Job summary
- Main area
- Therapeutic Assistant
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 285-1287-CYPF
- Employer
- Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Gem Centre
- Town
- Wolverhampton
- Closing
- 28/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Therapeutic Assistant. ASC Assessment Pathway
NHS AfC: Band 4
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is growing and changing. We provide specialist mental health, learning disability and community services across Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton, and we’re hiring people who want to shape what comes next.
Formed on 1 April 2020 through the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, we’re now focused on the future with a new Trust Strategy and our Best for the Black Country programme.
What we do
· Adult and older adult mental health
· Children and young people’s mental health
· Specialist learning disability services
· Community healthcare for children, young people and families in Dudley
Why join now
· We’ve got real momentum right now. New strategy, clear priorities and our Best for the Black Country work mean things are moving in the right way, fast.
· Our values aren’t just posters. People are genuinely compassionate, take responsibility, treat you with respect and help you feel confident and empowered.
· You’ll be looked after. Flexible working, family-friendly policies, supportive teams, proper wellbeing support and chances to learn with coaching and development.
· There’s room to grow. Loads of services to explore and real space to try ideas and be heard.
· It’s a good place to live. Friendly diverse communities, easy transport, good schools and colleges, shopping, food, lots to do, plenty of green space and a lower cost of living than many other city regions.
What it’s like to work here
You’ll join friendly, skilled teams who look out for each other. We plan together, share caseload pressures, and celebrate wins. New starters get a warm welcome and clear induction; early careers colleagues have preceptorship and buddying; experienced staff can lead, teach and innovate. You’ll have space to do good work, speak up, and see the difference you make.
Who we are
We’re 4,000+ colleagues from many backgrounds, committed to improving health and wellbeing for our communities and for each other. If you’re excited about the role but don’t tick every box, please apply. We value potential and transferable experience.
Job overview
To assist the multi-disciplinary ASC Assessment Pathway (Autism Spectrum Condition) to provide quality Autism assessment and therapeutic services to children and young people. Working with support systems to gather multi-agency assessment information to contribute to multi-agency diagnostic panel decisions.
Main duties of the job
- To support and assist in providing assessment relating to ASC diagnosis under the clinical supervision of a qualified staff, working independently according to a plan agreed with a qualified staff and within the overall framework of the teams policies and procedures.
- Under the guidance of the Clinical staff (Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Art Therapy and SALT) to assist with the audit and evaluation activities of the CAMHS ASC Pathway.
- To work within the policies of Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and the codes of conduct and professional guidelines laid down by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC); the British Psychological Society (BPS) and its Division of Clinical Psychology.
Working for our organisation
Employees, workers, and / or contractors will be expected to uphold the values of the Trust and exhibit the expected Trust behaviours aligned to the Trust’s values. Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they display the Trust values and behaviours in carrying out their job and that individuals feel able to challenge (or raise a challenge) when other colleagues’ behaviours breach the spirit of Trust values.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To undertake protocol based work in an environment that may be highly emotive and presents barriers to understanding/acceptance.
- To undertake assessments with individual clients and their support networks (these will include Specialist Autism Assessments)
- To carry out structured observations of clients across settings (i.e. clinic, school, home and community based settings).
- Attend and contribute to MDT discussion and Multi-agency ASC panel meetings.
- To provide support to clinical colleagues by undertaking data collection, the production of reports and summaries and use of computer packages for the processing and analysis of reports and data (e.g. MS Word and Excel).
- To request, search for and obtain books, journal articles and references for evidence based practice for individual use and other staff within the department, as required.
- To assist with the research related to the audit and evaluation activities of the CAMHS Team in line with the Departmental, Trust and Government policies, encouraging the continuous improvement of service quality.
- To receive supervision both clinical and managerial.
- To develop skills and competencies that assist in the delivery of current duties.
- To maintain an up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies and practices in relation to working within CAMHS, their families and carers.
- To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the responsibilities of this post in order to provide a quality service within the multi-agency ASC pathway.
Person specification
Training
Essential criteria
- Degree or professional training in relevant field
- Experience working with children and young people in a clinical or educational setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Greg Grainger
- Job title
- ASC Assessment Pathway Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01902 444021
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