Children’s Autism Assessor

Requirements

• 12 months experience within autism assessment and/or neurodevelopmental services.
• Experience producing high-quality clinical reports.
• Good knowledge of safeguarding and risk management.
• Confidence working independently and managing your own clinical workload.
• The ability to work effectively within a remote service.

Salary

£60,000 FTE

Contract

Permanent, full-time or part-time

Hours

28–40 hours per week

Location

Remote, UK

About the role

• Pulse Mental Health is working with an established neurodevelopmental service based in the UK who are seeking experienced clinicians to join its children’s autism assessment pathway.
• You will conduct comprehensive autism assessments with children and young people, contributing to diagnostic decision-making, clinical report writing and feedback to families.

To be considered, you must have

• Current HCPC or Social Work England registration with no restrictions on practice.
• Experience working clinically with children and young people.
• Training and practical experience using ADOS-2.
• Desirable experience

Experienced or trained in ADI-R

• Previous experience delivering assessments remotely.
• Experience working across neurodevelopmental pathways.
• Knowledge of co-occurring presentations and differential diagnosis.
• Understanding of NICE guidance surrounding autism assessment and diagnosis.

Why apply?

• This is an opportunity to join a growing neurodevelopmental service where you can focus on specialist autism assessment work while working remotely.
• You’ll be part of a wider clinical team and have access to regular clinical and management supervision alongside multidisciplinary case discussions.
• If you are an HCPC or Social Work England registered clinician with substantial experience assessing autism in children and young people, we would be keen to hear from you.