Job summary
DYNAMIC SUPPORT KEYWORKERS - Liverpool (2 posts)
Supporting Children and Young People (up to 25 years old) with Autism and/or Learning Disabilities.
We are seeking to recruit individuals with a passion for helping young people and their families to get the right support from Health, Social Care, Education and other services.
You will join an established team of Dynamic Support Keyworkers in Liverpool working across a wide range of settings to coordinate and provide challenge to the system, thereby ensuring that young people and their families can access the right support to enable them to achieve better outcomes and remain safe in the community.
Dynamic Support Keyworkers work with young people with Autism and/or Learning Disabilities who have multiple vulnerabilities and are at risk of
- admission to mental health wards
- family breakdown
- sexual or criminal exploitation
*Please note that the interview date is provisional and subject to change. Flexibility will be given for anyone unable to attend the scheduled interview date should it conflict with summer holidays etc
Main duties of the job
Dynamic support key workers understand that the parents/carers are the experts in the child or young person's care needs - they are there to support and empower families, they do this by.
Being the main point of contact for the family and the involved professionals across the agencies/organisations
Having regular contact with the family; listen to, support and work in partnership with the family, sharing information and following up on plans agreed
Providing of information and advice, helping families to build their own confidence and be in control of the choices open to them
Should a child or young person be at risk of admission to a Mental Health Setting, the dynamic support key workers will work closely with the family and alongside other agencies involved to try and prevent this happening or will remain involved to try to make the hospital stay as short as possible and to facilitate a smooth discharge.
The dynamic support key workers have a significant role in supporting with the Care, Education and Treatment Review (CETR) process.
We are looking for these Core Competencies:
Placing child, young person and family at the centre
Enabling direct support
Effective communication
Challenging and influencing
Understanding the system
Problem-solving at individual/family level and at systems level
Building strong relationships and Networking and Coordinating
About us
We would love to hear from you if you:
have a good understanding of working in partnership across Health and Social Care, developing positive relationships that really make things happen for young people
have a relevant professional background such as Social Care, Nursing, Youth Work, Allied Health Professional, Teaching
are keen to make sure that young people and their families are at the heart of any process and that their voices are heard
have substantial experience and/or training specific to Autism, behaviour that challenges services, behaviours of distress, communication difficulties
can work intensively with young people and their families, carers and network of professionals
are innovative with a passion for working to meet individual personalised needs
We are particularly keen currently to add skills and knowledge of Adult services, processes and legislation to our team in order to better meet the needs of young people aged 18 - 25 years.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a strong, positive relationship with children and young people with a learning disability, autism or both and to ensure that they and their families get the right support at the right time
- Provide support to access the right help at the right time across complex systems particularly the transition between children and adults services
- Build relationships and support coordination across the system, including Health, Education and Social Care
- Hold services across the system to account where action plans are in place or actions have been agreed
- Ensure transitions between placements, settings and services are well managed
- Keyworkers will be trained to apply the CNEST Risk Rating Tool and will work with other professionals across the system to identify children and young people who meet the criteria and would benefit from oversight via the Tracker meetings
- To facilitate, participate in and follow up actions from Care Education and Treatment Review (CETR) meetings.
- Champion Autism, raise awareness and promote strategies, increasing understanding.
- Troubleshoot and challenge on behalf of the child/young person and their family.
- Produce case studies, evidence outcomes and contribute to collection of data and feedback.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Degree level or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Relevant Professional Qualification e.g. social worker, nurse, teacher
Essential
Essential
- Demonstrable skills, knowledge and experience of Autism
Desirable
- Evidence of training specific to Autism
Desirable
Essential
- Evidence of multi-agency working experience
Desirable
- Experience of working in multi-agency teams
Essential
Essential
- Evidence of sound knowledge of person centred approaches and care
Desirable
- Understanding of children's mental health and human rights
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 .
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 .
Employer details
Employer name
NHS Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care Board
Address
Cunard Building
2nd Floor, Water Street
Liverpool
L3 1AH