Designated Nurse for Safeguarding Children in Care and Care Leavers inBristol inBristol PUBLISHED 13 DEC 2023

Band 8b: £62,215 to £72,293 a year per annum  PERMANENT 
Due to hybrid working, applicants are invited from all areas, with an understanding that the successful candidate will be required in the office at least once a week for team office days and to attend Corporate Parenting Boards in person.

For full details please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.

Are you an experienced Registered Children's Clinician with excellent safeguarding experience and an interest in Children in Care and Care Leavers? And can you think strategically, and lead a programme of work across a system with three local authority areas If so, please do get in contact.

The Integrated Care Board (ICB) is recruiting a Designated Nurse Children in Care and Care Leavers to support the delivery of the statutory ICB responsibilities. This role will be supported by the ICB Safeguarding Team in general but in particular a Designated Dr Children in Care and a Deputy Designated Nurse.

In the supporting evidence of your application form, you must demonstrate your experiences by giving specific examples for the criteria within the person specification.

The postholder will advise on children in care and care leavers workstreams and their safeguarding arrangements in the Integrated Care System, working closely with other colleagues in the Integrated Care Board. This is to ensure that this set of children and young people are considered in strategic planning, clinical leadership, innovation, development, and the delivery of services to improve the health and wellbeing of the population living in BNSSG.

This role will work closely with the Children in Care health provider to ensure that Children in Care and Care Leaver's health needs are being assessed, reviewed and mostly importantly met to prevent further harm. This requires a collaborative approach with the local authority system partners also to drive improvements and process together.

Due to hybrid working, applicants are invited from all areas, with an understanding that the successful candidate will be required in the office at least once a week for team office days and to attend Corporate Parenting Boards in person. Interviews are scheduled for Friday 11th October in Bristol.

The contracted work base for this post is located at Temple Street, Bristol. The ICB supports hybrid working however in order to deliver the functions of the services, flexibility and agility are required by the post holder to deliver all aspects of this role. Therefore the post holder must be able to commit to being available to meet in person at short notice. This may include a variety of locations such as being in the office, in the BNSSG locality or out of area to support the delivery of the requirements of the role and ICB. The ICB retains the right to request that staff work from any ICB approved location during their contracted hours within the BNSSG ICB locality at the manager's discretion

For full details please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role.

Are you an experienced Registered Children's Clinician with excellent safeguarding experience and an interest in Children in Care and Care Leavers? And can you think strategically, and lead a programme of work across a system with three local authority areas If so, please do get in contact.

The Integrated Care Board (ICB) is recruiting a Designated Nurse Children in Care and Care Leavers to support the delivery of the statutory ICB responsibilities. This role will be supported by the ICB Safeguarding Team in general but in particular a Designated Dr Children in Care and a Deputy Designated Nurse.

In the supporting evidence of your application form, you must demonstrate your experiences by giving specific examples for the criteria within the person specification.

The postholder will advise on children in care and care leavers workstreams and their safeguarding arrangements in the Integrated Care System, working closely with other colleagues in the Integrated Care Board. This is to ensure that this set of children and young people are considered in strategic planning, clinical leadership, innovation, development, and the delivery of services to improve the health and wellbeing of the population living in BNSSG.

This role will work closely with the Children in Care health provider to ensure that Children in Care and Care Leaver's health needs are being assessed, reviewed and mostly importantly met to prevent further harm. This requires a collaborative approach with the local authority system partners also to drive improvements and process together.

Due to hybrid working, applicants are invited from all areas, with an understanding that the successful candidate will be required in the office at least once a week for team office days and to attend Corporate Parenting Boards in person. Interviews are scheduled for Friday 11th October in Bristol.

The contracted work base for this post is located at Temple Street, Bristol. The ICB supports hybrid working however in order to deliver the functions of the services, flexibility and agility are required by the post holder to deliver all aspects of this role. Therefore the post holder must be able to commit to being available to meet in person at short notice. This may include a variety of locations such as being in the office, in the BNSSG locality or out of area to support the delivery of the requirements of the role and ICB. The ICB retains the right to request that staff work from any ICB approved location during their contracted hours within the BNSSG ICB locality at the manager's discretion

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