Senior LD and Autism Practitioner – Alternatives To Admission Pathway: Sponsorship Available

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Learning Disability and Autism Practitioner to join the East London CAMHS Alternatives To Admission Pathway for a 12-month pilot programme.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting autistic children and young people and those with learning disabilities who are experiencing a mental health crisis, helping to reduce avoidable admissions, improve patient outcomes and embed specialist neurodevelopmental practice across crisis services.

The role combines direct clinical work, consultation, training, service development and partnership working across health, social care and education settings.

The funding for this post is time limited for one year.

Main duties of the job

  • Provide specialist assessment, intervention and crisis support for autistic children and young people and those with learning disabilities.
  • Support admission avoidance and facilitate safe discharge from inpatient services where appropriate.
  • Offer specialist advice, consultation and support to multidisciplinary teams and partner agencies.
  • Promote person-centred, trauma-informed care, reasonable adjustments and positive behaviour support approaches.
  • Deliver training and coaching to improve staff knowledge, confidence and skills.
  • Work collaboratively with families, education, social care and healthcare partners to improve outcomes for children and young people.
  • Contribute to service development, quality improvement and evaluation activities.

Person Specification

Education, Training and Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Mental Nurse/Learning Disability Nurse or Children’s Nurse (Part 3/8/13 or 15 of the UKCC Register) OR Registered Speech and Language Therapist OR Registered Occupational Therapist
  • Relevant post-graduate qualification in Child and adolescent mental health.

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working in CAMHS or equivalent
  • Experience at Band 7 or equivalent for at least 2 years.
  • Experience of working with patients with a learning disability

Desirable

  • Experience of service development
  • Experience of mentorship and a nurse-teaching role.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Evidence of well developed clinical skills and knowledge in CAMHS.
  • Evidence of ability to lead support and influence others.

Desirable

  • Teaching skills, both in clinical setting and education centres.

Knowledge

Essential

  • A high degree of self-awareness and an ability to reflect on personal and professional attitudes and accept feedback.
  • An awareness of different research methods

Desirable

  • Knowledge of standard setting and audit implementation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 22 November 2026

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