Job Description

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 is offered on a hybrid basis, with a mix of home working and working from one of our centres in Harrogate, Horsforth, or Halifax. Oakdale is an agile organisation able to offer full or part time employed or flexible hours.

The assessments may include some or all of the following depending upon professional background/ experience. Training will be provided where required in line with service needs alongside supervision: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

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Essential

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

Psychology Nursing Speech and Language Therapy, Social Work Occupational Therapy Experience in carrying out developmental history interviews Undertaking Neurodevelopmental Assessments (autism and/or ADHD)
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Desirable

# ADI-R trained ADOS Trained # DIVA/Young DIVA trained

Ability to travel

Driving licence & access to a vehicle.

What we offer employed roles

In return for the hard work and dedication of our teams, we offer the following benefits:

Salary of 48,000 to 57,500 25 annual leave plus bank holidays (rising after the length of service) Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay (OSP) Enhanced pension Cycle to work & enhanced car schemes Simplyhealth Programme including Employee Assistance Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access Fully funded flu vaccines Employee discount scheme Technology salary sacrifice scheme for home appliances, tablets, mobiles, TV's, fitness trackers and more A supportive culture that values work-life balance including agile working and the option to apply for flexible working from day one. Ongoing CPD (internal & external) - we work with experts to bring high-quality CPD to our teams, to help further their skills and knowledge and improve the support we provide
Interviews will be offered on an ongoing basis - please do not delay applying