Job summary
2 x Band 7 Senior practitioners - Key Worker Service
We are looking for two Band 7 Key Workers - innovative system changers - who will help us realise our ambition to deliver effective support to our cohort of children, young people and their families and carers in a new and person-centred way.
You will be a reflective and compassionate professional with a thirst for learning new things. You will bring relevant experience of working with CYP who have Autism and/or a learning disability and are often seen to have behaviour that challenges.
- You will have experience of, and a commitment to, working closely with CYP, their families, carers and networks of professionals.
- You will be an innovative individual with a passion for understanding and meeting individual personalised needs.
- You will be passionate about working co-productively with children, young people and their families.
This role is suitable for a wide range of skilled practitioners with experience specific to Autism, learning disabilities and children & young people.
The Key Worker is a unique and exciting role, working directly with children, young people and their families; helping them to navigate the complex support landscape; working with them courageously and intensively to avoid admission and to develop packages of support to ensure safe and stable support within the community instead. In addition, you will be playing an active part in the development of the new, national keyworking model.
Main duties of the job
1. To be a key point of contact for families/carers allocated to you, identifying gaps in their supportand enabling the system to work together to bridge those gaps
2. To work within and contribute to, detailed risk assessments for the young people; to support planning and facilitate discharge where required.
3. Facilitate the provision and implementation of tailored behavioural and emotional support to help a child or young person and their families/carers develop skills for progress and self-managementto meet their agreed goals and outcomes
4. To work as part of a team approach, maintain the highest standards of practise, competence and conduct at work, and ensure the team operates in a positive, reflective and forward thinking culture.
About us
BEHMHT is a multiple award-winning, combined mental health (MH) and community Trust providing local, regional and national healthcare services. We are one of the largest employers in North London with over 3000 staff delivering a range of mental health and community services to a population of over one million. In Enfield, we provide a full range of child and adult community health services, which over the last few years has been integrating with its mental health services to provide better and more holistic care. BEH manages the renowned North London Forensic Services (NLFS) which delivers MH care across some of the prisons and provides MH services as HM Young Offenders Institutions in Aylesbury. We are rated as 'Outstanding' by the CQC. We have also been appointed as the lead provider of forensic mental health services across North London managing the devolved New Models of care budget of £170m from 2018/19.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be a key point of contact for families/carers allocated to you, identifying gaps in their support and enabling the system to work together to bridge those gaps
- To work within and contribute to, detailed risk assessments for the young people; to support planning and facilitate discharge where required.
- Facilitate the provision and implementation of tailored behavioural and emotional support to help a child or young person and their families/carers develop skills for progress and self-management to meet their agreed goals and outcomes
- To work as part of a team approach, maintain the highest standards of practise, competence and conduct at work, and ensure the team operates in a positive, reflective and forward thinking culture.
- To take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons in your care and those who you come into contact with; responding to any concerns promptly in line with local and national guidance on safeguarding children.
- To providing competent professional advice and direction in respect of child care and safeguarding policy and practice.
- To contribute to regular review of the service; to quality assure review outcomes in relation to the provision of the service.
- To support the service to deliver intensive time limited intervention packages which achieve positive change for children and families based on shared objectives, which are regularly reviewed by the Team Around the Child.
- To ensure appropriate service representation and input to meetings, including Care Education and Treatment Reviews (CETRs) Care Programme Approach (CPA) meetings, as well as Child in Need (CIN) meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Core Groups, Looked-After Child (LAC) Reviews, and Education, Health and Care (EHC) Annual Reviews, as appropriate.
- To attend, contribute to, and update on cases at the local Admission Avoidance (Dynamic Support) Register meeting.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be a key point of contact for families/carers allocated to you, identifying gaps in their support and enabling the system to work together to bridge those gaps
- To work within and contribute to, detailed risk assessments for the young people; to support planning and facilitate discharge where required.
- Facilitate the provision and implementation of tailored behavioural and emotional support to help a child or young person and their families/carers develop skills for progress and self-management to meet their agreed goals and outcomes
- To work as part of a team approach, maintain the highest standards of practise, competence and conduct at work, and ensure the team operates in a positive, reflective and forward thinking culture.
- To take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons in your care and those who you come into contact with; responding to any concerns promptly in line with local and national guidance on safeguarding children.
- To providing competent professional advice and direction in respect of child care and safeguarding policy and practice.
- To contribute to regular review of the service; to quality assure review outcomes in relation to the provision of the service.
- To support the service to deliver intensive time limited intervention packages which achieve positive change for children and families based on shared objectives, which are regularly reviewed by the Team Around the Child.
- To ensure appropriate service representation and input to meetings, including Care Education and Treatment Reviews (CETRs) Care Programme Approach (CPA) meetings, as well as Child in Need (CIN) meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Core Groups, Looked-After Child (LAC) Reviews, and Education, Health and Care (EHC) Annual Reviews, as appropriate.
- To attend, contribute to, and update on cases at the local Admission Avoidance (Dynamic Support) Register meeting.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Professional Qualification: Health, education or social care registered professional, e.g. Learning Disability Nurse (RNLD), Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Clinical/Counselling/Educational Psychologist, Family Therapist, Social Worker (SW), Occupational Therapist (OT), Speech & Language Therapist (SLT), Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO).
- Experience delivering multi agency intensive interventions through partnership working with families, partners and communities.
- Experience of direct work with children and their families, particularly when in crisis
Desirable
- Skills in Behavioural Analysis and management of challenging behaviour
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience delivering multi agency intensive interventions through partnership working with families, partners and communities. Experience of direct work with children and their families, particularly when in crisis.
- Ability to work in accordance with national and local Child Protection and Safeguarding policies and procedures including Pan London Child Protection procedures and Working together to Safeguard Children.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of prevention and early intervention, personalisation and strength-based approaches
- Ability to deliver good outcomes for children and young people with neurodevelopmental differences and family/carers, taking a holistic approach working with the Team Around the Child to maximise potential, increase family resilience and reduce reliance on statutory services.
- Ability to plan for the day-to-day running of a direct support specialist service
- Ability to oversee complex support plans and risk assessments, assess need and risk, including the impact of neurodevelopmental differences or disabilities, behaviours of concern and mental health on day-to-day functioning.
- Ability to assess when cases need to be escalated, stepped down or transitioned to another service, due to safeguarding or parenting capacity concerns, significant changes in need or reaching transition age.
- Ability to communicate clearly, effectively and concisely both verbally and in writing and to a range of audiences. Ability to analyse complex data and provide accurate reports.
- Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and professional boundaries with children, young people and families to ensure effective engagement in family interventions, and in improving their service.
- Ability to work effectively in multi-agency teams, to promote professional communication and safe and effective working partnerships with other agencies and partners
- Ability to work flexibly and undertake direct work if needed, including early starts or late finishes, and working at weekends
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good understanding of relevant legislation and knowledge of the statutory processes and guidance for Children in Need, Children with Special Educational Needs (SEND), Mental Health Act (1983) and children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental needs as well as young people in transition.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Flexible in approach and outlook.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- Professional Qualification: Health, education or social care registered professional, e.g. Learning Disability Nurse (RNLD), Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Clinical/Counselling/Educational Psychologist, Family Therapist, Social Worker (SW), Occupational Therapist (OT), Speech & Language Therapist (SLT), Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO).
- Experience delivering multi agency intensive interventions through partnership working with families, partners and communities.
- Experience of direct work with children and their families, particularly when in crisis
Desirable
- Skills in Behavioural Analysis and management of challenging behaviour
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience delivering multi agency intensive interventions through partnership working with families, partners and communities. Experience of direct work with children and their families, particularly when in crisis.
- Ability to work in accordance with national and local Child Protection and Safeguarding policies and procedures including Pan London Child Protection procedures and Working together to Safeguard Children.
- Knowledge of and commitment to the principles of prevention and early intervention, personalisation and strength-based approaches
- Ability to deliver good outcomes for children and young people with neurodevelopmental differences and family/carers, taking a holistic approach working with the Team Around the Child to maximise potential, increase family resilience and reduce reliance on statutory services.
- Ability to plan for the day-to-day running of a direct support specialist service
- Ability to oversee complex support plans and risk assessments, assess need and risk, including the impact of neurodevelopmental differences or disabilities, behaviours of concern and mental health on day-to-day functioning.
- Ability to assess when cases need to be escalated, stepped down or transitioned to another service, due to safeguarding or parenting capacity concerns, significant changes in need or reaching transition age.
- Ability to communicate clearly, effectively and concisely both verbally and in writing and to a range of audiences. Ability to analyse complex data and provide accurate reports.
- Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and professional boundaries with children, young people and families to ensure effective engagement in family interventions, and in improving their service.
- Ability to work effectively in multi-agency teams, to promote professional communication and safe and effective working partnerships with other agencies and partners
- Ability to work flexibly and undertake direct work if needed, including early starts or late finishes, and working at weekends
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Good understanding of relevant legislation and knowledge of the statutory processes and guidance for Children in Need, Children with Special Educational Needs (SEND), Mental Health Act (1983) and children and young people with complex neurodevelopmental needs as well as young people in transition.
PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Flexible in approach and outlook.
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).
