Trosolwg o'r swydd

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust are pleased to be recruiting to the Children and young people’s Autism Intensive Support Service (AISS).  The service is operational across Lancashire & South Cumbria.
AISS provide rapid clinical support to support children and young people, and their families/carers, where there is a risk of care breakdown or hospitalisation.  AISS offer personalised clinical interventions based upon functional formulation and neuro-affirmative best practice.  The service works closely with critical partners in health, social care, and educational services.
The post holder will be a registered professional with clinical experience in supporting autistic children and young people with complex health or behavioural needs.  
The post holder will have good communication skills and the ability to work well as part of a team, and under the delegated authority of the band 6 autism practitioner.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working; we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employee through improved health and wellbeing. 

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

The post holder will support the provision of a Children’s Autism Intensive Support to autistic children and young people and their families, who may have complex health or behavioural needs, and who are resident within Lancashire and South Cumbria. The post holder will provide autism informed clinical interventions, and they will be a registered professional who will:
•    undertake appropriately delegated work.
•    Providing a holistic and personalised approach, supporting the child and their families’ network. 
•    Provide intensive support to the whole family with the aim of enhancing their wellbeing, coping skills and resilience. 
•    Work with the child in a personalised way that maximises their motivations, values and interests to develop effective therapeutic rapport. 
•    Understand the child and families goals and work in personalised, flexible way to achieve them. 
•    Complete and/or contribute to robust multiagency risk assessments and risk management plans

You will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team and will work with the team to develop and deliver person centred care plans with the emphasis on hospital avoidance.  

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well