Package Description As aBand 6 Specialist Autism Practitioner (JADES pathway),you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Band 6 Agenda for Change salary and terms and conditions including an NHS pension group pension and HCRG terms and Conditions Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission Job Introduction We are looking for a permanent Band 6 Specialist Autism Practitioner (JADES pathway) to join our multi-disciplinary, JADES (Journey of Autism Diagnosis and Early Support) Team, which includes a Senior Clinical Psychologist, Community Paediatricians, Specialist Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapist, Specialist Neurodevelopmental Nurse and ADHD Nurse, along with other dedicated staff as part of our innovative Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service.You will benefit from the support of friendly and inclusive colleagues and access regular supervision and team meetings. Main Responsibilities You will provide assessments of children and young people referred to the service for Autism diagnosis, based upon data from a variety of formal and informal sources, including ADOS-2.You will work in our Child Development Centre, as well as our Family Hubs and educational settings when required.You’ll care for service users and their families in the way that you believe is best, delivering our high service standards, sharing best practice and actively improving the way we work. You will advise on evidence-based support for children with autism and their carers, as well as share highly specialist knowledge with other partner agencies and colleagues. You will also support colleagues and other professionals by sharing specialist knowledge and skills within relevant clinical area The Ideal Candidate You will be a registered Allied Health Professional or Nurse with experience of working within children’s social communication disorders assessment services.This includes the assessment and management of children and young people presenting with Autism Spectrum Disorder, as well as a good knowledge of support and information for carers and professionals. You will have post qualification training and experience in Autism and social communication conditions. You will also be registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council or Nursing and Midwifery Council. You will have access to regular clinical supervision and ongoing continued professional development including through access to external clinical networks.You will be a part of team who recognises and celebrates clinical excellence steered by evidence-based practice. If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Sarah Eaton via email: sarah.eaton@hcrgcaregroup.com. We welcome applicants who may be interested in a part or full time role. About the Company We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes.We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team.We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone. While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can. As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks. 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