Keyworker Lead
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a full-time, permanent opportunity for a Band 7 Keyworker Lead within the Children's and Young Persons Keyworker Team. The role involves supervising the non-clinical practice of the keyworking team, managing complex cases, and providing operational management. The post holder will also carry their own caseload, develop creative solutions for families, and identify gaps in multi-agency working to inform system-wide improvements. This pivotal role requires an experienced individual with passion and vision to support children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism.
Essential criteria
- Masters level or equivalent professionally qualified practitioner, registered with a professional body: Social Worker, RMN and or RNLD, Clinical/Counselling/Educational Psychologist, Teacher, Family Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Child Psychotherapist or Behaviour Analyst/Positive Behaviour Practitioner.
- NMC, HCPC or Social Worker England registration
Desirable criteria
- Positive behaviour support training certificate
- Experience of a range of Social Prescribing
- Experience of working with children and/or young people age 12 plus with learning disability, autism or both and complex needs and their families.
- Managing and supporting complex cases that may be experiencing or approaching crisis
- Comprehensive knowledge of children's and related legislation, DOH guidance, including Children Act 1989 and 2004, disability and carer's legislation, Working Together, Assessment Framework, Adoption and Children Act 2002, Leaving Care Act 2000, Positive and Proactive Care April 2014.
- Legislative knowledge and awareness of locally available provision, as well as how to apply in practice.
- Knowledge of child development, Autism, Learning disabilities, attachment and trauma, and of personalised and coproduced care planning.
- Strong understanding of children's mental health and human rights.
- Strong, holistic understanding of the education, health and care system to fulfil Keyworking function of holding services to account
- Ability to develop effective collaborative working across a dispersed area
- Skills in influencing positive partnership working
- Ability to develop high quality service delivery
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Masters level or equivalent professionally qualified practitioner, registered with a professional body: Social Worker, RMN and or RNLD, Clinical/Counselling/Educational Psychologist, Teacher, Family Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Child Psychotherapist or Behaviour Analyst/Positive Behaviour Practitioner.
- NMC, HCPC or Social Worker England registration
- Positive behaviour support training certificate
- Experience of a range of Social Prescribing
- Experience of working with children and/or young people age 12 plus with learning disability, autism or both and complex needs and their families.
- Managing and supporting complex cases that may be experiencing or approaching crisis
- Comprehensive knowledge of children's and related legislation, DOH guidance, including Children Act 1989 and 2004, disability and carer's legislation, Working Together, Assessment Framework, Adoption and Children Act 2002, Leaving Care Act 2000, Positive and Proactive Care April 2014.
- Legislative knowledge and awareness of locally available provision, as well as how to apply in practice.
- Knowledge of child development, Autism, Learning disabilities, attachment and trauma, and of personalised and coproduced care planning.
- Strong understanding of children's mental health and human rights.
- Strong, holistic understanding of the education, health and care system to fulfil Keyworking function of holding services to account
- Ability to develop effective collaborative working across a dispersed area
- Skills in influencing positive partnership working
- Ability to develop high quality service delivery
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust
Keyworker Lead
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
A full-time opportunity for a Band 7 Keyworker Lead for the Children's and Young Persons Keyworker Team based at Dragon Square.
This exciting opportunity has risen for a permanent role as part of a key worker team.
The Keyworker is part of the NHS long term plan. The vision is for all children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism to have a designated key worker by end 2026/27. Initially the priority will be for all children and young people currently in hospital to have a key worker, then for children and young people who are at risk of going into hospital (red/amber on the Dynamic Support Registers), and with evaluation of the pilot, the aim will be to develop keyworking for all children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism by end 2026/27.
The 0-25 year's model aims to support reduction of the number of children in crisis and Tier 4 admissions, support timely assessments/formulations, provide children and families with the support that they need at the right time, and improve transitions and quality of life, resulting in happy children and parents.
A key function will be to empower families and support them with navigating barriers across multiple services and organisations to effectively access the right
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