Key Worker – Children & Young People with ‘Care Experience’

Salary: £31,364.00 - £34,834.00 per annum

This is a Secondment opportunity Temporary Full time 37.00 hours per week to 30/09/2025

We are currently looking for a Key Worker (Children Looked After Education Service ) to join our team.

We are currently looking for a Key Worker - Children and Young People ‘Care Experienced' to join our team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for - The Key Worker post will assist the Education Coordinator for CLA in coordinating and discharging the Council's duties in relation to the development, management and quality assurance of PEPs. They will work in partnership with all stakeholders to ensure that every child and young person looked after by Neath Port Talbot (NPT) has a person centred PEP that compliments their broader care plan, IDP if ALN and other plans.

The main duties of the post;

The Key Worker post will take a responsibility for the development (systems and processes) and roll out of the new PEP on the Impulse Nexus Gateway. They will coordinate all stakeholders across both the Education and Children's Departments to test the system functionality, develop process and user guides, deliver training, support access and user permissions and track and monitor the creation of Personal Education Plans (PEPs) within timescales.

In addition, the Key Worker posts will take responsibility for providing advice and support to ‘care experienced' pupils, schools, carers, Children's Services and Education colleagues both in NPT and out of county, with their main focus being to support transitions for pupils in the broadest sense (new admissions, movers in, movers out, those receiving exclusion, those with very poor attendance, pri to sec and 16+).

You will have experience of;

• Working within a school, LA or other educational setting.
• Working with children and young people with ‘care experience' and all stakeholders in relation to their education.
• Developing appropriate learning plans to support children to achieve their learning potential.
• Supporting young people access the educational opportunities available to them.
• Reducing barriers to learning.
• Supporting children and young people to approach, make and sustain change and transitions with school.
• Using electronic systems and developing processes to support staff.

Ideally you will have;

• 5 A - C grades at GCSE (or equivalent qualifications), NVQ Level 3 in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools (or equivalent/similar) or teaching/education related qualification and fluency in English.
• Excellent communication and I.T. Skills.
• Knowledge of working with current legislation in relation to PEPS within the Social Services Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 (part 6) and An Integrated Approach to Improving Education Outcomes for Looed After Children in Wales 2021.
• Excellent knowledge of and experience in delivering relational/ therapeutic style models.

This new role with sit within the Children Looked After arm of the Local Authorities Inclusion Service and will be an ideal opportunity for someone wishing to broaden their experiences through secondment.

If you think that you have the necessary experience and qualifications for this role, we would love to hear from you.

Your workstyle will be a mobile hybrid worker in this role which gives you the flexibility to work from home and from a variety of Council workplaces.

For an informal discussion, please contact Nicky Sneezum on

Phone: 07880787436or

Email: [email protected]

DBS requirements:

• This post is subject to a Enhance Child Barred DBS disclosure

Neath Port Talbot Council is totally committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our schools/employees are equally committed to ensuring the safety and protection of all children and young people/vulnerable adults and will take action to safeguard their wellbeing.

The recruitment process for this post will be underpinned by rigorous safer recruitment assessment to ensure that children and young people are protected.

Welsh Language skills are not required.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who have a disability and armed forces veterans.

In support of employees of Tata Steel who are at risk of redundancy, or have been made redundant in 2024, Neath Port Talbot Council is offering a guaranteed interview for jobs across the Council. Applicants must meet the essential criteria for the post to qualify for this. If you are or going to be affected by the job losses at Tata Steel then we would welcome an application from you. Just make it known on your application form that you are currently at risk of redundancy or you have been made redundant.

At Team NPT, we all work together to serve the people, communities and businesses of Neath Port Talbot.

We are committed to providing training opportunities and the professional development of all our employees.

We look forward to welcoming you to Team NPT.