Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Education / Qualifications

Essential

• Postgraduate Doctorate in Clinical or equivalent
• HCPC registration or equivalent

Desirable

• Relevant post-qualification training
• Training in recognised autism assessment tools

Skills / Abilities

Essential

• Specialist autism assessment skills, including experience with recognised tools such as ADOS-2 and/or developmental diagnostic interviews
• High-level communication and facilitation skills with children, young people, parents/carers and professionals.
• o Ability to tailor complex information to a range of levels and work effectively with interpreters and advocates.
• o Ability to work sensitively with diverse communities and provide culturally competent care.
• o Ability to provide and receive highly complex and sensitive information in emotionally demanding
• Advanced skills in clinical assessment, formulation and differential diagnosis.
• o Strong IT, planning and organisational skills, including the ability to manage competing assessment demands and use of electronic records.
• o Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable

• Ao Experience of complex neurodevelopmental and differential diagnostic assessment.
• o Experience supervising or supporting assistant/trainee psychologists.
• o Skills in teaching and consultation with professional groups.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with children, young people and families within a child and adolescent mental health framework
• o Experience undertaking clinical assessment with children and young people.
• Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary and/or multi-agency settings.
• Experience working with children, young people and families from diverse communities.

Desirable

• Significant experience of autism assessment with children and young people aged 5-18.
• Experience working within a dedicated autism or neurodevelopmental assessment pathway.
• Experience contributing to service improvement, pathway flow or waiting-list reduction work.
• Experience of teaching, training or clinical supervision.

Knowledge

Essential

• Detailed knowledge of autism-specific assessment approaches and tools
• Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality, safeguarding and relevant legislation.
• o High-level knowledge of child and adolescent development, psychological wellbeing and neurodevelopment.
• o Knowledge of relevant national policy and evidence-based practice relating to autism assessment in children and young people.
• o Understanding of differential and co-occurring presentations that may affect autism assessment.

Desirable

• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
• Commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion
• Respectful and show commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion
• Flexible and creative approach to work.

Qther Requirements

Essential

• Understanding and demonstration of the Trust Values
• Respectful including commitment and adherence to equality, diversity and inclusion
• Accountable for own professional actions, following policy and professional guidelines
• Flexible and creative approach to work.

Desirable

• o Able to travel between sites within the community.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).