Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone who is skilled in autism assessment to join our rapidly developing multi-agency autism assessment team. We welcome the diversity that different disciplines bring to our team and we are excited to welcome someone that is passionate about neurodiversity and accompanying young people and families along the assessment journey.
The ASC pathway is in the early stages of development, meaning we are looking to recruit someone with experience and confidence in assessment and implementing initiatives to reduce health inequalities. The post holder would support the Neuro Constellation Lead and ASC Team Lead in allocation, waiting list initiatives, management of risk and providing regular team supervision. They will also take the lead on complex assessments - for example where there are multiple alternative formulations.
Main duties of the job
- To provide a high quality service delivery of highly specialist care to children, young people and their families through their assessment journey.
- Undertake risk assessment and risk management for individual clients and provide specialist advice to other professionals on aspects of risk assessment and risk management
- Formulate plans for highly specialist assessment and/or management of clients' diverse presentations
- To co-lead on the development of the ASC pathway, monitoring effectiveness of initiative implementation.
- Provide advice, guidance and consultation to other staff contributing directly to clients' diagnosis, formulation and intervention plan.
About us
The ASC Pathway is multi-agency, receiving input from Speech and Language Therapy, Paediatricians, and Inclusion Support. We adopt a Key Worker model, where each young person is allocated to a single worker, who is responsible for gathering relevant information. Key workers on the ASC Pathway will reach out to additional diverse professionals/services, including Mental Health, Occupational Therapy, Social Care and Schools.
Our team values the input of different professionals and aims to offer families a comprehensive and holistic assessment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To practice within the guidelines as set out by appropriate professional bodies.
- To be responsible for the maintenance of accurate records and documentation.
- To participate and contribute to service development and to ensure trust policies are adhered to.
- To liaise with other agencies/disciplines to contribute to the provision of a comprehensive service for neurodivergent children and adolescents including advocacy and signposting where appropriate.
- To provide support and supervision as required.
- To be responsible for setting the highest standards of care in line with clinical governance.
- To demonstrate good professional practice. To be a professional role model and provide clinical supervision, where agreed, in line with trust policies and standards.
- To be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the evaluation of programmes of care.
- To formulate, implement and evaluate person centred care plans in line with trust policy and standards.
- To complete specialist, holistic autism assessments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To practice within the guidelines as set out by appropriate professional bodies.
- To be responsible for the maintenance of accurate records and documentation.
- To participate and contribute to service development and to ensure trust policies are adhered to.
- To liaise with other agencies/disciplines to contribute to the provision of a comprehensive service for neurodivergent children and adolescents including advocacy and signposting where appropriate.
- To provide support and supervision as required.
- To be responsible for setting the highest standards of care in line with clinical governance.
- To demonstrate good professional practice. To be a professional role model and provide clinical supervision, where agreed, in line with trust policies and standards.
- To be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the evaluation of programmes of care.
- To formulate, implement and evaluate person centred care plans in line with trust policy and standards.
- To complete specialist, holistic autism assessments.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience assessing complex presentations
- Understanding of alternative formulations
- Recognition of health inequalities/reasonable adjustments
Desirable
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience assessing complex presentations
- Understanding of alternative formulations
- Recognition of health inequalities/reasonable adjustments
Desirable
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
