Neurodiversity Navigator

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to be the first Neurodiversity Navigator in Salford, joining the existing team of navigators across MFT CAMHS. The postholder will support neurodiverse young people and their families. This includes those on the waiting list for assessment, and those who have received a diagnosis of autism/ ADHD. The role will involve answering queries, signposting young people and their families to relevant services, ensuring information about support is up to date on local websites, supporting parent carer events and taking a lead on co-production. The postholder will work within Salford's Neurodevelopmental Pathway alongside the CAMHS and community Paediatric teams, as well as other community services, and Intensive Support teams for Learning Disabilities and Autism in CAMHS.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be involved in

Signposting families and young people who are neurodivergent to the right support

Helping families understand the Local Offer

Ensuring local websites have up to date information

Taking a lead in co-production for CAMHS related projects

Supporting developments for young people and their families that might be happening at a GM level as appropriate

Liaising with and signposting professionals from other services, e.g. local authority, schools, health professionals to relevant support

Essential and Desirable Criteria:

Essential

Lived experience of autism/ ADHD

Experience of how to communicate effectively with neurodivergent young people and their families

Experience of working in a team and alongside neurotypical and neurodivergent colleagues

Understanding of Trust procedures regarding information governance and safeguarding

Ability to present information clearly in verbal and written formats

Excellent organisational skills

Excellent IT skills

Awareness of and empathy for the challenges that neurodivergent people and their families face

Willingness to make reasonable adjustments e.g. with communication style

Desirable

Experience of working with neurodivergent young people and their families

Experience of managing telephone queries in calm manner

Experience of advocacy/ accessing local services

Understanding of local offer

Knowledge of statutory processes

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.