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AUTISM ASSESSMENT PRACTITIONER

Employer
Healios
Location
Home based, Nationwide
Salary
£41,500 - £48,500 FTE
Closing date
30 Apr 2021

Job Details

THE CHALLENGE

The Autism Assessment Practitioner position requires an individual who is skilled at autism diagnostic assessment and interventions and who is committed to delivering the best outcomes for neurodiverse children, young people, adults and their families.

The successful candidate will be a member of a MDT, and will deliver part of the autism assessment alongside support, advice and interventions. The key aspects of the role are:

Clinical

  • To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping including electronic data entry and recording, report writing and the responsible exercise of professional self-governance in accordance with relevant professional codes of practice and Healios policies and procedures.
  • To actively contribute to multi disciplinary team meetings, working with others to reach a diagnostic conclusion
  • To undertake high quality autism assessments and provide interventions 
  • Manage / investigate concerns / incidents / quality issues and provide reports
  • Effectively communicate with neurodiverse children, young people and adults, families, internal and external staff
  • Act as a professional role model at all times
  • Work within the framework of your regulatory body, and ensure professional registration is maintained
  • Meet service objectives and key performance indicators

Policy/Service Development

  • Act in accordance with Healios policies
  • To maintain up to date knowledge of legislation, national policies and issues in relation to neurodevelopmental differences and mental health
  • Share innovation and ideas with the team lead and service manager

Research & Development

  • Be aware of new developments within the area of specialism 
  • Attend training where needs are identified
  • Contribute to audit, policy and service development and research within the area served by the team/service

Management, Supervisions and Leadership

  • To act as a ‘buddy’ and support new Healios staff
  • Support the development of junior staff
  • Deputise for Team Lead under the direction of the Service Manager if appropriate

Education, Learning and Personal Development 

  • Maintain active continuing professional development throughout your practice
  • Take an active part in consistency assurance activities
  • Share any training needs / gaps with your line manager

Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults 

  • To adhere to the principles of effective and safe safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults 
  • Undertake risk assessments and respond appropriately to risk concerns
  • Act as risk and safeguarding lead for the team
  • Complete Safeguarding Children training Level 3

General Duties of all post holders 

  • To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the role, when requested to do so by Senior Staff 
  • To be familiar with and comply with all service and departmental policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines 
  • To be aware of and work towards the services strategic goals

WHAT WE WILL PROVIDE FOR YOU

  • A collaborative culture where curiosity, creativity, experimentation and innovation are fostered 
  • A highly motivated and energetic team bringing a wide range of talents, experience and knowledge to solve complex challenges
  • Opportunities to shape & design world leading clinical pathways that harness the power of combining technology with evidence-based interventions & a human touch
  • Opportunities to grow & further develop your professional interests
  • A culture that challenges the status quo in pursuit of providing exceptional healthcare & an unrivalled experience for the clients & families we support
  • Flexible, home based role where you can practice from the comfort of your own home or office
  • 33 days holiday (including bank holidays and closure days) plus a day off for your birthday
  • Option to purchase additional leave of up to 2 weeks
  • Enhanced Maternity package – which includes an additional benefit of a 3 months phased return to work paid at full salary
  • Company pension scheme
  • Enhanced sick pay
  • Energetic and motivated culture with regular staff events
  • Opportunities to work on exciting and transformative innovations
  • CPD courses and ongoing training
  • Service and company away days  

WHAT YOU WILL BRING TO HEALIOS

Clinical

Essential

  • First level nursing qualification/registration RN; or First level qualification in OT, social work, psychology, speech and language therapy
  • Registered with a statutory body (NMC, HCPC, ACP, BABCP, UKCP or BACP)
  • ADOS or ADI-r trained and experienced 
  • At least 1 years experience in autism diagnostic assessments
  • Experience of delivering support / interventions to neurodiverse children and / or adults
  • Ability to undertake risk assessments and develop risk plans
  • Experienced in safeguarding assessment and procedures
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent report writing skills
  • Ability to work well under pressure and as part of a team 
  • Commitment to improving the experience of neurodiverse individuals

Desirable

  • ADOS and ADI-r trained
  • Experience of delivering mental health assessments and interventions
  • Safeguarding level 3 trained Experience of working in a NHS service

Research & Development

Essential

  • Experience of contribution to evaluation, audit or research

Management, Supervision and Leadership

Desirable

  • Experience of training/developing others

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Company

Founded in 2013, Healios is a leading specialist digital healthcare company working to empower patients and families affected by mental health, autism and ADHD conditions to support long-term outcomes and wellbeing. Our mission is to bring exceptional healthcare to anyone, anytime, anywhere.

Healios is pioneering the world’s first digitalisation of a NHS Mental Health Trust outpatient services, covering multiple complex specialist assessment and psychological intervention services. By digitising entire clinical pathways, we enable children, adults and their family members to receive and seamlessly transition between clinical services from the comfort of their home. By blending the best of technology, design, specialised clinical expertise and a personal human connection, Healios is transforming the experience of how care is accessed and received to help patients and families lead a better quality of life.

We are an organisation that empowers our staff to make a real difference not only in reshaping how mental health and neurodevelopment services are delivered across the UK, but also in the lives of those individuals and families who need our support. Our teams are friendly, focused and passionate about making a positive difference to our patients and their families.

We encourage our teams to constantly push for better outcomes and we embrace change to assist in the development of the company. Everyone’s input and opinion matters to us and we work in an environment where this is encouraged.  

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