# Children In Care Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/children-in-care-nurse/488f0955-3330-4ed7-8ca0-07d0113d1579 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/children-in-care-nurse/488f0955-3330-4ed7-8ca0-07d0113d1579.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust - **Town:** Coventry - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-08T12:21:22.704Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Warwickshire/Coventry/Coventry_Warwickshire_Partnership_NHS_Trust/Children_Care_Nurse/Children_Care_Nurse-v8135746 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8135746?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Full time Children in Care Nurse - Band 6 - hours per week, permanent role Please note you may be required to take part in a young persons interview panel as part of this interview process. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Nurse with significant experience of working with Children in Care, to join our caring and compassionate team who wants to make a real difference to the children we work with. This role offers a fantastic opportunity to be part of a trauma informed innovative team, become an expert nurse, use your clinical analysis skills autonomously, and be an evidenced-based practitioner. We are seeking a nurse who can comprehensively assess the health, development and social-emotional needs of both the 0-5 and 5-18 age group. So applications from experienced Health Visitors or SCPHN qualified colleagues are particularly invited. Applicants must have confident report writing skills, be able to work independently, have significant safeguarding experience, the ability to plan, prioritise and time manage their own workload. Applicants will need to be able to work well under pressure and be emotionally resilient practitioners. ### Main duties of the job Main duties of the job For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements. To directly support Children in Care and young people leaving care, to reach their full potential by achieving the best possible health outcomes. Ensure statutory responsibilities are met by offering timely, person centred assessments and interventions in line with Statutory Guidance.  As part of a caseload covering 0-18, for children living both in and outside of Coventry. Support the Named and Specialist Children in Care professionals, in providing a needs-led, individual outcomes focussed, accessible health offer to children and young people. To provide advice, support and training; including the provision of specialist advice to professionals in relation to improving the health and well-being outcomes of Children in Care. To take part in audits and peer reviews, to improve quality, standards and make improvements to our service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The role of the Children in Care Nurse is to work with other Health and Social Care services to support specialist health care delivery within a multi-professional Children in Care team. We are looking for an experienced practitioner who will work with and advocate for, Children in Care & young people to promote their best health outcomes. Clinically, you will be expected to independently manage your own case load, managing your time to conduct holistic statutory Review Health Assessments (RHAs) and writing comprehensive Children in Care Leavers Health Summaries - living inside and outside Coventry. You will also act as a point of contact for professional liaison, take part in a duty rota and attend safeguarding meetings. You will be expected to work within the local specification and national guidance to respond to Children in Care and young people, their carers and others supporting them. You may be required to travel across the country to engage with Coventry’s Children in Care who are placed out of city. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Must hold current driving licence and be a car user ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable post qualification experience of working with children & young people in a range of settings - Multi-agency liaison & collaboration, with respect to complex children’s cases - Ability to work autonomously ### Qualifications **Essential** - nurse /midwife qualification and registered with the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) ### Knowledge & Skills **Essential** - Ability to independently assess, plan implement and evaluate programmes of quality care for highly complex & vulnerable children & young people - Ability to independently write comprehensive reports - An understanding of Working Together to Safeguard Children and other supporting legislation / guidance ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Must be able to demonstrate compassionate care for this client group - Must be able to exercise initiative ## Documents - [flexible working policy (pdf, 347.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1155) - [children in care nurse jd (pdf, 400.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10433773) - [application guidance notes (pdf, 157.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1157) - [terms and conditions nhs jobs (pdf, 19.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1158) - [equality and diversity leaflets (pdf, 838.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1159) - [the prince's trust help 16-30 year olds into work (pdf, 192.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2706) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.