Highly Specialist SLT/OT/Clinical Psychologist

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are part-time, 22.5 hours per week.

We are looking for a passionate, highly motivated professional who is keen to further develop their knowledge and experience of Autism and ADHD assessment in children and young people. This role offers an exciting opportunity to be part of shaping the future of these services in Gloucestershire. You will be part of developing a robust, evidence based, multi-agency assessment and post diagnostic intervention service, whilst developing your clinical skills around neurodiversity.

You will join a robust MDT ofPaediatricians, Psychiatrist, Clinical Psychologists, Speech & Language Therapists, Nurses and Occupational Therapists, in addition to working closely with Education Professionals. You will have the opportunity to positively impact the future of children and young people by offering robust assessments of Autism and ADHD, comprehensive formulations of need and tailored post diagnostic support. You will also be offered the opportunity to support the evaluation and development of the service, through both local resources and linking to teams across the South West.

We are looking for practitioners who have an interest and expertise in Autism and ADHD diagnostic work, but are flexible as to which clinical background you specialise in, as we have a diagnostic team which include a range of different professional backgrounds.

• Work as part of an MDT to complete assessments for Autism and ADHD with children and young people
• Complete profession specific assessments to aid formulation
• Offer supervision and consultation to professionals working with neuro-diverse young people and families
• Take responsibility for, and develop, projects to improve the experience for neuro-diverse young people in Gloucestershire, both within the service and within the wider network.
• To work closely with education colleagues to ensure young people's needs are understood and met.
• Offer pre/post diagnostic groups to families.

We offer robust clinical supervision, a wide range of CPD opportunities and specialist training/experience. We will create a personalised development plan around the post holder to enable them to continue to develop their clinical skills. As a service connected to Specialist CAMHS there are possibilities of working in other clinical areas/specialities alongside this role as part of continuing development.