Job Description

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 involves conducting hybrid neurodevelopmental assessments (autism and ADHD) for children and Young People, combining face-to-face and remote methods as part of our multi-disciplinary team. Face-to-face assessments take place at our clinic locations in Horsforth, Halifax and Harrogate and some remotely. Oakdale is an agile organisation able to offer flexible hours, where possible.


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

Essential:

HCPC registration and Professional qualification in Speech and Language Therapy ADOS trained Experience of undertaking autism and/or ADHD assessments

Desirable:

Conducting DIVA/Young DIVA Ability to travel Driving licence & access to a vehicle.

What we offer

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

25 annual leave plus bank holidays (rising after the length of service) Enhanced Occupational Sick Pay (OSP) Enhanced pension Cycle to work. 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

Interview Process

Please note that this role will involve a two-stage interview process. The first stage will be an initial interview conducted via online video call. Successful candidates will then be invited to attend a second-stage interview in person at one of our centres.

The salary range quoted is indicative, and any offer would be dependant upon an individual's experience.

Company Overview

At Oakdale, a leading private mental health service provider, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We're more than a team - we're a community of passionate, talented professionals committed to delivering excellence in mental health care, case management and service development