Neurodevelopmental Practitioner

Neurodevelopmental Practitioner

Job Type:

Permanent

Job Sector:

Health, Medicine

Region:

South West

Location:

Derby Court, Trowbridge

Salary:

£39,959 to £48,117 per annum

Salary Description:

£39,959•£48,117 Pro Rata

Posted:

28/04/2026

Recruiter:

HCRG Care Group

Job Ref:

HCRGCG/TP/42452/19138

Package DescriptionAs a Band 6 Neurodevelopmental Practitioner you will be part of our valued team in our Wiltshire Children's Service, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including: Band 6 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditionsMembership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to youAccess to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest ratesOnline and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing•from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counsellingAccess to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning EnterpriseAn open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care•backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding "good" or "outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality CommissionJob IntroductionWe have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Health Professional to join our friendly and welcoming team in Wiltshire that provide a specialist assessment service within the Neurodevelopmental Pathway for children and young people when investigating a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD).You'll work in partnership with parents/carers and the multi-disciplinary team along with other agencies.

You will be an appropriately qualified Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Mental Health Nurse, or Psychologist.

You will be expected to provide contributions of assessment information to the Neurodevelopmental Pathway, as well as contributing to the team in their specialist areas of knowledge. The Neurodevelopmental Pathway provides robust assessment of children and young people with suspected autism and/ or ADHD, and appropriate onward signposting and referral.

As a Neurodevelopmental Practitioner you willsupport the service in varied aspects of diagnostic assessment and post diagnostic advice to parents, carers, education staff and children and young people.

This is a part time role working 22.5 hours per week.

The base location isDerby Court, Trowbridge,BA14 0XG.Main ResponsibilitiesMaking assessment and differential diagnosis of a child's communication and social interaction needs through the use of highly specialised standardised and non-standardised assessments, reflection on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of a child's communication, informal observation, specialist knowledge and consultation with parents/carers, and other professionals (Possibly including ADOS, virtual assessment, telephone consultation and completion of diagnostic paperwork)Use specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgements/decision making for case managementTo accurately collate key information gathered in order to come to the most appropriate diagnostic outcome through liaison with the child/ young person, their family and the Multi-Disciplinary TeamFor a full list of role responsibilities please refer to the attached job description.

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, wesupportcommunities 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'recommittedto 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.

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