Keyworker

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT NHS); Lincoln; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT NHS) is recruiting for a Keyworker role to support young people, families and carers in Boston and surrounding areas. The post focuses on non-clinical, trauma-informed assistance to navigate health and social care systems and reduce admission risk.

You will manage caseloads, coordinate multi-agency care, and empower families to engage with complex services while safeguarding and promoting independence.

Qualifications

• Must have lived or learnt experience of autism and/or learning disabilities.
• Experience in non-clinical support work with children and families is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse caseload of children, young people and families, delivering flexible, person-centred and trauma-informed support.
• Act as a consistent point of contact, coordinating care across health, education, social care and the voluntary sector.
• Support families to navigate complex systems, providing clear information and enabling access to the right support.
• Build trusted relationships and ensure the voice of the young person and family is heard in planning and decision-making.
• Identify, assess and respond to risk and safeguarding concerns in line with policy.
• Work to prevent hospital admissions and support safe discharge and transitions, including into adult services.
• Signpost and refer to appropriate services and community resources, promoting independence and community-based support.
• Monitor progress against agreed outcomes, contributing to personalised care planning and step-down arrangements.
• Maintain accurate, timely records and contribute to service evaluation and improvement.
• Support and guide a Keyworker Support Worker, ensuring delegated tasks are completed safely and effectively.

Skills

Autism awareness

Learning disabilities awareness

Job description

Role

Following a recent service review, we are delighted to introduce the Keyworker role as part of our enhanced non-clinical offer. We will be recruiting for one position, aligned to a locality area:

• Boston

The core purpose of the service is to support young people, their families and carers to navigate health and social care systems, particularly where there is a risk of admission to a mental health inpatient setting.

You will hold a defined caseload and work in partnership with a dedicated Keyworker Support Worker, delegating tasks appropriately and ensuring that all interventions are delivered safely, effectively and in line with agreed care plans.

A central aspect of the role is to ensure that the voice of the young person—and that of their parents or carers is heard, understood and meaningfully represented throughout their journey. This requires strong relationship-building, consistency, and the ability to empower families to confidently engage with complex systems, while promoting community-based support wherever possible.

You must have a lived or learnt experience of Autism and/or Learning Disabilities.

Due to the UKVI immigration changes we are no longer able to offer sponsorship for this role. Please provide details of the visa type and expiry date in your application. Failure to provide the required information will result in your application being rejected.

Manage a diverse caseload of children, young people and families, delivering flexible, person-centred and trauma-informed support.

Act as a consistent point of contact, coordinating care and ensuring effective multi-agency working across health, education, social care and the voluntary sector.

Support families to navigate complex systems, providing clear information and enabling them to access the right support at the right time.

Build trusted relationships and ensure the voice, wishes and experiences of the young person and their family are heard and represented in all planning and decision-making.

Identify, assess and respond to risk and safeguarding concerns in line with policy, escalating where appropriate.

Work proactively to prevent hospital admissions and support safe discharge and successful transitions, including into adult services.

Signpost and refer to appropriate services and community resources, promoting independence and community-based support.

Monitor progress against agreed outcomes, contributing to personalised care planning and step-down arrangements.

Maintain accurate, timely records and contribute to service evaluation and improvement.

Support and guide a Keyworker Support Worker, ensuring delegated tasks are completed safely and effectively.

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 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, 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. 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 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.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life.

Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Neil Wells Job title: Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07813 407742