Senior Support Worker

Job overview

Are you passionate about supporting neurodivergent children and young people?

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Support Worker to join our Buckinghamshire CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Assessment Team.

You will work alongside experienced clinicians to support high-quality neurodevelopmental assessments for children and young people. This varied role involves helping to gather information from young people, families, schools and other professionals, supporting assessment appointments and ensuring that relevant clinical information is recorded accurately and promptly.

You will also have opportunities to develop knowledge and skills in specialist assessment approaches, including QbTest for ADHD and ADOS. The post includes supporting the assessment of physical health needs and contributing to clinical meetings, service development, audit and clinical governance activities.

This job has the potential for some face to face interaction with families however, this is not the main purpose of the role.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will:

• Support the delivery of neurodevelopmental assessments in the community.
• Help clinicians identify and understand each young person’s strengths and needs.
• Liaise with families, schools and other agencies to gather information that contributes to robust assessments.
• Undertake QbTest assessments for ADHD, following training and guidance from qualified staff.
• Maintain clear, accurate and timely electronic clinical records.
• Communicate effectively with children, young people, families and professionals.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary and service meetings.
• Support audit, clinical governance and service-improvement activity.
• Work safely and independently within agreed policies, procedures and lone-working arrangements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

This role does not meet the minimum requirements for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship under UKVI regulations. To be considered, you must already hold the valid right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.