Specialist Learning Disabilities and Autism Keyworker - Join Our Award-Winning Team!

Are you passionate about making a real difference in the lives of young people with learning disabilities and autism? Do you have the drive to support families and work collaboratively to ensure the best outcomes for those at risk of mental health hospital admissions or residential placements?

We are looking for Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, and Speech and Language Therapists who are ready for a new challenge in our award-winning multidisciplinary team.

What We Do:

Our team works to support children and young people (and their families) by identifying and addressing their holistic needs, advocating for them in multi-agency meetings, and ensuring they receive the care and support they deserve. Whether it's supporting families, schools, or wider networks, we are committed to preventing unnecessary admissions and placements, and ensuring the voice of the young person is always at the heart of the decision-making process.

Main duties of the job

Your Role:

As a Specialist Keyworker, you will:

• Assess and support the holistic needs of young people and their families, providing interventions or facilitating access to further support.
• Advocate for young people, ensuring their views are heard in multi-agency settings.
• Collaborate with professionals from health, education, and social care sectors to deliver tailored, evidence-based interventions such as Positive Behavioural Support.
• Co-facilitate consultations and share expertise within your professional field, contributing to the development of the team's clinical practice.
• Receive ongoing CPD and training opportunities to further enhance your skills and expertise.

Who We're Looking For:

We're seeking individuals who are passionate about supporting children and young people, are committed to collaborative, family-centred practice, and are ready to bring their expertise to a dynamic, supportive environment.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for full duties and responsibilities.

If you're ready to take on a rewarding role with real impact, we want to hear from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional registration
• Degree in registered profession

Desirable

• Additional specialist post-graduate training relevant to clinical
• area (e.g. Sensory Processing, Sensory Attachment
• Intervention, specific psychological therapies)
• Training/experience of PBS

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-graduate experience in specific area
• Experience of carrying out supervision to junior staff,coordinating the care of clients and delegating tasks.

Desirable

• Experience of working with children and young people withLD and/or autistic young people
• Experience of contributing to service development

Additional Criteria

Essential

• Professional and patient focussed approach with inspirational skills, acting as a role model to colleagues and junior staff members.
• Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm and professional manner.
• Ability to demonstrate teaching and mentorship skills and work effectively as part of a team.
• Ability to work autonomously and independently.
• Ability to record and retrieve information on charts/ paper and electronic patient records.
• Ability to undertake PMVA training to required level for role. Understands the legal responsibilities of the profession at all times.
• To be up to date with professional and evidence-based practice and new research
• Demonstrates an understanding of recent legislation and guidance and its impact on the NHS
• Awareness of processes attached to and implications of lone working.
• Ability to develop positive working relationships with a range of professionals.
• Able to demonstrate a good standard of English language.
• High standards of written communication skills with the ability to use email and internet.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives about complex and sensitive issues remaining sensitive and empathetic.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills with peers and senior managers. Ability to identify child protection concerns, raise alerts and participate in safeguarding enquires/ investigation/ case conferences. Ability to contribute to multi-disciplinary team planning through discussion and negotiation. Experience of delivering presentations to groups of people
• Good organisational and planning skills. Ability to organise caseload, workload and time. Ability to demonstrate prioritisation skills. Excellent organisational skills, ability to manage own time and plan timed activities for staff and patients. Ability to be flexible to respond to workload demands.
• Physical dexterity for using sign language Required to use appropriate level of Personal Safety techniques to deal with challenging clients or incidents Physical dexterity required for basic keyboard skills
• Access to transport with appropriate Business Insurance to travel throughout the Somerset area.
• Open minded, treats colleagues, patients, carers and relatives with dignity and respect. Intuitive and caring nature. Flexible and adaptable to meet the needs of the patients and the service. Sympatheticand considerate towards patients, carers and relatives. Act in ways that support equality and diversity. Self-motivated

Desirable

• Experience of delivering presentations to groups of people

Employer details

Employer name

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Foundation House

Wellsprings Road

Taunton

Somerset

TA2 7PQ

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184-OL-GR-940