Children in Care and Adoption Supervisor - Bristol, United Kingdom - Sirona care & health CIC

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The Children in Care Service (CiC) is for any child or young person aged under 18 years old who is in care or accommodated.

The child or young person may live with foster carers, in residential homes, residential school, secure units, or with family members away from the family home.


There is a statutory requirement for each child or young person to have a holistic health assessment by a doctor within the first 28 days of becoming Looked After.

Over 5s are seen annually by a CiC Nurse unless they have complex health needs and are well known to a Community Paediatrician.

Under 5s are seenevery 6 months by a Community Paediatrician.

The Designated Nurse/Doctor also offers health advice and health promotion to the children and young people in care and anyone involved in that persons care.


To provide efficient and effective administrative and secretarial support to the service under the direction of the designated nurse for Children in Care.


To be efficient in the use of IT and Databases and facilitate the single point of entry health assessment process for Children in Care.

To liaise daily with professional from partner agencies, Children in Care and young people and carers.


To deal with information relating to children about whom there are child protection concerns in a confidential and sensitive manner.


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