Job Description

Job title:

Associate Neurodevelopmental Practitioner

Location:

Harrogate/ Leeds/ Halifax/Remote

Hours:

Flexible



About us



Oakdale was established over twenty five years ago and is highly regarded as a professional therapy provider. We are a not-for-profit community based organisation and our team is united by a commitment to provide flexible, bespoke, evidence based and high quality clinical services to meet the particular needs of each of our clients as well as the requirements of commissioners for an appropriate, collaborative, value-for-money service.



The Oakdale Group provides a range of specialist assessments, including for autism, ADHD, developmental trauma, and attachment. Oakdale also provides psychological therapies for children, young people, and adults. Many of our services are commissioned by the NHS, Local Authorities and schools, and include services for NHS staff. Our services are also accessed by members of the public who pay for them privately, through medical insurance or our charitable arm.



Oakdale has clinical centres in Harrogate, Leeds and Halifax and also delivers services from other consulting rooms in the North of England and remotely on a nationwide basis.



Oakdale's multidisciplinary teams consistently receive excellent feedback from clients and commissioners alike. Oakdale values its clinical and administrative teams and strives to ensure that both our clients and our colleagues are at the heart of all that we do.



The role



The role will be to undertake face to face neurodevelopmental assessments (autism and ADHD) for children and/or adults as part of a multidisciplinary team. The role can be offered at one of our centres in Harrogate/Horsforth/Halifax or remote. We are keen to hear from qualified health professionals looking for an Associate role.



The assessments may include some or all of the following depending upon professional background/ experience.



Parental/developmental interviews to explore the client's developmental history relating to autism, ADHD and learning. This may include the service structured interviews, the ADI-R, ACE, ACE+ or DIVA/Young DIVA assessments.



Assessments are undertaken by clinicians based at one of our centres, with the play based assessment and developmental history being completed at the same time for early years assessments. MDT meetings take place within these clinics.



1:1 play-based/ activity sessions with the young person/ adult as part of neurodevelopmental assessments



ADOS-2 Assessments



QBCheck



Cognitive assessments, e.g. WISC-V and WAIS-IV (Psychology applicants only)



School observations



Liaison with schools and other professionals



Additional psychometrics



Multidisciplinary team meetings

Report writing:

full Neurodevelopmental Assessment reports.



About you



Excellent IT skills- including good knowledge of G Suite



Experience of using practice Management Systems to record clinical notes and contacts, book and outcome appointments.



Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work with adults/ families and young people in a supportive and empathic way.



Ability to communicate clearly the outcome of assessments



Ability to communicate effectively as part of a team



Experience of autism and/ or ADHD assessments in children and young people.



Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary assessment team



Qualifications



Essential



HCPC registration and /or Professional qualification in one of the following professions:



Psychology



Nursing



Speech and Language Therapy,



Occupational Therapy



Experience in carrying out developmental history interviews



ADOS Trained



Experience undertaking Neurodevelopmental Assessments (autism and/or ADHD)



Desirable



ADI-R trained



DIVA/Young DIVA trained