Package Description
As a Band 6 Neurodevelopmental Practitioner you will be part of our valued team in our BSW Community Health, receiving exclusive rewards and benefits including:
* Band 6 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
* Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases such as 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 as 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 ring‑fenced 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 have an exciting opportunity for a Neurodevelopmental Practitioner to join our friendly and welcoming team in Wiltshire that provides a specialist assessment service within the Neurodevelopmental Pathway for children and young people when investigating a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). You will work in partnership with parents/carers and the multi‑disciplinary team along with other agencies.
You will be expected to contribute assessment information to the Neurodevelopmental Pathway, as well as contributing to the team in their specialist areas of knowledge. The Neurodevelopmental Pathway provides robust assessment of children and young people with suspected autism and/or ADHD, and appropriate onward signposting and referral.
As a Neurodevelopmental Practitioner you will support the service in varied aspects of diagnostic assessment and post‑diagnostic advice to parents, carers, education staff and children and young people.
We have 2 part‑time roles available working various hours – this can be discussed at interview. You will be based at one of our bases in B&NES and Wiltshire – Bath, Chippenham, Salisbury, or Trowbridge.
For any questions about this role please contact Sarah Hanlon, Team Lead for the Neurodevelopmental Pathway.
Main Responsibilities
* Making assessment and differential diagnosis of a child’s communication and social interaction needs through the use of highly specialised standardised and non‑standardised assessments, reflection on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of a child’s communication, informal observation, specialist knowledge and consultation with parents/carers and other professionals (including ADOS, virtual assessment, telephone consultation and completion of diagnostic paperwork).
* Use specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgements and decision making for case management.
* Accurately collate key information gathered to arrive at the most appropriate diagnostic outcome through liaison with the child/young person, their family and the Multi‑Disciplinary Team.
For a full list of role responsibilities please refer to the attached job description.
We are 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.
As safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance, 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 disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.
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