Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust are pleased to be recruiting to the Keyworker Team, who play an integral role for children and young people with ASD and learning difficulties who are in crisis.
The Keyworker Team provides a multi-agency approach to support children, young people and families/carers by delivering comprehensive training to strategic leaders, commissioners and frontline colleagues. It is a co-ordinated, person-centred and outcome-focused approach to planning and support where children, young people and families/carers require additional and sometimes complex support. The Designated Keyworker is in high demand, with each Keyworker managing small caseloads.
As an LSCFT team, we work across Lancashire, Blackpool and Fylde Coast, Morecambe Bay, South Cumbria and Blackburn with Darwen.
Applicants should have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well autonomously and as part of a team.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employee through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
The post holder will
Ensure co-production and co-design with parent carers and Children and Young People (CYP) who have a learning disability and/or autism as well as colleagues across agencies.
Be actively involved with the Dynamic Support Register (DSR) leads in each of the Integrated Care Partnerships (ICPs), allowing for a comprehensive overview of Lancashire & South Cumbria children and young people.
Supervision and support of the Designated Keyworker Development Officers.
Ensure that families are supported directly through embedded processes such as Local Area Emergency Protocol (LAEPs) and Care, Education and Treatment Reviews (CETRs).
Ensure clarity of data through the use of the ICP DSR for the recording and tracking of CYP to ensure organisations can co-ordinate their support for the CYP and family effectively.
Develop and maintain a strong, positive relationship with children and young people with a learning disability, autism or both, who are inpatients or at risk of being admitted to hospital, to ensure children, young people and their families get the right support at the right time and that local systems are responsive to meeting their needs in a holistic and joined up way.
To facilitate transition to an identified lead within the multi disciplinary team to enable a step-down process ensuring continuity of the right system of community services and support to meet the child/young person’s needs once key working involvement ceases.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing.
We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Thursday 2 Jan 2025