Job responsibilities
Service Overview: Be U Norfolk
Our service delivers adult autism assessments alongside a Navigation Service offering up to 12 weeks light touch support for individuals awaiting an assessment. The successful candidate will use their knowledge and skills to enable adults to reduce specific difficulties associated with autism through non-judgemental support, helping to build confidence and independence that can lead to a better life.
Main Responsibilities:
To work with an allocated caseload under the supervision of a qualified practitioner and in close collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team.
To have regard for the physical, psychological, emotional and environmental needs of the individuals referred to the service and their support network.
To support in the day-to-day running of the navigation service by travelling across the county to venues convenient to the client independently (lone working duties form part of the role).
To take the lead in planning, organising and facilitating sessions for clients.
To support ongoing service development through facilitating co-production opportunities.
To monitor the information presented and take responsibility for ensuring that it is up to date and relevant to the clients attending.
To adjust planning to the service and client needs. This may include identifying, inviting and coordinating other relevant agencies to contribute to action plans.
To monitor and collate the outcome data from sessions and to use this to highlight potential changes and adjust session content accordingly.
To plan and lead group and individual sessions that focus on psychoeducation independently and in conjunction with the case holder.
To provide advice about Autism, reasonable adjustments and management strategies that contribute to the clients wellbeing and education.
To provide advice to other professionals regarding Autism, the challenges that it can cause and strategies for managing these.
To provide advice to the clients support network involved with the pre diagnostic support regarding strategies to support the client.
To promote independence and social inclusion for those referred to the service.
To identify needs and seek support from our Assistant Psychologists or the wider ABL clinical team when required.
To work independently in a variety of settings reporting observations or concerns back according to ABL policy.
To maintain and promote good communication with clients, their support network and professionals.
To maintain an awareness of the clients challenges in communication and adapt to accommodate these.
To develop a knowledge and understanding of the specialist needs of autistic adults without learning disabilities and the approaches that they may benefit from.
To support the assessment and management of individual care needs through initial data collection, monitoring of progress, feedback, discussion and reports and in care reviews.
To modify and progress self-advocacy passports using own clinical reasoning in conjunction with clinicians.
To share responsibility for indirect patient contact tasks such as, answering telephones, arranging appointments, processing referrals making resources and inputting activity data.
To contribute towards the ongoing quality of service and care and identify any risk issues in relation to the clients health and social care need.
To promote and develop a valued lifestyle and independence for clients.
Review of this Job Description: This job description is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity and will be amended in the light of the changing needs of the organisation. To be reviewed in conjunction with the post holder.
Other Duties: There may be a requirement to undertake other duties as may reasonably be required to support ABL Health and Be U Norfolk.
Standard Information
Information Governance
Employees of ABL Health must comply with the provisions of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. The postholder must not; either during their employment, or following termination of their employment, disclose any information relating to service users or employees, or of the lawful business practices, of the organisation. The postholder will be required, when and where appropriate to the role, to comply with the processing of requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The postholder must comply with ABLs policies that protect the information assets of the organisation from unauthorised disclosure, modification, destruction, inappropriate access or use. The postholder will be responsible for maintaining the clinical and/or corporate records that fall within the remit of this role to the standards in ABLs records management policies, and data quality processes and standards.
Health and Safety
Compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 - the postholder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
Safeguarding is Everyones Business
ABL has a responsibility to ensure that all children, young people and adults are adequately safeguarded and protected. Consequently, all ABLs employees, temporary staff and volunteers are required to adhere to ABLs safeguarding policies and procedures in addition to local and national safeguarding policies and to act upon any concerns in accordance with them.
Smoke Free
ABL is Smoke-Free. Smoking is not permitted on any of our premises or the surrounding land including car parking facilities.
Training
The postholder must attend any training that is identified as mandatory to their role. The range of duties and responsibilities outlined above are indicative only and are intended to give an overview of the range and type of duties that will be allocated. They are subject to modification in the light of changing service demands and the development requirements of the postholder.
Equality, Diversity and Human Rights
It is the responsibility of every person to act in ways to support equality and diversity and to respect human rights, working within the spirit and detail of legislation including the Equality Act 2010 and the Human Rights Act 1998. ABL is an equal opportunities employer and aims to challenge discrimination, promote equality and respect human rights.
Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. All applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.
