Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 nurse to join our Children's Community Learning Disability and Behaviour Support Service in North Cumbria. This nursing team offer a children's learning disability community nursing service along with an Early Intervention Service for Children with a Learning Disability and or Autism (age 2-11 years) who present with Behaviour which may challenge others.

The post holder will support children with a learning disability and or Autism and their families across the learning disability and CAMHS services. This may include proactive support for children with a learning disability and presenting mental health difficulties to prevent tier 3 services being required. They will be able to deliver a service which is high in quality, efficient and sustainable. The framework of Positive Behaviour Support will be applied by the post holder to support children and their families to increase quality of life outcomes and reduce behaviours which may challenge.

Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly motivated, inspirational candidate who is committed to delivering a high-quality service.

They will work within the framework of Positive Behaviour Support, to increase the quality of life for our children, young people and families. This may include working across areas such as physical health promotion, sleep support, emotional wellbeing, skills development and capable environments.

They will have excellent communication skills and good interpersonal skills as the service works collaboratively with other health partners and the third sector to deliver the care to our families.

The successful candidate will facilitate various parent programmes alongside managing a caseload.

They will work autonomously in their day to day work with the support and guidance of the multi disciplinary team.

They will be able to demonstrate their personal alignment with the Trust Values.

The post holder will need to meet the mobility and geographical requirements of the post which require travel to community premises and across the sites as needed.

About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

We want you to be committed to ensuring that only the highest standards of care are delivered to our service users, their families and carers. In return one of our top priorities is looking after our staff so that we have a happy and healthy workforce.

You will need to be solution focussed and competent in working with individuals, their families, and carers, in a community setting. You should have a collaborative and enthusiastic approach as well as the passion and commitment to develop and promote recovery based interventions for adults with mental health related needs.

CNTW are an organisation that prides itself on honesty & transparency to promote quality care every day.

Details
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum
Band: Band 5
Contract: Fixed term, 12 months
Working pattern: Full-time
Closing date: 19 November 2026

Person Specification
Essential

• First Level Registration RMN/RNMH/RNLD Qualification
• Experience of working with service users and their carers in successful delivery of treatment plans
• Complete preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
• Multi-disciplinary team work.
• Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
• Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
• Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of mental health care/ learning disability care and evidence based interventions.
• Understanding of the statutory issues which impact on service users.
• Ability to use IT system
• Comprehensive continuous assessment of skills
• Risk Assessment skills.
• Risk Management and Safety Planning skills.
• Adaptability, flexibility, good communication skills and a commitment to multi-agency team work
• Time Management skills and ability to prioritise work load
• Provide evidence based therapeutic interventions.

Desirable

• Further relevant post qualifying training
• Previous experience in a community setting.
• Experience of involving service users/ carers in evaluation/planning and monitoring of services
• Experience of working with children and young people
• Experience of/ willingness to complete training in Positive Behaviour Support
• Experience of/ willingness to undertake further training in the facilitation of group work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
Clinical Lead: Susan Render, Susan.Render@cntw.nhs.uk, 01900705081

Reference number: 263-CCG26-423-AB
Job locations: Lilyhall Business Centre, Jubilee Road, Workington, CA14 4HA, United Kingdom

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