Senior Keyworker

Integrated Care System; Kingston upon Hull; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health support service is seeking a Senior Dynamic Support Keyworker to lead multi-agency efforts in supporting children and families in the Humber and North Yorkshire area. The ideal candidate will possess advanced knowledge and experience in working with individuals with learning disabilities and autism. This permanent role includes responsibilities such as consultation and direct community work, with an emphasis on leadership and teamwork. Competitive benefits and a commitment to personal development are offered.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Educated to Master's Level or equivalent in a relevant specialist area.
• An advanced leadership qualification or demonstrated leadership skills.
• Knowledge of autism and complex communication difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise and consultation in the Keyworking Service.
• Visit individuals in their home environment and work with local services.
• Attend face-to-face team meetings at the contractual base.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Motivational ability

Education

Master's Degree or equivalent in relevant field

Accredited leadership qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has risen to be part of the development of the Humber and North Yorkshire Dynamic Support Keyworker Service following it's transition from an NHSE Early Adopter site to a substantive/long term delivery that covers the Integrated Care Board Footprint across the Humber and North Yorkshire. The service is a hub and spoke model with two geographical spokes: One spoke will cover Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Linconshire and the other spoke will cover North Yorkshire and York.

We are interested in getting the right person in post and looking for Senior Dynamic Support Keyworkers who will bring advanced knowledge and experience to build this multi-agency way of working into the development of the service. While it is desirable that there is experience of psychologically-informed approaches and system working there will be opportunity to be trained in AMBIT by Anna Freud Trainers.

If you have a real passion for making a difference for children, young people families, working co-productively and would like to be part of helping to continue to shape this new service as it moves forward, then we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The Senior Keyworker brings expertise and consultation into the Keyworking Service. This is a non clinical role and we invite applications from across relevant specialisms across either Health, Education, Social Care, Voluntary and Community Sector.

We are looking for a person where you have experience of either lived or working with children, young people or adults with learning disability and or autism or both with the most complex needs. We are also interested in applicants with experience of working with children and young people who are looked after by the Local Authority or adopted children or of experience of supporting young people's transition between services.

As a Senior Dynamic Support Keyworker you may be expected to visit individuals in their home environment, setting or community and to work with local services in those areas. There will be an expectation to attend face to face team meetings at Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust Headquaters at Willerby and this be your contractual base however with an expectation of home working in the first instance.

This is a permanent post. You will need to hold a drivers licence and theability to commute across Humber and North Yorkshire with access to the appropriate means of transport would be essential.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Knowledge

• Educated to Masters Level OR Post Graduate advanced clinical/professional or equivalent knowledge and experience in a relevant specialist area.
• An accredited leadership qualification OR be able to demonstrate advanced leadership and management skills
• Knowledge and understanding of needs and characteristics of children, young people and adults with a diagnosis of autism and or complex communication difficulties
• Evidence of post graduate training specific to autism, learning disabilities with children, young people and/or adults OR lived Experience specific to autism, learning disabilities with children and/or young people.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held.
• Extensive experience of working with children, young people and/or adults with a learning disability, autism or both.
• Evidence of advanced practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
• Proven leadership/management experience, able to demonstrate examples of positive impact/change within service delivery/practice at an advanced/expert level

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to lead/motivate staff to embrace change
• Experience of using reflective models of 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.