Job summary
Do you want to be part of shaping an innovative Keyworker support service for children and young people in St Helens? Can you support and achieve transformational change for children, young people with a learning disability autism or both?
Each young person referred to the service will have an named assigned Keyworker. The team will provide expert planning, support navigation and advocacy to the young person and their family at a level appropriate to the person's needs. A step up and step down process will ensure young people receive when the right level of they need it and can re access their key worker as required.
Main duties of the job
Do you want to be part of shaping an innovative Keyworker support service for children and young people in St Helens? Can you support and achieve transformational change for children, young people with a learning disability autism or both?
Each young person referred to the service will have an named assigned Keyworker. The team will provide expert planning, support navigation and advocacy to the young person and their family at a level appropriate to the person's needs. A step up and step down process will ensure young people receive when the right level of they need it and can re access their key worker as required.
Are you passionate about supporting children and young people navigate services and support? Do you have experience of working with young people with autism, learning disabilities and mental health, experience of working in social care, health or education setting, experience of multi - agency working / partnership working, experience of evidence of report writing and case management, if you do, these exciting new opportunitiesmay be for you.
For further information about the service and the posts available, please read the additional information sheet.
About us
Barnardos has been providing services to some of the most vulnerable children across the UK for over 150 years. We work in partnership with childrens social care and health partners enabling the delivery of integrated health and social care services in a number of areas. We recognise that to really transform childrens life chances, they need sustained interventions that meet the diversity of their needs and that participation and co-production must a key component of any service. If you enjoy pushing the boundaries of what works: working closely with other agencies to innovate and create; have the clinical expertise to lead on this project and want to work with children and young people and their families to deliver service that truly meet their needs, then we would like to hear from you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For Service Users
- To work with children, young people and their families, on a one to one or group basis, using a variety of interventions, to identify needs and to achieve positive outcomes.
- To work in partnership with parents/carers to empower them and to enable them to achieve better outcomes for their children.
- To work co-operatively with childrens services, health agencies and other community based services, to provide the most effective service for children young people and families.
- To take responsibility for the more complex cases/situations presenting within the service.
- To contribute to Service development.
- To apply safeguarding and child protection procedures.
For Resources
- To be responsible for equipment/resources linked to service delivery.
- To be responsible for case note recording, contributing to report writing and producing and keeping management information.
For People (Staff, Students, Volunteers)
- Supervision* of staff, students or volunteers may be expected
- *allocating work, day to day supervision and support
For Health and Safety
- To promote, monitor and maintain health safety and security in the working environment
Job description
Job responsibilities
For Service Users
- To work with children, young people and their families, on a one to one or group basis, using a variety of interventions, to identify needs and to achieve positive outcomes.
- To work in partnership with parents/carers to empower them and to enable them to achieve better outcomes for their children.
- To work co-operatively with childrens services, health agencies and other community based services, to provide the most effective service for children young people and families.
- To take responsibility for the more complex cases/situations presenting within the service.
- To contribute to Service development.
- To apply safeguarding and child protection procedures.
For Resources
- To be responsible for equipment/resources linked to service delivery.
- To be responsible for case note recording, contributing to report writing and producing and keeping management information.
For People (Staff, Students, Volunteers)
- Supervision* of staff, students or volunteers may be expected
- *allocating work, day to day supervision and support
For Health and Safety
- To promote, monitor and maintain health safety and security in the working environment
Person Specification
Skills/abilities
Essential
- Skills/Abilities
- Ability to listen to and communicate effectively with children and young people
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to supervise work of others
- Ability to accurately and clearly record case notes deploying the
- necessary standard of writing and IT skills.
- Ability to write reports and produce other management information
- Ability to analyse and resolve problems occurring in relation to service
- users and or staff supervised.
- Ability to apply Barnardos safeguarding and child protection
- procedures
- Circumstances
- Staff will have to abide by Barnardos Smoking Policy which does not
- permit smoking at work
- Managing Diversity
- Able to recognise the unique potential that individuals from differing
- backgrounds, experiences and perspectives bring to Barnardos
- Barnardos Basis and Values, and Equality Code of Conduct
- Actively demonstrate Barnardo's Basis and Values and Equality Code of
- Conduct in all areas of work:
- o Respecting the unique worth of every person
- o Encouraging people to fulfil their potential
- o Working with hope
- o Exercising responsible stewardship
- Pre-employment checks will be required for the role
Qualifications
Essential
- Education/Knowledge
- Qualification mandatory for practice, where applicable (NB: For staff
- having sole and direct access to children, young people and vulnerable
- adults, there is likely to be a future requirement for an NVQ3 level
- qualification)
- Awareness of factors impacting on and issues facing vulnerable children
- and young people and families (e. g. disadvantage, poverty, disability).
- Knowledge of child/young people development
- Knowledge of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
- Knowledge of legislation relevant to service aims
- A relevant qualification, at NVQ level 4/5, may meet the above knowledge requirements-see programme content for details.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of direct work with children, young people and families.
- Experience of applying safeguarding and child protection policies and
- procedures.
Person Specification
Skills/abilities
Essential
- Skills/Abilities
- Ability to listen to and communicate effectively with children and young people
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Ability to supervise work of others
- Ability to accurately and clearly record case notes deploying the
- necessary standard of writing and IT skills.
- Ability to write reports and produce other management information
- Ability to analyse and resolve problems occurring in relation to service
- users and or staff supervised.
- Ability to apply Barnardos safeguarding and child protection
- procedures
- Circumstances
- Staff will have to abide by Barnardos Smoking Policy which does not
- permit smoking at work
- Managing Diversity
- Able to recognise the unique potential that individuals from differing
- backgrounds, experiences and perspectives bring to Barnardos
- Barnardos Basis and Values, and Equality Code of Conduct
- Actively demonstrate Barnardo's Basis and Values and Equality Code of
- Conduct in all areas of work:
- o Respecting the unique worth of every person
- o Encouraging people to fulfil their potential
- o Working with hope
- o Exercising responsible stewardship
- Pre-employment checks will be required for the role
Qualifications
Essential
- Education/Knowledge
- Qualification mandatory for practice, where applicable (NB: For staff
- having sole and direct access to children, young people and vulnerable
- adults, there is likely to be a future requirement for an NVQ3 level
- qualification)
- Awareness of factors impacting on and issues facing vulnerable children
- and young people and families (e. g. disadvantage, poverty, disability).
- Knowledge of child/young people development
- Knowledge of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
- Knowledge of legislation relevant to service aims
- A relevant qualification, at NVQ level 4/5, may meet the above knowledge requirements-see programme content for details.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of direct work with children, young people and families.
- Experience of applying safeguarding and child protection policies and
- procedures.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.