Specialist Nurse Looked After Children and Care Leavers

Grimsby, England, United Kingdom

7/14/2025

• We are currently seeking an enthusiastic and innovative Band 6 Specialist Looked After Children and Care Leaver Nurse to join us in delivering high-quality, compassionate care to our Looked After Children. In this rewarding role, you will take the lead in carrying out statutory health assessments and play a pivotal part in identifying, addressing, and advocating for the health needs of children in care.
• We are seeking a committed and passionate individual who can demonstrate a genuine interest in the health and wellbeing of Looked after Children, Young People & Care Leaver.
• The looked after children's team support children/young people and their carers to meet any identified physical health, mental health and emotional wellbeing needs. Looked after children are a particularly vulnerable group of young people that are often difficult to engage and although they have many of the same health issues as their peers, the extent of these is often greater because of their experiences.
• Over recent years there has been a significant rise in the number of children in care at both national and local level. Looked after Children and young people have a greater risk of mental health problems, as well as developmental and physical health issues.
  
  

Ø Support the Named Nurse for Looked After Children to fulfil their responsibilities to deliver the LAC service specification and improve the health of children and young people looked after.

Ø Attendance and contribution at relevant multi-agency meetings.

Consult on complex issues in relation to Looked After Children, Care Leavers and unaccompanied asylum.

Ø Coordinate own caseload which will involve writing care plans and liaising as appropriate with other professionals.

> Conduct statutory Looked after Children review health assessments which includes developmental and emotional wellbeing of looked after children in accordance with national and local guidance and policies.

Provide health advice, support and training to professionals from other disciplines including foster carer's on individual and general health issues to promote the health of looked after children and offer health promotion information regarding childhood issues when required.

> Contribute to individual case supervision and receive supervision and additional safeguarding in line with local and national requirements, engage with safeguarding supervision and take responsibility for your own supervision needs.

Ø Contribute to the delivery of training for health staff and inter-agency training.

Ø Encourage case discussion, reflective practice, and the monitoring of significant events at a local level.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Samantha Reeve Job title: Named Nurse For Looked After Children Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 03033 305344