About the Keyworking for children and young people with a learning disability, and autistic children and young people programme

This elearning has been developed to support NHS England to implement keyworking services for children and young people with a learning disability and autistic children and young people.

Keyworking services will support children and young people who are at risk of admission, or have been admitted to a mental health hospital, and their families. This programme has been developed to support keyworking teams across the country to understand the fundamentals that underpin keyworking and provide a consistent approach.

The resource will help keyworkers chart the most beneficial path for their work with children, young people and families. As the journey of keyworking develops, new knowledge and learning will shape future iterations of this elearning for keyworkers.

There are 3 elearning sessions:

1. Foundations for Keyworking
2. Human Rights Approaches
3. Understanding the system

It is mandatory for all appointed keyworkers to complete this resource as part of their induction in addition to participating in local and national skills-based training programmes.

More information

Health Education England commissioned Pathways Associates to develop the content for this programme with support from a large group of people. To ensure the ideas for the elearning were co-produced and reflective of their shared values, children, young people, families, and workforce colleagues met frequently to establish the content underpinning each topic.

They discussed topics related to the 3 sessions to understand the words often used in describing the experiences of children, young people, and families supported by keyworkers. The groups were then able to co-design each session to reflect what was shared.

Pathways associates is a community interest company that works to promote person centred approaches and self-directed support. Their team of associates, who are mainly people with direct lived experience, have a wide collective experience of working with people with learning disabilities and autistic people and their families and they led the co-production of this resource on behalf of Health Education England.

Acknowledgements

The programme features video and audio from parents who have kindly shared stories of the challenges and difficulties that their children have experienced in getting support to meet their health, education, and social needs. We are immensely grateful to all the participants for sharing their stories and experiences so generously and allowing new keyworkers to learn from this and offer a special note of thanks to the young people themselves who shared their experiences.

Original artwork for this programme, as seen in the banner above, has been supplied and is used with the kind permission of David Gill, Expert by Experience and Learning Disability & Autism Adviser for NHS England.

How to access

In order to access the Keyworking for children and young people with a learning disability, and autistic children and young people  programme, you will need an elfh account. If you do not have one, then you can register by selecting the Register button below.

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To view the Keyworking for children and young people with a learning disability, and autistic children and young people  programme, select the View button below. If you already have an account with elfh, you will also be able to login and enrol on the programme from the View button.

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Not an NHS organisation?

If you are not an NHS health or care organisation and therefore do not qualify for free access elfh Hub, you may be able to access the service by creating an OpenAthens account.

To check whether or not you qualify for free access via OpenAthens, you can view the eligibility criteria and register on the ‘OpenAthens’ portal.

Staff in social care should contact elfh directly to request access to this programme.

Registering large numbers of users

If you are a HR, IT or Practice Manager and would like to register and enrol large numbers of staff within your organisation for access onto the Keyworking for children and young people with a learning disability, and autistic children and young people programme, please contact elfh directly.

Organisations wishing to use their own LMS

For HR departments wanting to know more about gaining access to courses using an existing Learning Management System please contact elfh directly to express interest.

More information

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