Adult Autism and Learning Disability Keyworker
Job brief
* Are you passionate about supporting adults, predominantly aged 18-25 years with a learning disability and/or autism and their families?
* Do you have experience of working in a supporting role, gained through settings such as social care, health, the community, or further education?
* Can you demonstrate strong communication skills, safeguarding awareness, and experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team?
* Would you be interested in holding a small caseload of individuals, working intensively with them to prevent crisis and/or hospital admission?
If you answered yes to the above, then this might be the role for you.
We can offer you a comprehensive training package, support and supervision and no two days that are the same!
Hours: 37.5 hrs per week Initial 1 year contract with further extension subject to funding
Salary: £25,500 starting salary
Salary banding: £25,500-£27,000.
Daisy Chain is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care and therefore this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Closing date: Monday 18th November at 5pm.
Key Tasks
Person Centred Planning
* Maintain a caseload of adults up to the age of 25 years, who are currently on the Dynamic Support Register (DSR).
* Work with the adult, and their family as appropriate, to develop a personalised plan based around their needs. Identify and agree outcomes and goals and deliver this plan flexibly.
* Facilitate the provision of any identified support and/or interventions as necessary to stabilise situations and prevent inpatient admission.
* Support young people to develop their own solutions, led by their needs, wants and aspirations.
* Use creative and accessible techniques to communicate with the person you are working with, depending on their various communication needs e.g., pictures or role play.
* Support and contribute to successful discharge planning, ensuring the voice of the adult is incorporated at all times.
Advocacy
* Actively listen and accurately capture the individuals views and preferences and convey these to other services as needed.
* Communicate clearly with the individual and their family, where appropriate, to help them understand and navigate systems.
* Represent and champion the individual and their wishes, views and preferences in multi-disciplinary meetings.
* Advocate for individuals to ensure the necessary support is in place to enable them to remain within the community.
* Promote a culture which prioritises keeping a young person within the home/community by effectively communicating with a range of services including staff at different levels of seniority.
* Identify changes that would lead to better outcomes for those with autism and/or learning disabilities.
* Ensure action points from meetings are completed in a timely manner by yourself and any other services responsible.
Signposting/Multi Agency Working
* Identify, guide, and refer individuals to other services where appropriate.
* 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 health, education, and social care system.
* Maintain an up-to-date knowledge of the local offer and keep up to date with changes to provision to ensure effective signposting and referrals.
* Support to navigate statutory and non-statutory services within the community.
Safeguarding
* Maintain accurate and up-to-date knowledge of relevant legislation and frameworks including Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, 117 After Care Procedures, Human Rights Act.
* Actively safeguard children, young people, and adults within your day-to-day role, ensuring that any concerns are escalated as appropriate.
* Attend all mandatory safeguarding training and ensure Daisy Chain's policies and procedures are always adhered to.
Record Keeping
* Maintain clear, accurate records of work with individuals, in accordance with Daisy Chain's record keeping procedures.
* Keep track of progress to gauge ongoing support requirements.
* Undertake administrative tasks necessary for the efficient and effective delivery of the key responsibilities in this role.
Additional responsibilities:
* Comply with the Charities Health and Safety policy in all employment practices.
* Work in ways which promote equality of opportunity, participation, and responsibility.
* Maintain the integrity of the Daisy Chain brand in all internal and external communications.
* Maintain a proactive approach to your role and responsibilities along with a commitment to contribute and maintain the positive working ethos within the Charity.
* Ensure attendance at staff meetings.
* Work in a way that contributes to the continuous improvement of the Charity's services and embraces the organisations quality initiatives.
This post is deemed to require an Enhanced DBS Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service due to the fact that there is access to children and vulnerable adults.
This job outline is intended to indicate the broad range of responsibilities and requirements of the post. It is neither exhaustive nor exclusive but, while some variation can be expected in particular duties, the outline is considered to provide a reasonable general description of the post.
Person Specification
Successful candidates will have a strong work ethic, and share our Company values of Passionate, Inclusive, Empowering, Ambitious, Open and Innovative. If you have worked in a similar setting before all the better, but most importantly we are looking for people who share our ethos of improving the lives of autistic and neurodivergent children, adults and families.
Experience
* Experience of working with autistic individuals and/or learning disabilities - E, A&I
* Experience of providing individualised support to adults and their families/carers - E, A&I
* Experience of working with adults at risk of inpatient admittance - D, A&I
* Experience of working with children and young people at risk of inpatient admittance - D, A&I
* Experience of multi-agency and joined up working - E, A&I
* Experience of engaging and communicating with a wide range of professionals including at multi-disciplinary meetings and panels - E, A&I
* Experience prioritising and meeting the needs of complex individuals, providing support and dealing responsively to challenges - E, A&I
* Experience of crisis management - D, A&I
* Substantial safeguarding experience - E, A&I
* Strong experience of working in education, the community, or a health or social care setting - E, A&I
* Experience of interpreting and applying mental health legislation - D, A&I
Qualifications
* NVQ Level 3 in health, social care, or a related field - E, A
* Evidence of continuing professional development - E, A
Knowledge & Skills
* A compassionate and empathetic approach, built on the clear understanding of the needs of the individual - E, A&I
* Ability to actively listen, record and accurately advocate - E, A&I
* Ability to manage multiple competing caseloads through effective time management - E, A&I
* High levels of personal resilience and strong teamwork skills - E, A&I
* Individual centred planning skills and an understanding of personalised care - E, A&I
* Ability to communicate information in a clear and accessible way - E, A&I
* Ability to portray the views and wishes of the Individual in an assertive and clear manner - E, A&I
* Mediation and relationship building skills - E, A&I
* Ability to use creative & accessible communication based on the individuals needs and preferences - E, A&I
* Ability to support sensitive situations to minimize conflict and distress - E, A&I
* Ability & confidence to challenge and hold services to account - E, A&I
* Ability to identify & remove barriers facing adults in the community or inpatient setting, through creativity, commitment, understanding, and strong communication - E, A&I
* Commitment to joined-up, collaborative working to ensure positive outcomes are achieved - E, A&I
* Ability to build and maintain positive, trusting, effective, and appropriate relationships with individuals who have an autism diagnosis and/or learning disability, and their families - E, A&I
* Knowledge of current legislation and a commitment to ongoing training to ensure this remains relevant - E, A&I
* An understanding of how to apply this knowledge to ensure the legal rights of an individual are upheld - D, A&I
* A good understanding of health, social care and education systems for those with SEND - E, A&I
* An understanding of inpatient services, the CETR process and dynamic support registers - D, A&I
* Accurate knowledge of local offer - D, A&I
* A willingness to share knowledge, resources and good practice with colleagues and other services - E, A&I
Other
* Excellent written and verbal communications skills - E&A&I
* IT literate and able to use all appropriate software packages - E&A
* Willingness to be flexible about the work undertaken - E&I
* Understanding of and commitment to the aims, ethos, and philosophy of Daisy Chain - E&T
* Ability and willingness to work during the evening and weekends, if needed - E&A&I
* Own driving licence and car and able to travel to appointments as needed - D&A
* Ability to take annual leave within school holiday periods.
Company Benefits
Our staff do amazing jobs and as such we want to reward our staff that is why we offer:
* Enhanced holiday leave of 33 days annual leave (pro rata for part time employees) rising to 35 after 5 years service.
* Birthday holiday off.
* A bespoke induction plan specific to you and your role which starts as soon as a job offer is accepted.
* Alongside your induction plan new members of staff have a 9-month induction programme and planned meetings with their line manager to ensure the employee is settling in and offer any support needed to fulfil their role.
* Ongoing training and development.
* Our Employee Assistance Programme offers a full range of confidential services designed to ensure you receive professional support that may affect work and home life.
* Company Pension Scheme.
* Staff discount.
* Free on-site car parking and refreshments.
* Social and charitable events.
* Company sick pay after successful completion of probationary period.
* Savings Club.
* Give as you earn scheme for staff to make donation to a charity of their choice if they wish.
* If your role requires membership of a professional Body, we will pay your membership fees.
ETHOS & CULTURE
I am passionate about improving the lives of Autistic children and adults and committed to Daisy Chain's values, culture, and ethos. I will represent Daisy Chain in a positive manner and will always behave professionally. I will demonstrate empathy and support towards families and collaborate with staff and volunteers in the Daisy Chain team.
Vision: Our shared vision is for every person we support to live a life they enjoy and is meaningful to them at every stage.
Mission: To support and empower autistic and neurodivergent individuals through the provision of holistic person-centred services, whilst promoting training, wellbeing, inclusion and acceptance regionally and nationwide.
Values: Passionate; Inclusive; Empowering; Ambitious; Open; Innovative.
Daisy Chain's Six Core Values
Passionate: Caring deeply about what you do and where you work. Having a personal investment and motivation to see Daisy Chain succeed.
Open: Welcoming discussion, inquiry, and criticism. Having a mind open to new ideas and thoughts.
Inclusive: Including many different types of people whom we treat all fairly and equally.
Empowering: To give power to someone to enable them to be stronger and more confident within their role.
Ambitious: Having or showing a strong desire and determination to achieve.
Innovative: Bringing new ideas and creating improved products and services.
To be considered for the role click on the apply button above and submit your CV and details along with The Daisy Chain Application Form. If you have any gaps within your employment history, please state the reasons for these gaps within your CV. If you have any questions or require further information, please contact us on 01642 531248.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when submitting your CV.
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