Youth Justice Nurse | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	27 February 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£56,276 - £63,176 per annum (pro rata P/T) inc HCAS
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	29 March 2026
Location:	London, NW1 1BD
Company:	CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	7671555/333-G-CC-1542

Summary

The post holder will be hosted by Camden School Nursing Team but will work on a day-to-day basis with Camden Youth Justice Service, based at Crowndale, Camden. All work activity will be overseen and managed by the Service Manager for the Youth Justice Service but additional support and supervision will be available from School health colleagues.
The post holder will engage with children, young people, carers, and families, to ensure that the physical wellbeing and health needs of this client group are identified and responded to in a timely manner.

The aim of the post is to develop a universal physical and mental health offer for children known to Youth Justice Service (YJS) and children and young people (CYP), aged 10 – 25, at risk of offending, violence and exploitation. The aim is to strengthen relationships with key workers to promote improvements in the health and well-being of this client group. This will include health screening and signposting to relevant health services, liaison with relevant health colleagues and follow up/case management for children and young people with more complex and/or urgent health needs.



There's a place for you at CNWL. We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providingtop quality caredepends on our ability to employ the best people. We're always looking torecruit outstanding peoplewho will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With adiverse culture and equally diverserange of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Role Specific Responsibilities


• Developing and delivering a health screening tool which will identify CYP’s physical health needs
• Triaging of cases to prioritise need and plan of care.
• Signposting to appropriate services, as and when required.
• Acting as an advocate for the CYP, where additional support is required
• Developing a database of all CYP engaged with YJS and at risk adolescent services to enable delivery of the health screening tool, capturing of outcomes/outputs, and inform commissioning and needs analysis
• Joint working with YJS colleagues including the provision of an overview of health needs (with CYP’s consent)
• Joint working with Children Looked After (CLA) service, including case discussion of CYP who are known to both CLA and YJS.
• Close working with Health specialists within the team collaborating where CYP have both physical and emotional health needs, when indicated.
• Developing relationships with all other key stakeholders to ensure children and young people access appropriate services in accordance with their physical health needs.
• Completing reports and engaging with relevant governance processes across health and the local authority, as and when required.
• Providing learning and development opportunities to YJS colleagues, to support better understanding of health needs and interventions.
• Providing the Health contribution to statutory processes (including safeguarding) as and when required.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential Criteria
•RGN/RN, RCN
•Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development

Desirable Criteria
• Mentorship qualification or Practice Assessor
•Nurse prescribing Qualification
•Specialist Community Public Health (SCPHN) qualification

Previous Experience

Essential Criteria
•Experience of working with vulnerable families and implementing evidence-based practice
•Experience of working in highly emotional/distressing circumstances
•Experience of participating in the completion of research/audits
•Experience of completing health assessments
•Evidence of multi-disciplinary integrated team working
•Ability to work flexibly and respond to changing demands both individually and within a team.

•Knowledge of Safeguarding Children Issues
•Experience in supporting the development of other practitioners

Desirable Criteria
•Experience of working with the Youth Justice Service

Skills and Knowledge

Essential Criteria
•Knowledge of clinical governance, patient safety, and risk management principles
•Ability to interpret and present complex information clearly to varied audiences
•Knowledge of safeguarding children and vulnerable adults
•Demonstrate an understanding of the health needs of this cohort of young people
•Demonstrated an understanding of the SEND agenda
•Knowledge of health issues and relating to, and impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences
•Understanding of NMC Code of Conduct and scope of professional practice

Communication:
Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team. Speaking face to face, by telephone and writing letters and reports.
Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary


IT Skills:
Good working knowledge of data systems (e.g. SystmOne, or equivalent)
Able to maintain electronic patient records
Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing


Clinical Leadership: Working with Others
Work well with other members of the team including communicating effectively, being kind and considerate, reliable and enthusiastic
Contribute to the culture of the team and play a role in making it inclusive, kind and hard working
Help others in the team achieve their objectives and deliver safe, effective care

Desirable Criteria

•Awareness of Camden’s public health strategy or local population health needs
•Knowledge of principles of audit and research

Attitudes, Aptitudes, Personal Characteristics

Essential Criteria

•Enthusiastic, adaptable, and proactive in problem-solving
•Able to work independently, exercise initiative, and manage competing priorities
•Culturally sensitive and aware of the needs of diverse communities
•Able to demonstrate to the ability to act on behalf of young people as an advocate when required.
•Commitment to reducing health inequalities and promoting equitable access
•Ability to work independently and to make sound decisions
•Ability to travel to different sites if and when required


Be a role model and embody CNWL’s values by being:
•Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
•Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
•Able and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
•Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals

Other

Essential Criteria

•Able to work efficiently in the community
•Commitment to ongoing professional development


This advert closes on Friday 13 Mar 2026

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