Specialist Nurse SEND support inSurbiton inSurbiton PUBLISHED 13 DEC 2023

• To work with families with children, young people 0-19 years and their families in the period up to and post SEND diagnosis to improve outcomes for children and young people.
• To assess health needs and implement planned programmes of care for SEND children, young people and their families, evaluating the interventions.
• To delegate where appropriate to others in a skill-mix team and provide support where needed.
• Deliver specialist SEND guidance, emotional support and advice to children and young people with additional needs and their families, including developmental concerns, behaviour, diet and continence.
• Signposting and referral to relevant services such as EarlyBird, local support groups and parent forums.
• To prepare training materials for parents using evidenced-based interventions and NICE guidelines where appropriate as well as deliver courses to parents.
• To contribute to the improvement of the service delivery of the Pre and Post Diagnosis SEND support Team to improve support for families.
• To encourage service user feedback to shape the activities of the team.
• To work with the clinical lead to support any identified variance in clinical practices in the 0-19 wider team and contribute to service improvement activities to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
• To establish and maintain good working relationships with other stakeholders, including parents, education, health and social care providers, to ensure a Whole System Approach is adopted in supporting children, young people and their families.
• To be passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people aged 0-19 years with identified SEND, encouraging equity of access to services.
• To be aware of relevant legislation, national and local drivers, such as the Children and Families Act (2and local SEND Futures plans.
• To work across both Kingston and Richmond boroughs to support families in both boroughs, thereby ensuring equality of access to support.

Key Result Areas

Service Delivery

• To promote optimal health outcomes for children, young people with SEND and their families by:
• Maintaining knowledge of the health needs of children, young people and their families and apply this to practice.
• Continuously developing expertise in children and adults, ensuring the use of these skills in practice, adhering to Your Healthcare policies, alerting senior staff and the named nurse for child or adult protection and other team members when exceptional risks are identified.
• To be accountable as a professional for actions in relation to own and work delegated to others, acting within the NMC code of professional conduct.
• To be aware of the multiple needs of children, young people with SEND and their families, acquiring knowledge of services available to fulfil these needs and ensuring proactive referral to other agencies where appropriate.
• To assess children, young people and adults holistically and provide care based on an awareness of the wider determinants of health.
• To promote optimum health outcomes for children, young people and adults by effective liaison with colleagues both internal and external to Your Healthcare.
• Participating in and developing health promoting activities for children, young people and their families in a variety of community settings. Activities include but are not limited to health assessments, one to one interventions and group sessions for parents.
• To contribute to service developments across the SEND Health Service and implement these in the designated locality.
• Participating in use of digital technologies to support service delivery.
• To participate, as requested by the Clinical Lead, in Clinical Governance activities such as clinical audit and research.
• To comply with current evidence-based guidelines, Your Healthcare and relevant policies and procedures and to support other team members to do the same.
• Ensuring provision identifies needs of children and young people identified as at risk/or with complex needs and appropriate action is taken.

Communications and Working Relationships

• To provide support, leadership and supervision of members of a skill mixed locality team when appropriate.
• To allocate work to the most appropriate member of staff.
• To maintain up to date accurate records, ensuring confidentiality is maintained in accordance with Your Healthcare, NMC requirements and the Data Protection laws.
• To participate fully in the use of information technology, collecting and entering statistical data relevant to service area.
• To organise and participate in team, organisational and partnership meetings as required.
• To participate in and contribute to the development of the Pre and Post SEND Diagnosis Support Service
• To support supervision of pre-registration students when shadowing the service and provide mentorship to new members of staff where relevant.
• To maintain professional competence and personal development by participation in mandatory and essential training, which are reflected in the personal development plan.

Decision Making

• To be able to prioritise own caseload and the work priorities of the team in a way that promotes peoples equality, diversity and rights.
• To ensure the efficient and effective use of all resources to meet the needs of service users and their families.
• Working without direct supervision to plan, deliver and evaluate interventions, applying knowledge of evidence, guidance and policy.
• Participate fully in regular clinical and safeguarding supervision activities.
• To be able to recognise when ad hoc support and supervision is required.
• To contribute to multi-agency decision making for safeguarded children.
• To apply an understanding of inequalities in health and vulnerable populations to working practice.

We are looking for an innovative and highly motivated School Nurse, Health Visitor, or Learning Disability Nurse to join our SEND support team across Kingston and Richmond for the 0-19 years age range. This is a new service where the candidate will have influence over the shaping of the service and support offered.

This is a unique and exciting position working alongside the specialist practitioners supporting families in the period leading up to assessment and post diagnosis of any complex health need, including those diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Condition. You will be offering practical and emotional support with areas of concern which are having a significant impact on the family.

This is a varied role including, but not limited to:

• Assessment of health needs and implement planned programmes of care for children, young people and their families with SEND needs, evaluating the interventions.
• Contributing to the improvement of the service delivery of the Pre and Post Diagnosis SEND support Team to improve support for families.
• Having a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people aged 0-19 years with identified SEND, encouraging equity of access to services.
• Working with the clinical lead to support any identified variance in clinical practices in the 0-19 wider team and contribute to service improvement activities to improve outcomes for children and young people with SEND.
• Deliver specialist SEND guidance, emotional support and advice to children and young people with additional needs and their families e.g supporting parents and carers through the process of diagnosis, discussing developmental concerns, sleep, behaviour, diet and continence.
• Signposting and referral to relevant services such as earlybird training, local support groups and parent forums.
• Working in partnership with Health, Education, Social Services and Voluntary services to provide holistic care in a Whole System Approach.