Senior Practitioner inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 8 DEC 2023

Band 7: £51,883 to £58,544 a year Per annum Inclu HCAS  FIXED TERM 

Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Job Summary

You will be a Senior Practitioner within the Learning Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder Keyworker Service for Barnet Enfield and Haringey: providing direct support to children with learning disabilities and/or autism with mental health needs and/or presenting with behaviours of concern.

The LD/ASD Keyworker Service provides intensive interventions for children and young people who are part of the LD & ASD cohort. The aim is to keep children, young people in the community, to prevent avoidable admissions to Tier 4 inpatient mental health services and 52-week residential placements, and to support young people in this cohort, to be discharged from Tier 4 services and be supported back into the community.

You will be liaising and coordinating with a range of teams and organisations across Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey, including CAMHS providers, social care teams, Tier 4 providers, schools, and other community health providers.

The service is NCL wide but has two teams working across two localities:

1) Camden and Islington

2) Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey

Key Responsibilities

To ensure appropriate service representation and input to meetings, including Care Education and Treatment Reviews (CETR's) Care Programme Approach (CPA) meetings, as well as Child in Need (CIN) meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Core Groups, Looked-After Child (LAC) Reviews, and Education, Health and Care (EHC) Annual Reviews, as appropriate.

To attend, contribute to, and update on, cases at the local Admission Avoidance Dynamic Support Register (DSR) meetings.

To establish and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders including partners and parents to promote joint working and their involvement in the service.

Involvement in the ongoing development of the service, including making suggestions for improvements and working to implement changes to the service as agreed with commissioners.

To attend and provide information to the relevant panels and boards.

To undertake other duties commensurate to the grade of the post.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

Job Summary

You will be a Senior Practitioner within the Learning Disability and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder Keyworker Service for Barnet Enfield and Haringey: providing direct support to children with learning disabilities and/or autism with mental health needs and/or presenting with behaviours of concern.

The LD/ASD Keyworker Service provides intensive interventions for children and young people who are part of the LD & ASD cohort. The aim is to keep children, young people in the community, to prevent avoidable admissions to Tier 4 inpatient mental health services and 52-week residential placements, and to support young people in this cohort, to be discharged from Tier 4 services and be supported back into the community.

You will be liaising and coordinating with a range of teams and organisations across Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey, including CAMHS providers, social care teams, Tier 4 providers, schools, and other community health providers.

The service is NCL wide but has two teams working across two localities:

1) Camden and Islington

2) Barnet, Enfield, and Haringey

Key Responsibilities

To ensure appropriate service representation and input to meetings, including Care Education and Treatment Reviews (CETR's) Care Programme Approach (CPA) meetings, as well as Child in Need (CIN) meetings, Child Protection Conferences, Core Groups, Looked-After Child (LAC) Reviews, and Education, Health and Care (EHC) Annual Reviews, as appropriate.

To attend, contribute to, and update on, cases at the local Admission Avoidance Dynamic Support Register (DSR) meetings.

To establish and maintain good working relationships with stakeholders including partners and parents to promote joint working and their involvement in the service.

Involvement in the ongoing development of the service, including making suggestions for improvements and working to implement changes to the service as agreed with commissioners.

To attend and provide information to the relevant panels and boards.

To undertake other duties commensurate to the grade of the post.



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