Associate Neurodevelopmental Practitioners

United Kingdom

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