Specialist Youth Justice Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Youth Justice Nurse to join our Forensic Child & Adolescent Mental Health Team (FCAMHS) .  We are looking for a  motivated and compassionate practitioner with an interest in working with young people and carers who present with complex mental health difficulties and offending / risk behaviours.

We provide a service across the Humberside region working closely with partners across Humber and Yorkshire. This post will specifically work within the Hull Youth Justice Services.

We are looking for an experienced, knowledgeable and autonomous individual, who is excited by the opportunity of working alongside professional colleagues in a Youth Justice setting. You will be supported to work within the Youth Justice teams and will benefit from being a part of the wider Forensic Division.  We are looking for practitioners with experience of working with young people and/or working in forensic services. You will form part of the FCAMHS Team who provide a highly specialist service and you will receive a bespoke induction process with the Youth Justice service and FCAMHS team.

This role is a rare chance to work within a highly specialist service for young people. You will have the opportunity to learn from partners across Humber and Yorkshire.  You will receive and provide regular supervision and attend training as identified through knowledge skills framework process and individual appraisal.

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the evaluation of the health needs of children and young people involved with the Youth Justice Service through a comprehensive health assessment, considering the physical, mental, and emotional health of young people, and referring to specialist services as appropriate.

The Specialist Youth Justice Nurse will :

• Deliver evidence-based specialist health interventions to the children and young people, including interventions to promote both their physical and mental well-being.
• Deliver therapeutic interventions and specialist assessment as part of a multi-disciplinary team and in the context of a trauma informed model of care.
• Develop and provide effective pathways within healthcare and wider systems for children and young people involved within the YJS to ensure that health needs are addressed effectively.
• Work collaboratively with young people and their families.
• Work alongside other YJS colleagues and partnership services to provide appropriate interventions and contribute both the improvement in health status of the client population and in the reduction of offending.
• The role will support operational colleagues and managers in the operational delivery of the service.
• The role will provide professional and clinical leadership.

The successful applicant will need to have the means to travel between various geographical distances.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information with regard to this vacancy please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Due to the uniqueness of the role we would advise candidates make contact prior to application.