The role of the Systemic Neurodiversity Practitioner is to provide comprehensive support to children, young people, and their families with diverse and often overlapping needs.These may include Autism, ADHD, mental health challenges, and other neurodiversity-related needs.The service prioritises personalised, family-centered, and holistic care, ensuring timely, coordinated, and community-based support.As a compassionate and dedicated practitioner, the post holder will work directly with children, young people, and their families, holding a caseload and developing personalised care plans.They will advocate for the needs of individuals and their families, ensuring access to essential services and promoting empowerment, independence, and well-being.This service runs Monday to Saturday 8am - 8pm with the flexibility to work evenings and weekends as required.Travel within the region may be required to fulfill the responsibilities of the role.Package DescriptionYou will feel valued as a Bank Systemic Neurodiversity Practitioner within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: £18.71 an hour Self-booking and access to all bank shifts! Staff are given access to all Bank shifts within their Business Unit and can self-book providing they meet the shift requirements.Request a Duty – Staff can make shifts or Day Off requests prior to the creation of a roster up to six weeks in advance. This helps promote a better work life balance and allows for personal commitments to be metHCRG Care Group is pleased to offer access to Wagestream - which lets you track your pay throughout the month and stream your earned wages into your bank account if you need them. No more high-interest loans or overdraft fees - simply get paid as you go.Working in an environment focused on the highest clinical and quality standardsOpportunities to work in different areas and various different services to gain new knowledge and experienceThe pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission.Main ResponsibilitiesPersonalised SupportManage a caseload, delivering tailored interventions and support that address individual needs.Support children and young people to remain in their communities wherever possible and prevent escalation to acute or specialist services through proactive intervention.Family-Centred PlanningCollaborate with children, young people, and their families to co-produce care plans reflecting their lived experiences, needs, and preferences.Ensure plans are adaptable, goal-oriented, and inclusive of family input. Advocacy and CommunicationAct as an advocate for children, young people, and families, ensuring their voices are central in decision-making.Maintain open, respectful communication with families, professionals, and service providers.Creative and Flexible EngagementUse creative approaches to engage effectively with children and young people, considering diverse communication needs.Access to ServicesSource appropriate interventions, resources, and services in collaboration with other professionals and stakeholders.Signpost families to community assets and additional support as required.Empowerment and IndependenceSupport children, young people, and families to build resilience and develop solution-focused strategies.Promote autonomy and self-expression in all aspects of care.Participation in Multi-Agency WorkingAttend and contribute to multi-agency meetings, such as Team arounf the Family, Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings, and discharge planning sessions.Advocate for timely implementation of decisions to avoid delays in care.System AdvocacyIdentify and address barriers within systems, challenging processes where necessary to ensure equitable access to care. Please see attached job description for a full list of responsibilitiesThe Ideal CandidateEssentialRelevant undergraduate degree or equivalent experience working with children, young people, and families with neurodiversity-related needs.Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a commitment to family-centred care.Experience in collaborative working within multi-disciplinary teams.Proven ability to manage a caseload, prioritising tasks effectively.Knowledge of safeguarding and child protection policies.Driving licence and access to vehicle for work purposesDesirableExperience working with Autism, ADHD, and/or mental health services.Understanding of trauma-informed and systemic practice.Please see attached Job Description for full Personal Specification.About The CompanyWe change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do. We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here. If you’re keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.Finally, we need to let you know that the company you’ll work for is part of HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited and by applying for this job we’ll need to process and hold information about you. 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