Learning Disability Nurse

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Halifax; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Learning Disability Nurse to work within Calderdale CAMHS Learning Disability Team. The role focuses on community-based nursing for children and young people aged 0-18 with learning disabilities and complex health needs.

The post offers varied duties including assessments, care planning, and collaboration with partner agencies. The successful candidate will contribute to teaching and student nurse placements, participate in

Qualifications

• Nurse must be registered with the NMC.
• Experience with learning disability or CAMHS is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Act as a specialist practitioner in childrens learning disability nursing in a community setting.
• Undertake holistic assessments and formulate information on needs of the child and family.
• Collaborate with partner agencies such as the disabled children team and specialist schools.
• Advocate for children, young people and families to ensure needs are understood and met.
• Undertake and review care plans and risk assessments.
• Attend multi-agency meetings and panels to contribute information professionally.

Skills

Holistic assessment

Care planning

Advocacy

Education

NMC registered nurse

Job description

A fantastic opportunity has become available in the Calderdale CAMHS Learning Disability Team for a Learning Disability Nurse. The opportunity has arisen due to career progression.

The Learning Disability Team in Calderdale is a small, welcoming, friendly team who have strong relationships with partner agencies which supports collaborative working and transition to adult services. The team are visible within community settings and participate in panels and meetings to ensure that children and young peoples needs are understood.

The team have won a SWYPT Excellence Award in 2025 due to the Behaviour in Bitesize group they offer to parents and carers. This group is held in high regard and receives positive feedback. The team are now extending this group offer to specialist schools to support the work they deliver.

The successful applicant will provide community-based nursing care for children and young people (aged 0-18) with learning disabilities and associated complex health needs. Due to this the role is varied as the team offer assessment, formulation, 1.1. work, group work, care co-ordination and support to partner agencies and professionals through consultation. The team also support a local university with teaching and student nurse placements.

The team is closely aligned to other professionals within the other CAMHS pathways and as such, advice and support are provided to CAMHS colleagues as required.

Main duties of the job

• To act as a specialist practitioner in childrens learning disability nursing within a community setting.
• To undertake holistic assessments and formulate the information to understand the needs of a children or young person and their parent/carer.
• To be able to collaborate with partner agencies such as the disabled children team and specialist schools.
• To be able to advocate for children, young people and their parents and carers to support their needs being understood and met.
• To undertake and review care plans/risk assessments.
• To attend multi agency meetings and panels to contribute information in a professional manner.

The post is full time but part time and flexible working can be considered.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.