LD and Autism Key Worker CAMHS | North London NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 21 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £35,763 - £43,466 per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAS |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 21 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Edgware, HA8 0AD |
| Cwmni: | Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7592496/455-NLFT-0484 |
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The post holder will work as a Key Worker within the Learning Disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder Keyworker Service , based in Edgware Community Hospital (Holly Oak), however, you may be required to work at any other location of the Trusts' interests including travelling toappropriatemeetings of that Borough as required. You will be working with children and young people aged 0-18. These include young people who have been diagnosed with Autisticspectrum disorders and, or, who have learningdisabilities. It provides evidence based specialist mental health assessment and intervention, in order to meet crisis, acute and treatment needs.
The post will involve delivery of assessment and treatment to young people in crisis, who have the added sensory and neurodivergent issues that make the experience of hospital. The aim of the service is to work alongside Senior Practitioners to provide support to reduce the potential for the young person needing to become an inpatient. This role will include the planning and facilitating of a range of therapeutic individual/ group work, employ PBS plans as prescribed and ensure the professional reviews are in place to enhance the Community care package. The patients are young people with diverse needs and presentations.
• This is a Tier 3 Service that workcollaborativelywith the Tier 4 Service.
• To follow the referral process for patients attending sessions ensuring that appropriate security and risk procedures are adhered to.
• To ensure that a range of activities is available so that individual treatment programmes can be implemented.
• To ensure that treatment programmes and activities are carried out in line with PBS approaches and CETR reviews are taking place in a timely manner.
• To support the Day Service Lead in maintaining the timetable of activities and to ensure that changes are communicated to patients appropriately.
• To engage with young people that may present with Autistic and Neurodivergent presentations, working in keeping with the team approach for that individual.
• To liaise regarding potential patient attendance or involvement, as appropriate, with other disciplines and agencies in Health, Social Service, Education, the voluntary and private sectors. In particular to ensure links with local education providers are maintained and progressed.
• To ensure that relevant records, reports and treatment status and electronic notes are completed to departmental guidelines.
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
· We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
· We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
· NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
· Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
• To engage with young people that may present with Autistic and Neurodivergent presentations, working in keeping with the team approach for that individual.
• To liaise regarding potential patient attendance or involvement, as appropriate, with other disciplines and agencies in Health, Social Service, Education, the voluntary and private sectors. In particular to ensure links with local education providers are maintained and progressed.
• To ensure that relevant records, reports and treatment status and electronic notes are completed to departmental guidelines.
• To receive and give feedback, to and from, relevant members of the multidisciplinary team, before and after sessions and to provide written reports where necessary.
This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025