Keyworker
Core
Manage, support, and develop a group of young people (ages 4-18) and their families through individual sessions, group work, and family visits to bridge gaps between academic, behavioral, and therapeutic needs.
Role type
Key Worker / Student Support Specialist
Builds
Holistic person-centred support plans and interventions for students in alternative and special education
Domain
Education / Youth Support / Social Services
Required skills
Case management, risk assessment, attendance intervention, multi-agency liaison, safeguarding, behavior management, data recording, mentoring
Preferred skills
NVQ level 2 in teaching/youth work/social work/counselling, Level 5 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
Technologies
Database systems for case recording
Responsibilities
Develop individual pupil support plans, drive attendance through daily calls and interventions, conduct risk assessments for vulnerability, liaise with external agencies, manage behavior and safeguarding concerns, organize 1:1 and small group targeted support
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC