Job Description

Job Introduction

Autism Anglia is pleased to announce the expansion of our gold standard diagnostic service to widen our multidisciplinary team offering.


We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical/Counselling Psychologist to support our established friendly and supportive Diagnostics team, delivering within the wider context of Autism Anglia's mission of "Working together to put the needs of autistic people at the centre of everything we do", and now including Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) assessments to expand our neurodevelopmental pathway.

Job Title:

Clinical Psychologist or Counselling Psychologist

Reports to:

Therapy Lead

Hours of Work:

Flexible - approx 15 hours per week to support Assessments

Place of work:

Hybrid - time will be spent at Head Office, Colchester and working from home

Salary:

Dependent on experience and qualifications



This post would be suited to a Band 7/8 Clinical/Counselling Psychologist, specialising within the autism/ADHD field, who wants to be part of a service that has been evaluated by partners as having an excellent diagnostic approach adhering to NICE guidelines.

We can consider Counselling Psychologists who have ADIR training and are HCPC registered.

Your main duties will include:

Person-centred diagnostic assessments using gold standard assessments of ADOS and ADI-R and DIVA within our Multi-Disciplinary Team Working with the Diagnostic team in pre- and post-diagnostic support

Experience:

Doctorate in Counselling Psychology/ Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (or its equivalent for those trained prior to 1996) and registered with the HCPC Experience in working with neurodiverse individuals Experience of autism and ADHD assessment and diagnosis Trained in the following gold standard tools: ADOS, ADI-R and DIVA

To Apply:

If you have a genuine passion for supporting and uplifting other please reach out today and one of the recruitment team will be in touch.


Autism Anglia considers itself to be a fully inclusive employer, welcoming applications from all individuals who are able to meet and exceed the requirements of the position and may wish to request flexible working or reasonable adjustments to appropriately support candidates.


Autism Anglia is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults or children and expects all staff to share this commitment in the fullest sense. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check. For all enhanced DBS roles, we are permitted to seek access to spent convictions under The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended 2013).

Please note, we cannot offer sponsorship.