Are you interested in being part of transforming and developing an innovative service? Humber's Autism Mental Health Support Team aims to enhance support for autistic adults and their families/carers during mental health crises.
If you are a dynamic individual with a drive to deliver highly specialised care within a team that offers excellent service for autistic adults, please contact us.
We are recruiting two full-time band 4 associate practitioners to this specialist team. The roles will involve working closely with mental health teams and autistic service users within the unplanned care sector to support their mental health recovery journey. The practitioners will complete observations, gather information from the service user, and coach mental health staff on ways of working with individuals.
The successful post holders will receive regular supervision and training to support them in carrying out their roles successfully.
Main duties of the job
1. To work under the direction of the B6 Specialist practitioner to support, train, and coach mental health teams in their work with autistic service users.
2. To deliver observations, gather information, and model ways of working with the autistic service user.
3. To demonstrate an understanding of autism and the diagnostic criteria to consider appropriate ways of working with patients and to advise colleagues on reasonable adjustments.
4. To communicate effectively and attend meetings where appropriate, under the direction of the B6 practitioner, with mental health teams within unplanned care.
5. To support others in the team to evaluate the service's effectiveness and complete audits when required.
6. To document all work completed using the trust's electronic record system in line with documentation legislation.
7. To attend relevant training to support in carrying out the role effectively.
8. A job plan will provide further detail on the plans to develop specific skills and responsibilities.
About us
We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where, and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
Job responsibilities
For further information regarding this vacancy please see the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Relevant NVQ level 4 or Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care OR NVQ 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent, plus demonstrable working experience in the field of care.
* An understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers, and their application to adults and their families/carers.
* Willingness to undertake relevant training/development/CPD.
Experience
* Experience of working with autistic and neurodiverse people.
* Experience of working in mental health.
* Experience of promoting/supporting active service user and carer involvement and participation.
* Experience with working with different external agencies.
Skills
* Ability to motivate others.
* Development of supportive relationships with clients, carers, and other professionals.
* Evidence of effective inter-personal communication skills.
* Ability to work without direct supervision and use own initiative.
* Ability to manage conflict and high expressed emotion in a clinical/inpatient and community setting.
* Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
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.
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