Neurodiversity practitioner | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 03 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £44,485 - £52,521 pa inc HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 October 2025 |
| Location: | Sutton, SM2 5PJ |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7450413/333-D-HJ-1849 |
Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a newly commissioned Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) Service. The service which is in its early stages of mobilisation will include an OPD outreach service to men within HMP High Down and a specialist residential Psychologically Informed Planned Environment (PIPE) unit for men with learning disabilities. The services form part of the national Men’s OPD pathway and will be a national first.
You will be joining a new staff team that will include psychologists, occupational therapy, a Speech & Language therapist, prison officers and an Advanced Lived Experience Practitioner. We are seeking a compassionate & enthusiastic practitioner who enjoys working as part of a team and assisting service users reach their full potential.
This is a London Pathways Partnership (LPP) service, with CNWL as the lead provider. LPP is a consortium of 5 NHS Trusts working in partnership to deliver a network of services to complex and high-risk service users in London & the Southeast. LPP deliver integrated services, primarily within the OPD pathway across London community & within several local prisons, thus ensuring a supported prison to community pathway. We actively support research and have close relationships with academics from several local universities
To identify people (through screening or assessment) with Neurodevelopmental Disorders, including Autism, Attention deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
To work as an independent neurodiversity practitioner with men with personality disorder and learning disability residing on the PIPE and with men in prison presenting with complex & challenging needs as part of the outreach service.
To co-facilitate adapted group and individual psychosocial interventions for men whose communication, thinking style and coping strategies are impacted upon by the presence of a Neurodevelopmental Disorder.
To provide expert neurodiversity knowledge, support & training to support the team and wider establishment provide a neurodiverse aware environment.
To support the men on the PIPE access services in the prison.
HMP High Down is in easy reach of London and the surrounding areas, has free parking and offers staff free use of onsite leisure activities.
By joining LPP and CNWL you will be joining a department that provide an array of mental health and OPD services across London and the home counties. Our Surrey prisons are all expanding their neurodiversity provision and you will have access to expert supervision. Our staff are dynamic and welcoming and the networking and CPD opportunities are central to our services ethos. We have active research forums and promote the work we do through academic and clinical forums. All staff are supported with career aspirations and progression.
Excellent staff benefits, our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include:
• Health and wellbeing services
• Season ticket loans
• Cycle to work scheme
The trust also values its staff and you are entitled to become a member of MyTrustBenefits. MyTrustBenefits is an online portal for all CNWL staff, as well as their family and friends. It offers over 1400 discounts at hundreds of retailers nationwide. Save money on your weekly food shops, toiletries, cosmetics, cinema, meals out, holidays, travel and entertainment. You can also access free online courses on a variety of topics, professional and personal, ranging from business management, languages, law and teaching,
You will be joining a new staff team that will include psychologists, occupational therapy, a Speech & Language therapist, prison officers and an Advanced Lived Experience Practitioner. We are seeking a compassionate & enthusiastic practitioner who enjoys working as part of a team and assisting service users reach their full potential.
This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Sep 2025
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