Neurodiversity Strategic Lead

**About The Role**:
**UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE**

**+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Neurodiversity Strategic Lead to join our Healthcare Care team at HMP Eastwood Park, a female prison based in South Gloucestershire.

This is a brand new, rare opportunity to join the team, providing strategic leadership, specialising in neurodiversity. This role is being offered on a 2 year fixed term contract.

**Hours**

This is a full time role working 37.5 hours per week, usually Monday to Friday.

**Salary**

For this full time role, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £58,000**_ _**per annum FTE - depending on experience.

**How will we support you?**
- Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
- Competency framework
- Regional and national career development opportunities
- Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
- Support from the wider team

**What you'll be doing**:
As our new Neurodiversity Strategic Lead, your responsibilities will vary. You will:

- Provide strategic leadership within the healthcare setting in the prison, specialising in neurodiversity
- Develop and implement clear, joined up pathways across all healthcare settings
- Lead and develop professional relationships and pathways with community settings to enhance referrals, and specialised involvement upon discharge
- Provide understanding of neurodivergent needs, and what reasonable adjustments could look like within the custodial setting Lead on the development and training needs of staff

If you are interested in **career development,** we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both **internal and external options** for development and learning.

**It doesn’t stop there**we also offer:

- Company pension scheme
- 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus public bank holidays (pro rata)
- An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
- Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
- Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
- Excellent long-term career prospects
- 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

**What we’ll look for in you**:
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

- we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
- we act with integrity
- we embrace diversity
- we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

As our new Neurodiversity Strategic Lead, you will have:

- Current professional registration with NMC, HCPC or equivalent
- Be a Registered RMN, RNLD, Social Worker (Mental Health) or Occupational Therapist (Mental Health)
- Have evidence of Continued Professional Development
- Be understanding of the complexities of working with a multi disciplinary team

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.