Keyworker Lead

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust; Hempstalls; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust invites applications for a senior social care/psychology aligned role focusing on supervising keyworkers, managing budgets and driving integrated personal budgets to meet complex needs. The post emphasises cross-agency collaboration and safeguarding in a multidisciplinary environment.

The role requires Masters level qualification and registration with a governing body.

Qualifications

• Masters level or equivalent professionally qualified practitioner, registered with a professional body.
• NMC, HCPC or Social Worker England registration.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision to Keyworkers and support day-to-day operational management.
• Manage team budget including signing off time sheets, expenses and equipment ordering.
• Co-produce personalised pen pictures and work with Integrated Personal Budgets/Personal Health Budgets.

Skills

Communication skills

Collaborative working

Partnership working

Education

Masters or equivalent professional qualification

Registered with NMC/HCPC/SWE

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Team budget management responsibilities to include signing off time sheets, expenses and ordering equipment needed for the effective delivery of the service
• Supporting the Professional Lead with regards to managing the keyworker team budget
• Provide Supervision to Keyworkers, support keyworkers with more complex cases and day to day operational management of keyworkers.
• To increase the skills of front-line professionals, work alongside them and challenge the system.
• To co-produce personalised pen pictures which are strengths based.
• To work with partners in the area of Integrated Personal Budgets / Personal Health Budgets to develop creative solutions to individual needs.
• Identify and report on themes and gaps in system wide service/provision, to inform commissioning intentions and wider workforce development.
• To convene and chair multi-agency meetings and produce a needs and outcomes based Action Plan with timescales or needs and or update the CETR Action Plan.
• To participate in the Dynamic at Risk Register as required, and promote usage of the DSR referral form and RAG rating system.
• Engage with CYP and their families/carers and support the system's understanding of individual families, demonstrating resilience to support families.
• Able to demonstrate the high level of communication skills required to deal with highly complex cases, or highly sensitive or contentious issues, able to communicate using sensitivity in highly emotional situations and overcome barriers such as language, impairment or hostility
• Appreciate and learn from peoples' stories and articulate this to inform service development and redesign.
• Increase local community support to families, which will in turn reduce the demand on statutory services.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Masters level or equivalent professionally qualified practitioner, registered with a professional body: Social Worker, RMN and or RNLD, Clinical/Counselling/Educational Psychologist, Teacher, Family Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Child Psychotherapist or Behaviour Analyst/Positive Behaviour Practitioner.
• NMC, HCPC or Social Worker England registration

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of a range of Social Prescribing
• Experience of working with children and/or young people age 12 plus with learning disability, autism or both and complex needs and their families.

Desirable criteria

• Managing and supporting complex cases that may be experiencing or approaching crisis

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Comprehensive knowledge of children's and related legislation, DOH guidance, including Children Act 1989 and 2004, disability and carer's legislation, Working Together, Assessment Framework, Adoption and Children Act 2002, Leaving Care Act 2000, Positive and Proactive Care April 2014.
• Legislative knowledge and awareness of locally available provision, as well as how to apply in practice.
• Knowledge of child development, Autism, Learning disabilities, attachment and trauma, and of personalised and coproduced care planning.
• Strong understanding of children's mental health and human rights.
• Strong, holistic understanding of the education, health and care system to fulfil Keyworking function of holding services to account

Desirable criteria

• Ability to develop effective collaborative working across a dispersed area
• Skills in influencing positive partnership working
• Ability to develop high quality service delivery
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is an equal opportunities employer and values diversity. We offer a variety of flexible working opportunities for both full and part time staff. Job Share applicants will be fully considered and applications are particularly welcomed from current and previous service users

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PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING POINTS

• In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.
• Priority will be given to NHS staff across the region who are at risk of redundancy, where the vacancy is at the same band or one below their current band and candidates meet the essential criteria for this post.
• All employees new to the Trust will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.
• All clinical staff bands 2-4 that are new to the Trust will be required to complete a Care Certificate.

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