Surrey County Council

Intensive Keyworker

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Date posted

02 August 2023

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£32,798 to £35,419 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

24 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

orbis/TP/214872/34644

Job locations

Woodhatch Place, Cockshot Hill, Reigate

Reigate

RH2 8EF

Job description

Job responsibilities

The salary range for these roles are £32,798 - £35,419 per annum, based on working 36-hours per week. This is a fixed term/secondment opportunity for 24 months. Do you want to be part of a new service that will improve mental health outcomes for children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism? Do you enjoy working with children, young people and their parent carers? Do you want to support children, young people and their families to create a personalised plan that ensures services work in a joined-up way that works for them? If so, this may be the opportunity for you! Flexible working This role is also available as a secondment and part-time position, we will consider flexible working requests. The location base for the Keyworking team will be flexible due to Surrey County Council's agile working policy. This may mean some days in our offices in Reigate, Woking, Leatherhead etc but your home location and commute time will be taken into account. This role will involve travel to the homes of the people you are supporting across Surrey and may require a flexible working pattern outside of core business hours occasionally. About the role These roles will be part of a newly developed Keyworking Service within Surrey County Council. It is in response to the NHS Long Term plan that states "by 2023/24 children and young people with a learning disability and/or who are autistic with the most complex needs will have a designated keyworker". For further details please refer to the Keyworking Information Handbook attached below. The Keyworker team will work to ensure children and young people with the most complex needs, initially those at risk of admission or in hospital, receive appropriate personalised, integrated support. This might be supporting someone at a crisis point after they have attempted suicide or serious self-harm injuries. You will do this by:

Building a trusting relationship with the young person and their family through regular and consistent communication,

Understand the services involved in their care and where there may be gaps,

Provide emotional and practical support with the aim of improving the outcomes for the individual,

Attend meetings (CETRs, LAEPs and other relevant multi-disciplinary meetings) alongside or as a representative for the young person to champion their voice and their wishes,

Working with the young person and family to create a personalised plan that takes their goals into account alongside a multiagency approach including: Health, Social Care and Education,

To "step away" once the positive outcome has been achieved and the young person/family are confident to continue without support.

About you You will have an understanding of mental health issues that young people face and be willing to build on your mental health awareness and knowledge. You will have a comprehensive understanding of the needs of people with learning disabilities and/or Autism, and their families and the difficulties they may face. Your experience will include having the ability to undertake tasks and responsibilities within complex and demanding situations where elements of risk will be present, and you will show a solutions focussed approach to addressing these. To be considered for interview, your application will clearly demonstrate the above, as well as:

Experience of working with families, children and young people in crisis in order to provide support, especially those with complex difficulties, including interpreting families' needs and assisting families to access appropriate support services.

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to adapt this to the needs of service users and willingness to undertake training in order to learn new techniques.

Experience of enabling participation from children and their families to ensure continuous improvement and having a creative approach towards this.

Ability to interpret and understand the Transforming care criteria and apply this in practice.

Understanding of safeguarding procedures.

Additional Information This is a rolling advert and applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. An enhanced DBS 'Disclosure and Barring Service' check for regulated activity (formerly known as CRB) and the Children's and Adults' Barred List checks will be required for this role. This is a fixed term / secondment opportunity for 24 months. Benefits From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role. You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme. Our Commitment Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applications where:

The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application

The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form

Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups.