Working in a youth offending team: the learning disability nurse’s role
Karina Hepworth Senior nurse specialist learning disabilities, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Kirklees, Huddersfield
This article highlights the importance of learning disability nurses’ skills to youth offending teams. Through the use of a case study, it explains why this role is making a difference in one location in the UK and how it could and should make a difference in other youth offending teams.
Nursing Standard.
23, 39, 35-40.
doi: 10.7748/ns2009.06.23.39.35.c7038
Correspondence
karina.hepworth@kirklees.gov.uk
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