Autism Assessor (Contractor)

We are growing our team and are looking for Autism Assessor Contractors who want to work self-employed. This will be a minimum of 2 days per week, 8 hours per day.

Main duties of the job

• Use your clinical and autonomous judgement (with Clinical Team Lead oversight) and experience to make treatment decisions using your highly developed skills and knowledge in the management of adults and young people with Autism; and provide remote ASC assessments as part of a pair of two clinicians. (One practitioner delivers the ADOS-informed assessment while the other undertakes the ADI-R within each assessment)
• Complete risk assessments and review safeguarding needs during ongoing patient care.
• Complete client records/reports with accuracy and timeliness on our clinical platform.
• Make recommendations on any additional assessments or interventions required (as appropriate) to the client within the report.
• Access regular clinical supervision, management supervision, and multi-disciplinary team meetings/case discussions.

About us

Our business and team at ProblemShared are growing and we are on a mission to provide exceptional care; and we have opportunities available to join our supportive and collaborative Autism team.We truly believe that you can do the best work of your career with us and have a meaningful impact on the patients we support. We combine People, Data and Technology to empower individuals to take the next step in their mental health or neurodevelopmental journey.

The digital healthcare landscape is exciting and ever changing. We have a depth of knowledge in our own team- working at the forefront of change you will be surrounded by talented and supported colleagues and leaders. Our community of experts have created an environment of knowledge sharing and we have access to the key voices in the world of neurodevelopmental excellence.ProblemShared has created strong partnerships servicing several NHS, university, and insurer contracts to deliver high quality ADHD and autism assessments as well as assessments for learning differences. We offer wrap-around care in the form of psychoeducation, prescribing, educational navigation, and therapy sessions all under one roof.

Job responsibilities

What you will need to be successful in this role:

• Ability to undertake both ADOS and ADI-R is essential. MDTs are held when required with Team Leads and, where warranted, with input from our psychiatry colleagues.
• Current NMC, HCPC or Social Work England registration with no restrictions on practice (will will ask for evidence prior to offer together with your certificates)
• Occupational Therapists, Psychologists or Social Workers with previous experience and knowledge of autonomously assessing and diagnosing Autism.
• Ability to work effectively to manage own caseload.
• Up to date knowledge of legislation, research and developments relevant to the field of Autism.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• What you will need to be successful in this role:
• Ability to undertake both ADOS and ADI-R is essential. MDTs are held when required with Team Leads and, where warranted, with input from our psychiatry colleagues.
• Current NMC, HCPC or Social Work England registration with no restrictions on practice (will will ask for evidence prior to offer together with your certificates)
• Occupational Therapists, Psychologists or Social Workers with previous experience and knowledge of autonomously assessing and diagnosing Autism.
• Ability to work effectively to manage own caseload.
• Up to date knowledge of legislation, research and developments relevant to the field of Autism.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Full-time,Part-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working,Compressed hours