Keyworker

The London Borough of Hounslow, whose diverse workforce are committed to making a positive difference for our residents and visitors by ensuring the quality of our services are maintained to a high standard?

Hounslow Council is an outstanding council serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships across the borough which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place, full of potential, but a borough hit hard -socially and economically -by Covid-19. We have stepped up for our residents and businesses like never before.

Would you like to be a part of the new North West London ASD/LD Keyworking Team which is hosted by Hounslow?

About The Role

The North West London ASD/LD Keyworking team is currently working across the boroughs of Ealing, Hounslow, Hammersmith and Fulham, Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Hillingdon, Brent and Harrow with plans to recruit to the role in Harrow. The role allows for agile working with the operational base in Hounslow but predominantly working within the local area of Harrow remotely.

The ASD/LD Keyworkers work with children and young people (CYP) up to the age of 25 and is funded by NHS England as of part of the NHS Long Term Plan.

The Purpose Of Keyworkers Is To

Work across the local systems with and for the family and young person who are on the
Dynamic Support Register (DSR) who are at risk of admission to a Mental Health setting.
Use knowledge and experience to provide system navigation for families with a degree of independence to facilitate providing family focussed support and challenge to system partners when necessary.
Coordinate support at pace to avoid admission.

Key Responsibilities

To act as the ASD/LD Keyworker for children and young people (CYP) with autism and / or a learning disability (LD) who have complex needs in Harrow.
To work with a small caseload of children, young people and their families supporting them to build resilience, navigate and challenge the local system. Facilitating person-centred care with timely support and interventions.
To develop effective partnership working, information sharing and collaboration across health, social care and education to improve outcomes for vulnerable children and young people with ASD/LD.
To work with key stakeholders including people with lived experience to identify gaps, inequalities and variation in the system shaping and modelling the new ASD/LD Keyworking function for this cohort within North West London Integrated Care System (across health, social care and education).

Your Skills

Ability to ensure all care plans are child/young person-centred with a sound understanding of the theory and principles of personalised care.
Ability to build a detailed understanding of local service provision and effective relationships with key stakeholders.
Work in a flexible manner to create personalised alternatives to traditional support.
Ability to facilitate the provision of emotional and behavioural support with informed advice to children and young people with autism/ learning disabilities and their families.
Excellent written and verbal communication and negotiation skills.

Professional Qualifications

Professional registration ideally within CAMHS remit such as: Social Worker, Nurse, teacher, therapist or significant experience working with children and young people with additional needs.
Relevant professional qualifications
Enhanced DBS check required children and adults.

We value diversity in its broadest sense. We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone is able to be themselves, give of their best and reach their full potential. We believe that a diverse workforce helps us to better understand our communities and deliver the best services for our residents. We want to receive applications from all regardless of age, gender identity, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status or social economic background. We want to harness the mix and ensure that everybody can apply and be part of our recruitment processes. We will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates.

This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the employee specification.

For more information and how to apply contact [email protected]

To View Hounslow Employee Benefits,

(Internal candidates – Please seek your line manager’s approval before applying for this secondment)

Interviews will be held during week commencinh 31st October 2022

The London Borough of Hounslow, whose diverse workforce are committed to making a positive difference for our residents and visitors by ensuring the quality of our services are maintained to a high standard?

Hounslow Council is an outstanding council serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships across the borough which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place, full of potential, but a borough hit hard -socially and economically -by Covid-19. We have stepped up for our residents and businesses like never before.

Would you like to be a part of the new North West London ASD/LD Keyworking Team which is hosted by Hounslow?

To View Hounslow Employee Benefits,

(Internal candidates – Please seek your line manager’s approval before applying for this secondment)

Interviews will be held during week commencinh 31st October 2022