Link LDA Learning Disability & Autism Specialist Practitioner
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £35,392.00 to £42,618.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £35392.00 - £42618.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 June 2024 |
| Location: | Yeovil or Taunton, BA20 2BX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9184-24-1002 |
Summary
The post holder will be responsible for delivering a high quality, pro-active and evidence-based service for children, young people and their families experiencing mental health or behavioural difficulties in the context of learning disabilities and/or autism. Link LD/A aspires to offer a responsive, compassionate, and effective neurodivergence-informed approach to working with young people and their systems. The post holder will be key to supporting and further developing this vision, alongside colleagues. The post holder will be required to apply their professional background to process within a multi-disciplinary format, providing evidence-based specialist assessment and interventions focused on individuals, families and wider systems. This includes, but is not limited to, holistic assessment and intervention, Positive Behavioural Support. Additional training and CPD is actively encouraged by the service. There is also an expectation that the post holder will co-facilitate consultations with network colleagues from across, health, education and social care sectors alongside multidisciplinary team colleagues. In addition, the post holder will be key in supporting and developing the multidisciplinary teams understanding and use of occupational therapy-informed ideas and models within clinical work.