Administrator -adult Autism Assessment Team

**Administrator -Adult Autism Assessment Team**:
**Band 2**:
**Main area**
- Administrator
- **Grade**
- Band 2
- **Contract**
- Permanent
- **Hours**
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon
- Fri)
- **Job ref**
- 201-22-844-A**Site**
- Outlook South West Cornwall offices
- **Town**
- Countywide
- **Salary**
- £18,870 - £19,918 Per annum
- **Salary period**
- Yearly
- **Closing**
- Today at 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at **Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.**

**We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.**

**_ Strategic Themes_**

**_ Great Care_**:

- We will deliver safe, high quality, consistent and personalised care based on best practice. We are working to be a responsive organisation that listens and learns._

**_ Great Organisation_**_ _**:

- We work to be a green organisation, and our sustainability plan will deliver NHS net zero targets. We will support quality care, research and innovation. All our work will be underpinned by clear and transparent principles and systems._

**_ Great People _**:

- We will work together with our staff to create an organisation that supports our collective health and wellbeing. We will attract, retain and develop great people, and embed a caring, open, inclusive and restorative just culture that supports us to deliver quality care._

**_ Great Partner_**:

- With our partners we will deliver health care that improves people’s quality of life, prevents ill health and reduces inequalities. We will spend our money wisely to achieve high quality outcomes that matter to local people._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

**_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._**

**Job overview**:
We are looking for someone with excellent communication, customer service and administration skills to join our dedicated and close knit team. The post holder will join our existing Team Administrator, to provide full administration support to the Adult Autism Assessment Team. The post holder will be the first point of contact for adults in Cornwall presenting to the autism assessment service pathway, their families/carers and professional referrers. Key responsibilities will include:

- To respond to queries, including offering information about the Adult Autism Assessment service, and signposting to other services.
- To communicate in a way that is sensitive to potential social and communication difficulties and differences associated with autism
- To assist in the processing of Adult Autism Assessment Team referrals.
- To carry out general administrative tasks, including booking appointments, sending letters and reports, and maintaining office supplies

Training around autism will be provided, and you will be fully supported in to the role by our existing experienced Team Administrator.

If you like to discuss this role further then please get in touch with our team.

**Main duties of the job**:
The administrator provides full administration support to the Adult Autism Assessment team. The post holder will also be the first point of contact for autistic adults, their families/carers and referrers (GPs) as well as offering vital support to our clinicians. The post holder will require very strong customer service and administration skills.

**Working for our organisation**:
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to