Autism Specialist Practitioner

4 days ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time
Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and ambitious Specialist Practitioner within the Autism Liaison Service. This role offers a unique chance to develop profession-specific specialist assessment skills, in addition to delivering individually-tailored interventions, including planning for and facilitating transitions.

Main Duties of the Job

This new post provides an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and experienced Specialist Practitioner (OT/Social Work/Nursing/CAP/Arts Therapist), looking to specialise in mental health and Autism. The successful candidate will offer a thorough, compassionate and evidence-based service to adults with a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of Autism within acute mental health services.

Working for Our Organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health, physical healthcare and community services commissioned locally and nationally. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of only three high secure hospitals in the country and one of the highest profile mental healthcare settings in the world.

Person Specification

Qualifications

  • Professional qualification in mental health Occupational Therapist, Social Worker, Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Clinical Associate Psychologist (CAP), Cognitive Behavioural Therapist (BABCP accredited), Arts Therapist
  • Current registration with the relevant professional body (HCPC, NMC, BPS, BABCP)

Experience

  • Where relevant, achieved Band 5 KSF sub-set (preceptorship programme for OT). Relevant post-qualification experience in Mental Health and/or Autism and/or Learning Disabilities.
  • Application of core profession-specific skills in assessments and interventions.
  • Experience of working with autistic people

Knowledge & Skills

  • Knowledge of mental health difficulties and of a holistic approach to understanding an individual's presentation in the context of wider biopsychosocial aspects.
  • Knowledge and understanding of how mental health difficulties can impact on a person's ability to complete day-to-day activities
  • Principles of clinical governance
  • Clinical and environmental risk assessment and safety planning.
Key Responsibilities

The post holder will be based within the specialist Autism Liaison Service, which supports multi-disciplinary teams to identify and meet the needs of service users under the care of acute mental health services (AMHS) with a diagnosis of autism or where autism is suspected. The service also provides outreach input to a defined cohort within community and recovery mental health services (CARMHS), where the individual is at risk of readmission to inpatient mental health services or a frequent user of unplanned care.

The post holder will bring their specialist skills to offer assessments and interventions for this population of service users. The role will be based across acute and community mental health services within Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow, with an outreach component to other teams where appropriate.



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