CYP Keyworker Statutory Lead

Are you passionate about improving support for children and young people with complex needs? This is an opportunity to provide strategic leadership for the Children and Young People's (CYP) Keyworker Service, bringing partners together to strengthen coordinated, person-centered support across West Yorkshire.

Established in response to the NHS Long Term Plan, the service provides dedicated support for autistic children and young people, and those with a learning disability, who have the most complex needs and are at risk of mental health admission, family breakdown or placement instability. Delivered by Barnardo's across West Yorkshire, it offers non-clinical support to children and young people up to the age of 25 who are on the Dynamic Support Register (DSR), alongside their families and carers.

The service helps families navigate health, education, social care and voluntary sector systems, access the right support at the right time, and reduce the risk of avoidable crises and admissions. Central to its approach is ensuring that children, young people and families have a voice in the decisions that affect their lives., Hosted by Bradford District Care Trust, working in the West Yorkshire Mental Health, Learning Dsiability and Austism collaborativeyou will work strategically with NHS organisations, local authorities, education providers, Barnardo's and voluntary sector partners to embed the Keyworker model within local pathways and align delivery with national policy and best practice. Working across organisational boundaries, you will champion partnership working, challenge barriers to access and lead service development, quality improvement and system transformation.

You will provide leadership and oversight of delivery against the NHS England Keyworker Standards, agreed outcomes and the effective use of resources within the contractual and financial framework. By supporting partners to work collectively, you will help create a more integrated and responsive approach, keeping children, young people and families at the centre of planning and decision-making.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care- We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen- We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver- We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 4500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.