Putting children, young people, adults and their families/carers at the centre of everything we do.
Who can have a keyworker?
Our Designated Keyworkers work with autistic people and/or people with a learning disability aged up to 25 years who are on the Dynamic Support Database (DSD).
The DSD is to identify people who are at risk or may become at risk of admission to a mental health hospital without support in the community.
To access a keyworker the person must:
- Have a diagnosis of autism, a learning disability, or both.
- Be 0-25 years of age.
- Have a potential risk of inpatient admission or are currently in hospital.
- Be registered with a GP within the geographical area of Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool or Westmorland and Furness.
- The individual must be registered on the dynamic support database (DSD) at either blue (inpatient), red or amber. Those at green currently may receive signposting or consultation. The DSD was developed to ensure that individuals and families get the right support at the right time, and that local systems are responsive to meeting their needs in a holistic and joined up way. Keyworking is a function of the DSD.
- Enquiries are welcomed from individuals and their families, alongside queries from professionals
- Act as the main point of contact for individuals and their families.
- Aim to avoid unnecessary admission to, or facilitate discharge from, a mental health inpatient unit and help to strengthen links with relevant services.
- Work on behalf of individuals, and their families or carers, towards unblocking challenges and barriers.
- Ensure all individuals have a clear personalised plan to promote their development.
- Ensure that care education and treatment review recommendations/ actions are completed in a timely manner and that these are reflected in the dynamic support database.
- Ensure continuity of care for the individual, working across systems and services to ensure they respond and react to the individual’s needs as required.
We can arrange for an interpreter if you or your family need one.
Let us know if you want or need information in a certain way and we will try to provide this.
- Listening to the thoughts and feelings of individuals and their family
- Working with services to try and reduce barriers and achieve change
- Being the main point of contact for individuals and their families
- Making sure care continues once dynamic support keyworker support is no longer needed
- Creating a plan together about what matters to individuals and their families
- Supporting individuals and their families to get the right care
- Planning for individuals to live in the community with the right support
Contact Details
Email: keyworkingteam@lscft.nhs.uk
Address:
Greenbank Day Centre
Ripon Street
Preston
PR1 7YL
Helpful links
Keyworking practitioner referral form