CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Practitioner

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust; West Midlands Combined Authority; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a passionate Neurodevelopmental Practitioner to join their dynamic team. This role involves delivering high-quality assessments for neurodiverse children and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to provide essential support. You will engage with families and professionals, ensuring that each child receives tailored interventions that meet their unique needs. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this organization offers excellent benefits, including flexible working options and generous annual leave. If you're dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children and families, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

Flexible Working Options

Generous Annual Leave

Health and Wellbeing Resources

Travel Time Reimbursement

Free Parking

Flu Vaccinations

Salary Sacrifice Cars

Support from Citizens Advice

Hardship Funds

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering high-quality ND assessments for children aged 5-18.
• Strong understanding of NICE guidelines and neurodevelopmental pathways.

Responsibilities

• Conduct ADHD assessments using complex data from various sources.
• Lead specialist autism assessments and ensure compliance with standards.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to make clinical judgments.

Skills

Neurodevelopmental Assessment

Clinical Judgment

Communication Skills

Data Interpretation

Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Education

Relevant Degree in Psychology or related field

Postgraduate Qualification in Child Development

Tools

ADI-R

ADOS

Job description

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

About

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust provides physical and mental health care, learning disability and adult social care services across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also offer services regionally and nationally, including perinatal, eating disorder, and forensic services. Our services include out-of-area sexual health and the Inclusion service, which offers psychological and drug & alcohol services in the community and prisons, with contracts nationwide.

Serving a population of 1.5 million and employing around 9,000 staff, we offer exciting opportunities within a truly integrated NHS organization. Join MPFT to become part of a team empowered and supported to deliver care aligned with our core values:

• Putting people at the heart of what we do
• Empowering people to improve care and wellbeing
• Delivering better health, better care in partnership

Contact

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Key details

Location: The Langley School, Duce Drive, Dawley, Telford, TF4 3JS

Contract type & hours: Permanent, Full-time (37.5 hours/week)

Salary: NHS AfC Band 6

Main area: CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Practitioner

Job Overview

We are proud to lead integrated multi-agency work with neurodiverse children and families in Telford/Shropshire. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with professionals with ND expertise, providing consultation, assessment, advice, and therapeutic interventions to young people and their families. Building close relationships with Education, Health, and Social Care colleagues is essential to understanding and addressing the challenges faced by children with additional needs.

We seek a passionate and enthusiastic individual committed to neurodiversity. The Neurodevelopmental Practitioner will work within the Neurodiversity Multidisciplinary Team to assess children and young people for neurodevelopmental differences such as ADHD and ASD, using clinical judgment to guide diagnosis and management, including developmental assessments, school observations, and individual evaluations. The role includes contributing to Duty and Triage referrals, with one day covering duty hours from 9 am to 5 pm.

Responsibilities include:

• Delivering high-quality ND assessments within the BeeU team for children aged 5-18 with social communication concerns.
• Conducting ADHD assessments by interpreting complex data from multiple sources, including psychological measures, rating scales, observations, and interviews.
• Leading specialist autism assessments using standardized tools like ADI-R and ADOS.
• Ensuring assessments align with NICE guidelines and other relevant standards.
• Maintaining high personal standards in clinical practice.
• Prioritizing workload, allocating tasks, and managing all levels of service priorities.
• Making clinical judgments supported by reasoning and recommendations in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams.
• Staying updated on national, regional, and local service drivers and clinical developments in neurodevelopmental pathways.

Working for our organization

Join MPFT to support your career development, enjoy excellent NHS benefits such as pension schemes, flexible working options, generous annual leave, health and wellbeing resources, travel time reimbursement, lease or salary sacrifice cars, bikes, free parking, flu vaccinations, and additional financial support through Citizens Advice and hardship funds.

We promote diversity and inclusion, with staff networks to connect like-minded colleagues.

Note: AI use in applications will be monitored for fairness. Applications may close early if high volumes are received.

Further details / informal visits:

Name: Emma Faulkner, Operational Team Lead

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: [phone]