# Designated Keyworker Development Officer > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/designated-keyworker-development-officer/de61cb9d-cfcc-42f6-98b9-3cb3c0732d78 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/designated-keyworker-development-officer/de61cb9d-cfcc-42f6-98b9-3cb3c0732d78.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Guild Lodge - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Care coordinator - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-23T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-09T12:48:19.826Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8356762 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8356762?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust are pleased to be recruiting to the Keyworker Team. The Keyworking team play an integral role for children, young people and adults with ASD and/or Learning Disabilities and who are in crisis. ### Main duties of the job The Keyworker Team provides a multi-agency approach to support children, young people, adults and families/carers. It is a co-ordinated, person-centred and outcome-focused approach to planning and support where children, young people, adults and families/carers require additional and sometimes complex support. The Designated Keyworker is in high demand, with each Keyworker managing a caseload. As an LSCFT team, we work across Lancashire, Blackpool and Fylde Coast, Morecambe Bay, South Cumbria and Blackburn with Darwen. Applicants should have excellent communication skills and the ability to work well autonomously and as part of a team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Good interpersonal skills. - Ability to build relationships and trust with family carers - Ability to deal with difficult situations and/or individuals in a calm, fair but effective manner ### Knowledge **Essential** - Lived experience and personal knowledge of strategies and interventions relevant to autistic children and young people, adults and / or those with a learning disability - Knowledge of issues affecting families and parenting needs of children - Knowledge of available support services and referral routes - Knowledge of legislation and developments relevant to the field of autism and learning disability ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with autistic children and young people or adults and those with a learning disabilities - Managing own workload with effective liaison with others. - Able to work autonomously and as a member of the multi-disciplinary team. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Lived experience with children and young people with autism and or learning disability - OR Educated to Degree level in a relevant subject or equivalent level of qualification or significant equivalent previous proven lived experience - Knowledge and understanding of children and young people with autism and/or learning disability who present with complex needs ## Documents - [jdps (pdf, 200.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10682830) - [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.