Assistant Autism Navigator Job Opening

There is a new job opening in Manchester for an Assistant Autism Navigator role with the Social Communication Pathway (SCP) team!

The Assistant Autism Navigator will be responsible for supporting clinicians in organising groups, will help administrate these groups and will collect feedback and support families attending groups. The role will also involve gathering information to support referrals, liaising with families, working with a multi-disciplinary team that supports neurodivergent children, young people and their families, as well as a varied range of clinical, supportive and administrative tasks.

The postholder will work under the Learning Disability and Autism (LDA) department of the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and will be based at Carol Kendrick Centre until we move to the Greater Manchester Autism Hub that will open in Central Manchester next year.

The main duties and responsibilities of the job include:

To assist in the assessment of children, young people and families accurately reporting all feedback to the case manager, lead professionals and/or team;
To undertake clearly defined clinical tasks, such as observations, patient interviews, surveys/feedback, to appropriate level of competence and training under closely monitored supervision;
Use clinically recognised assessment tools, undertaking inputting or/and scoring of these tools as appropriate and accurately reporting findings back to the case manager, lead professional and/or team;
To assist in the delivery of care plans involving management of a young person’s needs;
To undertake supportive work with carers, family members, health staff and other professionals;
To support the delivery of pre and post-diagnostic workshops and groups with appropriately qualified professional staff and waiting well workshops.

Please visit the MFT Job Vacancies website or download the job description for more information.

The closing date is to apply is 27 November 2024.