Job summary
Do you have a real passion for making a difference to children and young people?
As a Trust we have recently set up a Key Working Team for Autistic Children and Young people (CYP), and/or those with a learning disability, and their families and carers. We seek to provide support for those who are at risk of hospitalisation.
Our service aims:
Navigation – The keyworkers help CYPs, and families, navigate through the complex processes and systems in the community to get the support that they need.
Coordination – The keyworkers work in multi-agency settings to encourage service involvement and make a clear plan of actions for all involved.
Focused on community support – Keyworkers will always work on the assumption that support can be provided at home or in the community. Hospital admission will be a last resort and, should it be essential, discharge will be a focus from the beginning.
Person-centred – Keyworkers deliver flexible, person-centred support. Keyworker plans are coproduced and CYP focussed.
CYP & Family voice – Keyworkers focus on advocating for and encouraging CYP and family voice in all meetings and support work completed.
We are looking to recruit a Highly Specialist Keyworker Lead who will be instrumental in moulding the service to the needs of the CYP, family and carers. If you think you have the knowledge and passion to make a difference to the team then please consider note that JD is subject to job evaluation
Main duties of the job
The post holder would need:
– To love working as part of a team, but also be comfortable leading on initiatives and managing your own workload.
– To be keen to make sure that young people are at the heart of any process and ensure their voice is heard.
– To be a reflective 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.
– To work intensively with CYP, their families, carers, and network of professionals.
– To be passionate about working co-productively and have experience/passion for personalised care planning.
– To be able to take a lead role with the keyworkers and to provide them with expertise to assist with their caseload management, and to provide their clinical supervision.
– To be part of the escalation process should further support be required in the team.
– To work closely with the Team Coordinator in order to review and adapt the service in order to meet need.
– To have experience and knowledge that will help the team to improve support for Children and Young People, and their families/carers.
– To professionally adapt their role in order to help with the leadership and development of the team.
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About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Do you have a real passion for making a difference to children and young people?
As a Trust we have recently set up a Keyworking Team for Autistic Children and Young people (CYP), and/or those with a learning disability who are at risk of hospitalisation.
Our service aims to help CYPs and families/carers, to navigate through processes and systems to get the right support. The keyworkers will help coordinate multi-agency approaches and will always encourage that service user voice is at the centre of every discussion. Should inpatient be required then we will work with service to have a safe personalised discharge plan in place.
The Highly Specialist Keyworker Lead needs to have expert knowledge and understanding around working with Autistic CYPS, and/or those with a learning disability, and supporting families/carers. The post holder will need excellent communication skills to professionally challenge other services whilst also clearly explaining the complex systems to families/carers.
The successful candidate will be able to advise on the services and support available locally and nationally and will provide clinical supervision to the team. The post holder will have a small caseload but will oversee all referrals to make sure that keyworkers get the expert advice required. Above all the applicant will be passionate about meeting the needs of the service users and be confident that, by accessing the service, a difference can be subject to job evaluation.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Do you have a real passion for making a difference to children and young people?
As a Trust we have recently set up a Keyworking Team for Autistic Children and Young people (CYP), and/or those with a learning disability who are at risk of hospitalisation.
Our service aims to help CYPs and families/carers, to navigate through processes and systems to get the right support. The keyworkers will help coordinate multi-agency approaches and will always encourage that service user voice is at the centre of every discussion. Should inpatient be required then we will work with service to have a safe personalised discharge plan in place.
The Highly Specialist Keyworker Lead needs to have expert knowledge and understanding around working with Autistic CYPS, and/or those with a learning disability, and supporting families/carers. The post holder will need excellent communication skills to professionally challenge other services whilst also clearly explaining the complex systems to families/carers.
The successful candidate will be able to advise on the services and support available locally and nationally and will provide clinical supervision to the team. The post holder will have a small caseload but will oversee all referrals to make sure that keyworkers get the expert advice required. Above all the applicant will be passionate about meeting the needs of the service users and be confident that, by accessing the service, a difference can be subject to job evaluation.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification in relevant field and accredited member of BACP or equivalent level of accreditation with HCPC, NMC, UKCP, CPC, IPTUK, NCS
- Evidence of specialised continued professional qualification or equivalent experience in relevant clinical practice Autism and/or Learning Disability)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in relevant clinical practice (Autism and/or Learning Disability)
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in leadership (or considerable experience in this area)
Experience
Essential
- Post graduate experience of working with children and/or young people with learning disability, autism or both and complex needs and their families
- Clear evidence of substantial experience of working with autistic individuals/individuals with a learning disability in crisis and skills that are transferable to both the community/in-patient.
- Experience of working autonomously within a senior position
- Experience of working across organisations within a system
Desirable
- Experience of working within a Hospital environment
- Working knowledge of relevant assessment tools
- Experience working with people who have suicidal ideation
- Experience working within a multi-disciplinary approach to care
- Experience of distributed leadership modelling
Skills
Essential
- Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health. young autistic people and/or young people with a learning disability
- Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
- Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act health and social care acts related to Children and Young People
- A proven understanding of the needs and characteristics of children and young people with a diagnosis of Autism and or complex communication difficulties
- An understanding of the challenges experienced by Parents of Children and Young People (CYP) with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) and Autism
- Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to Service Users, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information
- Skilled in identifying and implementing reasonable adjustments for autistic people and / or people with a learning disability
Desirable
- Legislative knowledge and awareness of locally available provision, as well as how to apply in practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification in relevant field and accredited member of BACP or equivalent level of accreditation with HCPC, NMC, UKCP, CPC, IPTUK, NCS
- Evidence of specialised continued professional qualification or equivalent experience in relevant clinical practice Autism and/or Learning Disability)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in relevant clinical practice (Autism and/or Learning Disability)
Desirable
- Post graduate qualification in leadership (or considerable experience in this area)
Experience
Essential
- Post graduate experience of working with children and/or young people with learning disability, autism or both and complex needs and their families
- Clear evidence of substantial experience of working with autistic individuals/individuals with a learning disability in crisis and skills that are transferable to both the community/in-patient.
- Experience of working autonomously within a senior position
- Experience of working across organisations within a system
Desirable
- Experience of working within a Hospital environment
- Working knowledge of relevant assessment tools
- Experience working with people who have suicidal ideation
- Experience working within a multi-disciplinary approach to care
- Experience of distributed leadership modelling
Skills
Essential
- Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health. young autistic people and/or young people with a learning disability
- Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
- Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act health and social care acts related to Children and Young People
- A proven understanding of the needs and characteristics of children and young people with a diagnosis of Autism and or complex communication difficulties
- An understanding of the challenges experienced by Parents of Children and Young People (CYP) with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) and Autism
- Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to Service Users, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information
- Skilled in identifying and implementing reasonable adjustments for autistic people and / or people with a learning disability
Desirable
- Legislative knowledge and awareness of locally available provision, as well as how to apply in practice
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
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).
