Children and Young People's Keyworker - Derby, United Kingdom - Affinity Trust

Affinity Trust

Verified Company

Derby, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Doing Amazing Things Together
We have a great and exciting opportunity for a new Keyworker service within our Children and Young people's service.

The Keyworker service is part of the NHS long term plan to support with a joined up working and consistent approach for each child and young person with a learning disability and/or children and young people who are Autistic with the aim to help to reduce children and young people in crisis and to prevent admission or re-admission to hospital, helping them to access the right help at the right time across complex systems.

You will be supporting and implementing change for children and young people with a learning disability and/or children and young people who are Autistic or both, you will be committed to building trusting relationships with children, young people and their families and passionate about making a real difference.

Key working service will aim to ensure that children, young people and their families get the help they need to navigate complex systems and are supported by someone that they have built a trusting rapport with.

Key Responsibilities

You will be supporting children and young people with a learning disability and/or children and young people who are Autistic through transition between services, through key stages in their lives and provide a single point of support to help make the connections between children; young people; families; carers and the array of services & support available.
To identify with the family the most important areas where they would benefit from additional support and work with them intensively to enable positive change, address any concerns, ensure gaps in services are challenged, escalated and acted on so to reduce risks and achieve the agreed outcomes.
To advocate for children and young people and their families and the ability to challenge others, safeguarding, problem solving and supporting with solutions and that they are supported to be recognised, validated and empowered to live the lives they want.
As a genuine ambassador and role model for our organisation, you will bring our values to life and share our passion and commitment to always strive to find creative ways in making a difference.

As a Keyworker you will play a pivotal role to ensure child-centered and a whole family approach, to meet their needs, aspirations and outcomes for the children and young people.

You will need to have experience of working with children, young people with a learning disability and/or children and young people who are Autistic and their families.

A comprehensive understanding of the needs of people with learning disability and/or children and young people who are Autistic and their families as well as safeguarding.

You will be a driver with access to a vehicle and be prepared to travel.

This is a Fixed Term Contract until November 2024, with possible extension.

Why Join Us?

You will be a positive role model and you will bring Affinity Trust's values to life and share our passion and commitment to always strive to find creative ways to enrich the lives of those we support.

An Amazing Place to work

This is the best job
You will not find a more interesting and rewarding job, you will be making a genuine difference to someone's life
Our values drive everything we do
You will get the opportunity to work with some great colleagues and work as "one team"

Rewards
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3**3 days paid holiday per year (Inc. bank holidays) *pro rata for part time staff

Blue Light Card
All work and no play is not fun, so enjoy discounts in your favourite shops and restaurants, on travel and great days out, all provided at no cost to you

Wagestream

An App that lets you track your earnings in realtime, access a percentage of your pay as you earn it, in advance of payday
Life Assurance and Pension scheme
A 24 Hour Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family members

Development & Your Career

As a member of the Affinity Trust team you will have access to a wide variety of vocational learning and development opportunities from our industry leading L&D team.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on Monday 24th July
Interviews will take place on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd August

Job Reference:
OPS03921