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DYNAMIC SUPPORT KEYWORKERS – Liverpool (2 posts)

Supporting Children and Young People (up to 25 years old) with Autism and/or Learning Disabilities.

We are seeking to recruit individuals with a passion for helping young people and their families to get the right support from Health, Social Care, Education and other services.

You will join an established team of Dynamic Support Keyworkers in Liverpool working across a wide range of settings to coordinate and provide challenge to the system, thereby ensuring that young people and their families can access the right support to enable them to achieve better outcomes and remain safe in the community.

Dynamic Support Keyworkers work with young people with Autism and/or Learning Disabilities who have multiple vulnerabilities and are at risk of

•  admission to mental health wards
•  family breakdown
• sexual or criminal exploitation

*Please note that the interview date is provisional and subject to change.  Flexibility will be given for anyone unable to attend the scheduled interview date should it conflict with summer holidays etc

Main duties of the job

Dynamic support key workers understand that the parents/carers are the experts in the child or young person’s care needs – they are there to support and empower families, they do this by.

·       Being the main point of contact for the family and the involved professionals across the agencies/organisations

·       Having regular contact with the family; listen to, support and work in partnership with the family, sharing information and following up on plans agreed

·       Providing of information and advice, helping families to build their own confidence and be in control of the choices open to them

Should a child or young person be at risk of admission to a Mental Health Setting, the dynamic support key workers will work closely with the family and alongside other agencies involved to try and prevent this happening or will remain involved to try to make the hospital stay as short as possible and to facilitate a smooth discharge.

The dynamic support key workers have a significant role in supporting with the Care, Education and Treatment Review (CETR) process.

 We are looking for these Core Competencies:

·       Placing child, young person and family at the centre

·       Enabling direct support

·       Effective communication

·       Challenging and influencing

·       Understanding the system

·       Problem-solving at individual/family level and at systems level

·        Building strong relationships and Networking and Coordinating

Working for our organisation

We would love to hear from you if you:

·       have a good understanding of working in partnership across Health and Social Care, developing positive relationships that really make things happen for young people

·       have a relevant professional background such as Social Care, Nursing, Youth Work, Allied Health Professional, Teaching

·       are keen to make sure that young people and their families are at the heart of any process and that their voices are heard

·       have substantial experience and/or training specific to Autism, behaviour that challenges services, behaviours of distress, communication difficulties

·       can work intensively with young people and their families, carers and network of professionals

·       are innovative with a passion for working to meet individual personalised needs

We are particularly keen currently to add skills and knowledge of Adult services, processes and legislation to our team in order to better meet the needs of young people aged 18 – 25 years.