Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Band 6 Children's and Young Persons Keyworker for the National Early Adopter Site within the Children's and Young Persons Keyworker Team based at Dragon Square.
Initially the role will be Fixed Term or Secondment (12 months)
These exciting new roles have been created as part of a key worker early adopter site designed in partnership with NHS England. This early adopter site will deliver a new way of supporting CYP with Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) and/or a Learning Disability (LD) and their family/carers. The key worker roles will enable CYP and their family/carers to get the right support at the right time and ensure local systems are responsive to meeting their needs in a holistic and joined up way.
If you are interest and have a background in any of the following, e.g., Social Worker, Nurse, Occupational Therapist, Speech & Language Therapist, Psychological Therapist, or Youth Worker; and have experience of providing navigational support and expertise then please apply.
The early adopter site is part of the NHS Long Term Plan which aspires for all CYP with LD, ASC or both, who are identified on the Dynamic Support Register, to have a named keyworker by 2024. Staffordshire is one of 14 National key working early adopter sites implementing this strategic role.
Main duties of the job
The Keyworker is part of the NHS long term plan. The vision is for all children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism to have a designated key worker by end 2023/24. Initially the priority will be for all children and young people currently in hospital to have a key worker, then for children and young people who are at risk of going into hospital (red/amber on the Dynamic Support Registers), and with evaluation of the pilot, the aim will be to develop keyworking for all children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism by end 2023/24.
The 0-25 years keyworker model aims to support reduction of the number of children in crisis and Tier 4 admissions, support timely assessments/formulations, provide children and families with the support that they need at the right time, improve transitions and quality of life, resulting in happy children and parents.
A key function will be to empower families and support them with navigating barriers across multiple services and organisations to effectively access the right support from the system. Our keyworking model is about a set of functions introduced to the system via the keyworking role, in addition to the current roles in place to support children, young people and their families. The keyworking function will dynamically connect the system, coordinating care systemically to maximise local resources and work more effectively with families.
About us
Our Trust is on an incredible journey of innovation and we'd like you to be part of it. To excel you will be an enthusiastic, caring and compassionate registered professional who is looking to work within a Trust that is ambitious to perform well and has been told by the Care Quality Commission that it is the fastest improving Mental Health Trust in the Country. Whether you are about to qualify, newly qualified or an experienced practitioner, we want to meet you and discuss the possibility of you joining this great Team.
Our vision is 'To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.' Our teams pride themselves on compassion, team work and resilience.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To listen to CYP, taking time to understand their strengths and agree with them a plan to build on those strengths to support the child or young person, and to keep them safe and well
- To communicate complex or sensitive information to CYP and their carers, overcoming barriers to understanding such as language or impairment. This may include highly emotional situations where the CYP or carer is hostile or unwilling to receive the information.
- To provide a single point of support to help make the connections between children; young people; families; carers and the array of services & support available signposting & supporting to gain access to services in timely way
- To work with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure planning is focused on the individual child or young person, & that teams are working together & being challenged when this is not happening in a way that supports the child or young person effectively
- To build resilience with children; young people; families and services by connecting with training; prevention & self-help approaches
- To advocate for children and young people when services and support are not meeting needs effectively
- To support planning for adulthood.
- To support the multi-agency identification of required early assessments and support a joined up, co-ordinated and responsive approach to completion,
- To support multi-disciplinary assessments and CETRs at an early stage
- To help to ensure gaps in professionals knowledge of what is available for this cohort is reduced and inform needs led future commissioning including post diagnostic support.
- To support improvement in quality of care and reduction of inequalities of CYP in the youth justice system, including the over-representation of BAME in that system.
- To assist the family to navigate the support needed to meet EHCPs already in place, or to enable EHCPs to be developed if young person out of education
- To assist CYP and families navigate services to support prior to crisis, or when needs not meeting Care Act criteria
- To support CYP and families access direct payments & personal health budgets
- To support CYP to understand the roles of different professionals involved
- To build on existing Combined Healthcare good practice examples of multi-agency working and communication, flexible family support & access to psychological interventions.
- To support teams and services to develop and share their knowledge of examples of best practice across the Combined Healthcare system and thereby reduce inequalities
- To work co-operatively and responsively with Children and Young People who are on the Dynamic At Risk Register.
- To support CYP and their families at, and be actively involved in, multi-agency meetings e.g. Care Education and Treatment reviews (CETRs), Care Programme Approach (CPA) Meetings, Mental Health Act (MHA) Tribunals, Child in Need and other Multi agency meetings if applicable, demonstrating a high level of professional practice.
- To support production of needs and outcomes-based action plans with timescales, support update of existing CETR Action Plans, education health care plans (EHCPs). Where applicable be part of Child Protection Strategy discussions, Initial/ongoing Child Protection Care Conferences, Core Groups, as well as supporting any Youth Offending meetings and processes as applicable, demonstrating a high level of professional practice.
- To increase the skills of front-line professionals, work alongside them and challenge the system.
- To co-produce personalised pen pictures which are strengths based
- To work with partners in the area of Integrated Personal Budgets / Personal Health Budgets to develop creative solutions to individual needs.
- To be part of the Dynamic At Risk Register team as required
- Drive and implement appropriate national and local approaches in the working model e.g. AMBIT.
- To work with partner agencies to identify CYP who would benefit from being on the Dynamic At Risk Register.
- To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the responsibilities of this post in order to provide a quality keyworking service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To listen to CYP, taking time to understand their strengths and agree with them a plan to build on those strengths to support the child or young person, and to keep them safe and well
- To communicate complex or sensitive information to CYP and their carers, overcoming barriers to understanding such as language or impairment. This may include highly emotional situations where the CYP or carer is hostile or unwilling to receive the information.
- To provide a single point of support to help make the connections between children; young people; families; carers and the array of services & support available signposting & supporting to gain access to services in timely way
- To work with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure planning is focused on the individual child or young person, & that teams are working together & being challenged when this is not happening in a way that supports the child or young person effectively
- To build resilience with children; young people; families and services by connecting with training; prevention & self-help approaches
- To advocate for children and young people when services and support are not meeting needs effectively
- To support planning for adulthood.
- To support the multi-agency identification of required early assessments and support a joined up, co-ordinated and responsive approach to completion,
- To support multi-disciplinary assessments and CETRs at an early stage
- To help to ensure gaps in professionals knowledge of what is available for this cohort is reduced and inform needs led future commissioning including post diagnostic support.
- To support improvement in quality of care and reduction of inequalities of CYP in the youth justice system, including the over-representation of BAME in that system.
- To assist the family to navigate the support needed to meet EHCPs already in place, or to enable EHCPs to be developed if young person out of education
- To assist CYP and families navigate services to support prior to crisis, or when needs not meeting Care Act criteria
- To support CYP and families access direct payments & personal health budgets
- To support CYP to understand the roles of different professionals involved
- To build on existing Combined Healthcare good practice examples of multi-agency working and communication, flexible family support & access to psychological interventions.
- To support teams and services to develop and share their knowledge of examples of best practice across the Combined Healthcare system and thereby reduce inequalities
- To work co-operatively and responsively with Children and Young People who are on the Dynamic At Risk Register.
- To support CYP and their families at, and be actively involved in, multi-agency meetings e.g. Care Education and Treatment reviews (CETRs), Care Programme Approach (CPA) Meetings, Mental Health Act (MHA) Tribunals, Child in Need and other Multi agency meetings if applicable, demonstrating a high level of professional practice.
- To support production of needs and outcomes-based action plans with timescales, support update of existing CETR Action Plans, education health care plans (EHCPs). Where applicable be part of Child Protection Strategy discussions, Initial/ongoing Child Protection Care Conferences, Core Groups, as well as supporting any Youth Offending meetings and processes as applicable, demonstrating a high level of professional practice.
- To increase the skills of front-line professionals, work alongside them and challenge the system.
- To co-produce personalised pen pictures which are strengths based
- To work with partners in the area of Integrated Personal Budgets / Personal Health Budgets to develop creative solutions to individual needs.
- To be part of the Dynamic At Risk Register team as required
- Drive and implement appropriate national and local approaches in the working model e.g. AMBIT.
- To work with partner agencies to identify CYP who would benefit from being on the Dynamic At Risk Register.
- To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the responsibilities of this post in order to provide a quality keyworking service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level professional nursing/AHP/Social Work/Therapy qualification in mental health, Social Work Nursing or AHP or equivalent with demonstrable knowledge and continuous post qualified experience/professional development
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of extensive post registration experience with working with those who may experience complex mental health needs in the community setting Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- First level professional nursing/AHP/Social Work/Therapy qualification in mental health, Social Work Nursing or AHP or equivalent with demonstrable knowledge and continuous post qualified experience/professional development
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of extensive post registration experience with working with those who may experience complex mental health needs in the community setting Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
