Autism Assessment Specialist Practitioner

3 days ago


Wolverhampton, United Kingdom Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

_**Autism Assessment Specialist Practitioner**_

**FT/ Permanent**

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.

**Working for our organisation**

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disability services
- Mental health services for children and young people
- Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley

**Person specification**

**Experience**

**Essential criteria**
- Clinical registration
- Post Basic Courses / Study Days relevant to post
- Evidence of CPD and professional portfolio
- Experience assessing complex presentations
- Understanding of alternative formulations
- Recognition of health inequalities/reasonable adjustments

**Desirable criteria**
- ADOS experience

**Salary**: £33,706.00-£40,588.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Childcare
- Company car
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Flexitime
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Licence/Certification:

- degree qualification to relevant role (required)
- evidence of continuous professional development (required)
- registration with professional body for this post (required)

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: 285-7556-CYPF

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