Senior Keyworker

The Methodist Church in Britain; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is recruiting a Senior Keyworker to coordinate care for autistic people and those with learning disabilities in the Black Country. You will link individuals to services, coordinate plans and work with health, education and social care partners.

The role includes supervision of junior staff, involvement in multi-agency meetings, and developing outcomes-based plans while prioritizing the individual's needs.

Qualifications

• Evidence of professional registration.
• Experience working with autistic people and/or learning disability.

Responsibilities

• Listen to individuals, agree a strengths-based plan and keep them safe.
• Act as a single point of support linking individuals, networks and services.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to keep planning focused on the person.
• Support families at CETRs, CPA meetings, MHA tribunals and child in need meetings.
• Support CETR and EHCP-based action plans.
• Help families meet EHCP needs or secure EHCPs for youths out of education.
• Help access services before crisis or where needs fall outside Care Act criteria.
• Support access to direct payments, personal health budgets and integrated personal budgets.
• Work on Dynamic Support Register as part of the team.
• Support better care and reduce inequalities for youth justice service users.
• Build resilience through training, prevention and self-help, and planning for adulthood.
• Increase the skills of frontline professionals and drive AMBIT approaches.

Skills

Relevant skills

Job description

This Senior Keyworker post sits within the keyworking function across the Black Country, a team working with citizens of all ages and their families. The core of the work is acting as a single point of contact who links individuals to the right services and coordinates care across health, education, social care and youth justice. The role supports the Professional Lead Keyworker with supervision of the wider keyworker team and focuses on autistic people and those with a learning disability. Professional registration is required for the post.

What the job involves

• Listen to individuals, agree a plan built on their strengths, and keep them safe and well
• Act as a single point of support linking individuals, their networks and services
• Work with multidisciplinary teams so planning stays focused on the individual
• Support individuals and families at multi-agency meetings such as CETRs, CPA meetings, MHA tribunals and child in need meetings
• Support needs and outcomes-based action plans, including CETR action plans and EHCPs
• Help families meet existing EHCP needs, or secure EHCPs for young people out of education
• Help individuals and families access services before crisis or where needs fall outside Care Act criteria
• Support access to direct payments, personal health budgets and integrated personal budgets
• Work with individuals on the Dynamic Support Register, be part of that team, and identify others who would benefit
• Support better care and reduced inequalities for individuals in the youth justice system
• Build resilience through training, prevention and self-help, and support planning for adulthood
• Increase the skills of front-line professionals, share best practice and drive approaches such as AMBIT

Registration & licences

• Evidence of professional registration

Experience

• Experience working with individuals with autism and/or learning disability

Skills & knowledge

• Significant and relevant skills

Nice to have

• Knowledge of, or ability to learn, Black Country locally available provision
• Understanding of the education, health and care system to hold services to account