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Job overview

Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) has put co-creation and Autism at the heart of its Our Journey to Change Strategy, with a clear plan for embedding co-creation lived experience and autism reasonably adjusted care across organisation.

Do you want to make a difference for Autistic individuals accessing our Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS trust? 

We are looking for an enthusiastic autistic individual to come and join our Trust wide autism service who can provide their autism lived experience perspective in relation to supporting the development / change of the way services operate.

This exciting opportunity has arisen for you to be an Autism Lived Experience Lead within the TEWV Trust wide Autism service working across all trust services and localities within Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust.  The key role of the service includes providing Autism training, specialist autism clinical support, and clinical supervision and advice, across the whole of the trust services.

This is a full-time post and permanent.

Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that applicants can travel independently across the trust and have access to suitable vehicle for business purposes. Reasonable adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

Main duties of the job

You will collaborate closely with multi-disciplinary members of the service supporting the development of the plans, pathways, and complete environmental transformation of mental health services.

You will have experience and knowledge of collaborating with autistic people (children, young people, or adults) which is essential for this post, as is experience of working in a mental health setting.  

A key aspect to the success of this role will be your highly developed communication skills, underpinned by your lived experience and expertise gained in this field which will allow you to objectively support others in the provision of care for our autistic service users.

You will support in the production of reports, action plans and be responsible for accurate and sensitive data collection and administration processes.

You must be motivated, able to work autonomously as well as part of a team.

Working for our organisation

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York, and Selby.

From education and prevention to crisis and specialist care. Our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities, and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in, and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers collaborate with us towards better mental health.

We are committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.

We will not rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best life.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship here Browse: Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Please provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).  Your current immigration status will not be considered as part of the shortlisting or interview process.

Please note that not everyone needs a ‘Skilled Worker’ visa. If you are applying for a vacancy in health or adult social care, you may be eligible to apply for the Health and Care Worker visa instead.

We are able to offer sponsorship for a Health and Care Worker or Skilled Worker visa, subject to candidate and position eligibility. Please review the job eligibility guidance for skilled workers here: Skilled Worker visa: Your job - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) and for the Health and Care Worker visa here: Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note: if the job you are applying for does not meet the eligibility criteria above, we will be unable to offer you sponsorship and you will need to explore whether you may be eligible to apply for an alternative immigration route which will secure your right to work in the UK before you apply.  If you are in the UK already on a visa please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.