needs and care planning.
• Trauma-informed care principles applying to Children in Care.

Responsibilities

• Support Children in Care and young people leaving care to reach their full health potential.
• Provide timely, person-centred assessments and interventions per Statutory Guidance.
• Manage a caseload covering ages 0-18 in Coventry and surrounding areas.
• Support Named and Specialist Children in Care professionals with needs-led care.
• Offer specialist advice, training, audits and peer reviews to improve services.

Skills

Nurse

Children in Care

Safeguarding

Report writing

Time management

Independent working

Trauma-informed care

Clinical analysis

Evidence-based practice

Education

SCPHN qualification

Job description

Full Time Only Children in Care Nurse - Band 6

37.5 hours per week Only, permanent role

Please note you may be required to take part in a young persons interview panel as part of this interview process.

Due to internal promotion, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nurse with significant experience of working with Children in Care, to join our caring and compassionate team. We are looking for someone who wants to make a real difference to the children we work with.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to be part of a trauma informed innovative team, become an expert nurse, use your clinical analysis skills autonomously, and be an evidenced-based practitioner.

We are seeking a nurse who can comprehensively assess the health, development and social-emotional needs of both the 0-5 and 5-18 age group. So applications from experienced Health Visitors or SCPHN qualified colleagues are particularly invited.

Applicants must have confident report writing skills, be able to work independently, have significant safeguarding experience, the ability to plan, prioritise and time manage their own workload. Applicants will need to be able to work well under pressure and be emotionally resilient practitioners.

Main duties of the job

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.

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.

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.

• 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: Lindsey Duck Job title: Children In Care Team Lead Email address: [e-mail]

Donna Kelly - Team Lead - [e-mail]