Senior Keyworker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This Senior Keyworker role empowers individuals and families to navigate complex services and access appropriate support. The keyworking model aims to connect the system dynamically, coordinating care to maximize local resources and work effectively with families. The role involves supporting individuals to build on their strengths, access services, and engage with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure person-centered planning. It also focuses on building resilience, planning for adulthood, and improving the quality of care for individuals.
Essential criteria
- Significant and relevant skills
- Experience working with individuals with autism and/or learning disability
- Evidence of professional registration
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge or ability to learn of Black Country locally available provision
- Understanding of the education, health and care system to fulfill keyworking function of holding services to account.
- Significant and relevant skills
- Experience working with individuals with autism and/or learning disability
- Evidence of professional registration
- Knowledge or ability to learn of Black Country locally available provision
- Understanding of the education, health and care system to fulfill keyworking function of holding services to account.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Keyworker
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
A key function of the role is to empower citizens and their families and support them with navigating barriers across multiple services and organisations to effectively access the right support from the system. Our keyworking model is about a set of functions introduced to the system via the keyworking role, in addition to the current roles in place to support citizens of all ages and their support system. The keyworking function will dynamically connect the system, coordinating care systemically to maximise local resources and work more effectively with families.
Please see full Job description for further details.
Main duties of the job
A key function of the role is to empower citizens and their families and support them with navigating barriers across multiple services and organisations to effectively access the right support from the system. Our keyworking model is about a set of functions introduced to the system via the keyworking role, in addition to the current roles in place to support citizens of all ages and their support system. The keyworking function will dynamically connect the system, coordinating care systemically to maximise local resources and work more effectively with families.
Please see full Job description for further details.
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