Job overview

This is a new and exciting secondment role for someone with experience working with children and young people with neurodiverse conditions, in health, education or similar settings.  This role is integral to the establishment and delivery of a pilot service to test a new neurodiversity (ND) assessment and support model for children and young people (CYP) across several southeast London (SEL) boroughs.  This is initially a 15-month pilot, with the potential to extend to 18mths.

The aim of the pilot is to test a new multi-borough ND support and assessment model.  The Hub will:

• pilot the use of an ND insight profiling tool to inform assessment and identify support needs
• offer relevant support and workshops to CYP and their families whilst waiting. 

The postholder will have experience working with CYP with a diagnosed ND condition or with CYP experiencing ND typical behaviours or needs, requiring support. They will facilitate the use of a ‘strengths and needs’ assessment for CYP, and identify appropriate support to help schools and families meet the needs of the CYP.  The role will support oversight of the profiling pathway process and will provide high levels of liaison with CYP and their families/carers and schools to support completion of the questionnaires. 

Please note that there is a senior Band 5 Neurodiversity Wellbeing Practitioner post currently being advertised too. Please apply for the right banded post.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be expected to work well within a multidisciplinary team and be flexible and embrace opportunities and change.  The role involves direct work with CYP, families, schools and other health and education colleagues.  The post holder will assist the ND Wellbeing Practitioner, clinical programme lead and other members of the ND Hub with the facilitation of support workshops and will also contribute to the continuous improvement of service quality and patient care.  The postholder will be expected to develop strong relationships and build trust with colleagues within the ND Hub.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.  This is strengthened by our new values:

• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care