A new work placement pilot is giving student nurses first-hand experience of challenges in the city. Colleagues in Liverpool City Council’s Neighbourhoods and Development team recently welcomed two nursing students as part of a pilot placement, in partnership with Health Education England and Liverpool John Moores University. Earlier this year, Louise Harford, interim Divisional Manager of Neighbourhood and Development, teamed up with Pamela Donaghy-Binks from Liverpool John Moores University, to introduce the placements. The purpose was to provide nursing students with the opportunity to work directly in neighbourhoods, visiting residents in their homes to help broaden their experience and challenge them to think differently about how to support residents with difficult social needs. The placement was a success and the team hope to welcome more nursing students in the future. Molly Serridge, LJMU nursing student, had nothing but praise for the team: "Throughout the placement me and my colleague were treated as members of the team, we were given lots of support and learning opportunities and the chance to be involved in meetings and decision-making, our input was encouraged. This was one of the few times, as a student nurse, my opinion was asked and encouraged. It was a welcome change. In a short four-week placement I feel I have learnt about and experienced many parts of the housing sector and people’s social needs. I was able to attend an HMO inspection to see the standards expected in private housing and how these standards are often not met by landlords. We attended a meeting with a vulnerable adult and discovered that their housing and social needs were extremely complex and hard to provide for. This placement showed me how the police can work in partnership with the council to make residents feel safe and support them with health and social needs. We were able to accompany the police at multi-agency meetings and during a warrant to find a cannabis farm. This was extremely interesting. We also took part in surveys and attended community-run centres to find how they are tailored to their residents. Most recently, we attended a multi-agency meeting about the different support provided for young people to improve mental health and reduce the risk of abuse, anti-social behaviour and crime. There were many other incredibly interesting and enlightening experiences on this placement, and I would hope that many student nurses get to have this placement during their course as it is not only very enjoyable, but helps us to put theory into practice and understand how someone's social needs affects their health needs. My only regret is that the four weeks went by so quickly." Find out more about the scheme: https://lnkd.in/eQKd5hxa #TheNextChapter Theresa Grant OBE I Claire McColgan CBE I Camilla Mankabady I Anne Marie Lubanski I Jacqui McKinlay I stephen reddy I Matthew Ashton I daniel fenwick
John Ashton I agree we absolutely need to get back to the roots of person centred care, and where better than where community nursing began.
Dr Kate H Knight something to replicate in Cheshire 👍
Former President U.K. Faculty of Public Health
1yBack to the beginning when Florence Nightingale and Mrs Rathbone invented community nursing in Liverpool . Only to be plundered by London stealing the Nursing Institute