Youth Justice Nurse

The post holder will be hosted by Camden School Nursing Team but will work on a day-to-day basis with Camden Youth Justice Service, based at Crowndale, Camden. All work activity will be overseen and managed by the Service Manager for the Youth Justice Service but additional support and supervision will be available from School health colleagues.

The post holder will engage with children, young people, carers, and families, to ensure that the physical wellbeing and health needs of this client group are identified and responded to in a timely manner. The aim of the post is to develop a universal physical and mental health offer for children known to Youth Justice Service (YJS) and children and young people (CYP), aged 10-25, at risk of offending, violence and exploitation. The aim is to strengthen relationships with key workers to promote improvements in the health and well-being of this client group. This will include health screening and signposting to relevant health services, liaison with relevant health colleagues and follow up/case management for children and young people with more complex and/or urgent health needs.

Role Specific Responsibilities:

• Developing and delivering a health screening tool which will identify CYPs physical health needs
• Triaging of cases to prioritise need and plan of care
• Signposting to appropriate services, as and when required
• Acting as an advocate for the CYP, where additional support is required
• Developing a database of all CYP engaged with YJS and at risk adolescent services to enable delivery of the health screening tool, capturing of outcomes/outputs, and inform commissioning and needs analysis
• Joint working with YJS colleagues including the provision of an overview of health needs (with CYPs consent)
• Joint working with Children Looked After (CLA) service, including case discussion of CYP who are known to both CLA and YJS
• Close working with Health specialists within the team collaborating where CYP have both physical and emotional health needs, when indicated
• Developing relationships with all other key stakeholders to ensure children and young people access appropriate services in accordance with their physical health needs
• Completing reports and engaging with relevant governance processes across health and the local authority, as and when required
• Providing learning and development opportunities to YJS colleagues, to support better understanding of health needs and interventions
• Providing the Health contribution to statutory processes (including safeguarding) as and when required

Person Specification:

• RGN/RN, RCN
• Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development

• Mentorship qualification or Practice Assessor
• Nurse prescribing Qualification
• Specialist Community Public Health (SCPHN) qualification

• Experience of working with vulnerable families and implementing evidence-based practice
• Experience of working in highly emotional/distressing circumstances
• Experience of participating in the completion of research/audits
• Experience of completing health assessments
• Evidence of multi-disciplinary integrated team working
• Ability to work flexibly and respond to changing demands both individually and within a team
• Knowledge of Safeguarding Children Issues
• Experience in supporting the development of other practitioners

• Knowledge of clinical governance, patient safety, and risk management principles
• Ability to interpret and present complex information clearly to varied audiences
• Knowledge of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
• Demonstrate an understanding of the health needs of this cohort of young people
• Demonstrated an understanding of the SEND agenda
• Knowledge of health issues and relating to, and impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences
• Understanding of NMC Code of Conduct and scope of professional practice

• Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team.
• Speaking face to face, by telephone and writing letters and reports.
• Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies.
• Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary.

• Good working knowledge of data systems (e.g. SystmOne, or equivalent).
• Able to maintain electronic patient records.
• Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing.

• Work well with other members of the team including communicating effectively, being kind and considerate, reliable and enthusiastic.
• Contribute to the culture of the team and play a role in making it inclusive, kind and hard working.
• Help others in the team achieve their objectives and deliver safe, effective care.

• Awareness of Camden's public health strategy or local population health needs
• Knowledge of principles of audit and research

• Enthusiastic, adaptable, and proactive in problem-solving
• Able to work independently, exercise initiative, and manage competing priorities
• Culturally sensitive and aware of the needs of diverse communities
• Able to demonstrate the ability to act on behalf of young people as an advocate when required
• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and promoting equitable access
• Ability to work independently and to make sound decisions
• Ability to travel to different sites if and when required
• Be a role model and embody CNWL's values by being Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
• Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
• Able and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
• Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals

• Able to work efficiently in the community
• Commitment to ongoing professional development