St Helens Dynamic Keyworker Service

The Barnardo’s St Helens Dynamic Keyworker service supports children and young people up to the age of 25 who have a learning disability and/or autism. We support young people with the most complex needs who are in crisis, at risk of admission to a mental health inpatient unit or who are in hospital.

Allocation of a Keyworker can only be made through St Helens Transforming Care and Gateway Panel for those who are registered on the Dynamic Support Database (DSD).
The service has been developed through the collaboration between Barnardo’s, Cheshire & Merseyside NHS and St Helens Place. Full details can be found on NHS England’s Children and Young People Keyworker web page (https://www.england.nhs.uk/learning-disabilities/care/children-young-pe…).

Our Keyworkers aim to:

• Improve the young person’s lived experience so that they feel, happy and involved in their care and support.
• Reduce stress and uncertainty experienced by young people and their families.
• Be a trusted person who actively listens and understands the young people and families they are supporting.
• Agree desired outcomes with young people and families.
• Advocate for and provide direct support to the young person to enable their voice, wishes and feelings to be heard.
• Liaise with agencies involved to ensure the right services are in place at the right time and to identify gaps.
• Provide flexible person centred, needs based and age-appropriate support.
• Support coordination of services across health, education, social care and community-based resources.

Useful Links
St Helens Local SEND Offer (https://new.sthelens.gov.uk/send/)
St Helens Thrive Offer (https://new.sthelens.gov.uk/send/send-developments/transforming-care/)
The Live Well Directory (https://www.thelivewelldirectory.com/)