Mental Health Liaison Clinician - Learning Disability and Autism

Job overview

Could you make a difference in the developing world of Neurodivergence? Are you a Qualified Health Care Professional who is passionate about supporting clinicians to understand autism through the lens of difference?

As our Mental Health Liaison Clinician, you'll work with Oxford Health and Oxfordshire County Council Services in both inpatient and community settings, to support the access for autistic adults into these services and pathways. Our aim is to minimise inappropriate or avoidable admissions, safely reduce length of admissions, and reduce the delay of discharges for autistic service users and ensure an equitable service to autistic people. We can consider both full and part time hours for this role and we operate a hybrid working model.

We'd love to hear from you if you're a registered Nurse in Learning Disability/Mental Health, a Social Worker, or an Allied Health Professional (Speech & Language Therapist or Occupational Therapist).

If you have an interest in advocating for autistic and neurodivergent people and enjoy being involved in coproduction to shape how services work and support autistic people, the Reasonable Adjustment Service is the place for you!

Main duties of the job

You'll work with the team to drive the development of new approaches to reasonable adjustments and move away from the medicalised view of Autism as a disorder and impairment and reframing this through the lens of difference.

As a dedicated individual joining our enthusiastic and compassionate team, you will be instrumental in implementing change so that autistic people  can access services in a way that is productive and meaningful for them.

The team are currently hybrid working from home and the office, and therefore it is imperative to have internet access at home to accommodate this. There may be set days and times where you will be expected to be in the office.

Applicants must have a full valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work. Adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010 where required.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide support to mental health inpatient/community services,  and adult social care services where an autistic / or suspected to be autistic patient or person with a learning-disability has additional needs in accessing that service.
• To work with the individual and the team to identify reasonable adjustments to improve the experience and quality of care received.
• To support the individual to have a better understanding of their autism, how this impact on their experience of the world and the adaptations required.
• Supporting complex cases, working across different services and providers to ensure holistic care is adjusted appropriately to the person’s needs.
• To support autistic individuals and clinical teams in accessing the Care and Treatment Reviews (CTR) process, and the clinical team in implementing CTR recommendations.
• Providing specific interventions as part of the service users overall care plan, for example:  Zones of Regulation Work, Pacing and Prioritisation Work, Positive Behaviour Support Plans.
• Supporting completion of complex joint Assessments with Social care and Mental Health colleagues, leading on adjustments needed for these intervention to be effective.

We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.

The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.

We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.