Neuro Developmental Delay

“ I love working in CAIST for the difference we can make in a young person’s and their family/carer’s life, through their most difficult times.” Come and join our award winning team

We are excited to offer an opportunity to join our Award Winning Under 18’s Crisis Service as an Neuro Developmental Delay (NDD) Lead supporting young people and their families across Norfolk and Waveney.

We have bases in East, Central & West Norfolk; we allocate a base closest to where you live. The role is peripatetic so you will be required to travel to different sites, including to the acute hospitals, so being able to travel independently is essential.

The CAIST (Crisis, Assessment & Intensive Support Team) service is a vibrant and dynamic service that has 3 teams based across Norfolk & Waveney and currently offers an 08.00 to 20.00 service, 7 days a week.

The team offers community based intensive support to children, young people & their families. We aim to establish trusting therapeutic relationships, to reduce risks when children & young people may be experiencing high levels of distress.

When you join CAIST, you can expect your role to be varied and diverse - no two days are ever the same You’ll be a valued and supported member of our multi-disciplinary team consisting of Psychologists, Safeguarding, Speech & Language, Occupational and Music Therapists, Nurses, Social Workers & much more.

“The team consists of a variety of great individuals from all backgrounds and skills, who feel passionately about supporting young people and what we do; this is demonstrated in the hard work and passion for the job.

Despite being challenging at times, working within the CAIST team is incredibly rewarding. Skill development and progression is encouraged to continually evolve and expand the service and I feel proud to be a part of such an amazing team.”

Whilst experience in working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas of mental health. We understand that you will be able to bring with you a wealth of skills and experience to the team and would welcome new ways of thinking.

We are looking for people to join us with enthusiasm, optimism, fresh ideas and energy. We will expect you to want to work clinically but be equally as comfortable being part of strategic decision making.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

The post holder will be an experienced qualified professional able to support and advise on the assessment and treatment of the mental health of young people up to the age of 18 with neurodiversity (either suspected, diagnosed or identified as having) presenting with a mental health crisis within Norfolk and Waveney. Working within their own professional boundaries, they will provide specialist care for presenting service users from initial clinical assessment, formulation, intervention and evaluation of care.

The post holder will be able to demonstrate critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process and support with both risk assessment and safety planning taking into context the young person’s neurodiversity and individual needs. They will work with both the medical and wider multi-disciplinary team to meet the needs of the service user and provide specialist clinical leadership as appropriate.

To utilise research and training skills and knowledge for audit, policy and service development, research activity and other programmes within the service. To remain up to date with relevant guidelines, policies and recommendations in relation to supporting individuals presenting with Neurodiversity and to share this knowledge with the wider service.