Community NurseNHS

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 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.

Job description

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 3rd November2026

Closing date : 17th November 2026

We welcome your application.

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 adynamic 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. Inreturn 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.

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