Home Based Community ASD Assessment AHP OT / SALT

Allied Health Professional (Occupational Therapist or Speech & Language Therapist)

Location: Home Based. Currently, a lot of the work is able to be carried out from home.

Career Level B (NHS Band 6 - 7) options available. Full time 37.5 hours a week. Part-time considered for a minimum of 3 days / 22.5 hours a week. We are open to an informal discussion around flexible working.

St Andrews Healthcare is a charity with an excellent and well-deserved reputation as a provider of specialist mental healthcare. We transform the lives of people with the greatest mental health needs. This service is part of our Community Partnerships Division who this year had their CQC rating as good.

Below are some of the comments from service users our services support:

• Changed my life and staff were incredible, faultless, supportive, skilled, lovely and polite.
• The therapy that has been provided was like no other I had received in 30 years.

Are you looking for an opportunity to be part of a dynamic, passionate and highly skilled team of psychologists and MDT where you can use your skills across a range of clinical populations? Our service is constantly growing, so if you are a proactive, HCPC registered Allied Health Professional (i.e. Occupational Therapist (OT), Speech & Language Therapist (SALT) with a strong client-focus, excellent communication skills and a can-do attitude, we want to hear from you.

Main duties of the job:

We have a number of exciting opportunities within our Neurodevelopmental Services for Adults and Children and are seeking enthusiastic AHPs to join our team to provide diagnostic services for children and/or adults, depending on your experience. Currently, most of these services are being delivered online but there will be a requirement to travel into the community in the Midlands area for face-to-face assessments where required. Travel to Northampton will also be required on occasion for attendance to team meetings and supervision.

Successful candidates must have experience working with ASD service users and ideally have ASD assessment experience as well as trained in diagnostic tools such as the ADOS-2 and DIVA-5 assessments. However, where necessary, assessment diagnostic training can be provided as well as comprehensive support and supervision.

Our service specialises in developing and delivering community-based services for St Andrews. We currently offer a range of services including a busy private therapy clinic, an Expert Witness Service, Diagnostic Assessment Clinics (ASD) and a Complex Treatment Service for Military Veterans. We are hoping that successful candidates who have relevant experience and capacity could also work across some of these other services and those within the wider Charity where opportunities arise.

About us:

You will be able to work independently as well as closely and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. You will be eager to take ownership and responsibility for delivering your work and will be self-driven, results-oriented and be able to demonstrate excellent time management and organisational skills.

You will be encouraged to develop your strengths and skills through a robust structure of clinical supervision and opportunities for professional development. St Andrews has an excellent record of providing opportunities for research, training and continuing professional development. Training relevant to the requirements of the role will be provided.

Although our offices are based in Northampton, the post holder will mostly be required to deliver assessments online with occasional travel into the community, so a full drivers licence is desirable. However, in return, you will also benefit from having the flexibility to work from home and hours that can work around your family life.

In order to be eligible, you will need to be registered with HCPC. Experience working with ASD service users is essential and ASD diagnostic experience is desirable but we can offer training if this is an area in which you would like to professionally develop.

The successful applicant will have experience of working successfully with a varied child and adult population with a wide range of mental health needs and will therefore ideally have a minimum of 1 year’s post qualification experience.

Job responsibilities:

One of our new team members who recently joined our team had this to say about us: “What a refreshing and dynamic team! The clinicians are friendly and warm but also focused and driven. It’s amazing how quickly things get progressed here from ideas into actions.”

Community Partnerships offers something different to other services that I have worked for previously; its diverse and expanding service has provided me with opportunities to continually develop through working with different client groups across a range of settings. This has allowed me to work with and learn from a number of clinicians with different areas of expertise. Its flexible working approach has also been great for promoting a good work-life balance!

If this sounds like your type of working environment, we look forward to receiving your application. The position is offered as a permanent contract.

Reward:

We offer an excellent benefits package including pension, 35 days holiday, sickness policy on par with NHS, life cover, cycle to work scheme and opportunities for research, teaching and continuing professional development.

For an informal discussion, please contact our recruitment consultant, James Farrelly on email jcfarrelly@stah.org or telephone 07827856634.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications: HCPC Registration
• Experience: Experience working with service users with ASD or ADHD. Successful candidates must have experience working with ASD service users and ideally have ASD assessment experience as well as trained in diagnostic tools such as the ADOS-2 and DIVA-5 assessments. However, where necessary, assessment diagnostic training can be provided.
• Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£38,729 to £51,757 a year. 35 leave, plus benefits & private work paid extra. Contract: Permanent. Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Home or remote working, Compressed hours.