Associate Clinician - Autism Assessment (ADOS and ADI-R)

Spectrum.Life

ABOUT US: Spectrum.Life is a Mental Health, Wellbeing and Digital Health Innovator supporting over 4,000,000 users across the Corporate, Insurance and Education Sectors. We are a healthcare company first, focused on clinical efficacy and outcomes, delivered by fully accredited professionals through our in-house built technology. ROLE BRIEF: We are looking for experienced, HCPC-registered Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, or qualified Neurodiversity Practitioners to join our growing network of Associate clinicians. In this role you will deliver high-quality, neuroaffirmative Autism and ADHD identification assessments for children (aged 7+) and adults, as part of a multidisciplinary diagnostic team. Working on a flexible, self-employed basis, you will contribute to a service committed to transforming access to neurodiversity assessment across the UK, in line with NICE guidelines (NG142, NG228, NG87), DSM-5, and ICD-11 diagnostic frameworks. RESPONSIBILITIES: * Deliver high-quality, neuroaffirmative Autism and ADHD identification assessments for children (aged 7+) and adults, utilising gold-standard tools including ADOS-2 and ADI-R within a multidisciplinary diagnostic pathway. * Conduct initial Neurodiversity Consultations and deliver sensitive, neuroaffirmative feedback sessions, exploring presenting concerns and communicating outcomes in a collaborative and person-centred manner. * Complete biopsychosocial and multidisciplinary formulations, identifying and communicating relevant reasonable accommodations across educational, workplace and community settings. * Produce high-quality written assessment reports presenting complex clinical information in a clear, accessible and strengths-based manner for individuals, families and professional stakeholders. * Collaborate closely with psychologists and fellow MDT colleagues to ensure integrated, person-centred assessment formulations. * Undertake risk screening and safeguarding assessments in line with UK legislation and organisational procedures, with particular attention to the safety and wellbeing of children and young people. * Maintain accurate and contemporaneous case notes and records in line with HCPC standards and UK GDPR requirements. REQUIREMENTS: * Degree or postgraduate qualification in Occupational Therapy, Speech and Language Therapy, or an equivalent neurodiversity-focused qualification recognised by HCPC * Current registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) * Current registration with the relevant professional body:  * Occupational Therapists: Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) * Speech and Language Therapists: Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) * Current, valid Enhanced DBS certificate (on the Update Service, or willingness to obtain prior to commencement) * Current professional indemnity and public liability insurance (minimum £2 million cover) * Registration with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) * Minimum 2 years post-HCPC registration experience, including neurodiversity assessment experience * Formal training and demonstrated competence in ADOS-2 and ADI-R administration and interpretation * Experience delivering remote/virtual assessments to children (7+) and/or adults * Experience producing comprehensive neurodiversity assessment reports, including recommendations and reasonable accommodations * Experience providing post-diagnostic feedback to individuals and families * Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary assessment team * Strong knowledge of NICE guidelines (NG142, NG228, NG87), DSM-5 and ICD-11 diagnostic criteria relevant to Autism and ADHD * Knowledge of co-occurring conditions (e.g. anxiety, learning disabilities, developmental trauma) and their interaction with neurodevelopmental presentations * Knowledge of safeguarding and risk frameworks relevant to children, young people and adults in the UK * Knowledge of the Equality Act 2010 and its application to reasonable adjustments * Confidence working in an online/digital format * Ability to work independently and manage own caseload and administration as a self-employed practitioner DESIRABLE: * Experience assessing combined AuDHD presentations * Experience adapting assessments for individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities, sensory needs or complex communication profiles * Experience of consultation and training on neurodiversity to families, schools or other professionals * Experience working across NHS and independent sector pathways WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF WORKING AT SPECTRUM.LIFE? * Flexible, self-employed associate contract with competitive sessional rates * Fully remote working * The opportunity to work in a neuroaffirmative way and contribute to a meaningful shift in how neurodiversity is understood and supported * Access to a welcoming and supportive multidisciplinary team of specialist clinicians

Healios

POSITION: Permanent, Full Time (flexible working hours and patterns considered) LOCATION: Home based (must be UK based due to some travel) SALARY: Up to £70,000 plus competitive benefits   United by our vision. Leading with empathy. Pioneers in curiosity. Healios exists to bring exceptional healthcare to anyone, anytime, anywhere.  By digitising entire clinical pathways, we enable children, adults and their family members to receive and seamlessly transition between clinical services from the comfort of their home.  Innovation is at the heart of what we do as we strive to be the leading provider of neurodevelopmental and associated mental health services.  You can find out more about us by clicking here! Healios is all about helping families feel better and that includes our own families too, which is why we embrace diversity in all its forms and offer unparalleled flexibility for our employees. For more information on what it’s like to be a Healios employee, and our hiring processes, take a look at our Notion page.  “Great minds don’t think alike”  From our talented tech teams to our standout clinical expertise, we’re bringing great minds together to build more accessible services.     THE OPPORTUNITY The Associate Network Service Manager plays a critical leadership role, overseeing the operational delivery within our Associate Network with commercial, contractual, and clinical expectations. Reporting to the Head of Assessment Services,  this role ensures that our team of Network Associates are both operationally and clinically compliant, ensuring capacity aligns with demand, waitlists are actively managed, and service structures are fit for purpose.  This role will line manage and clinically supervise the employed Associate Clinical Leads (currently 4 but this will grow as the network grows), and have the overarching responsibility for the smooth day to day running of the Network teams. This role requires a strategic, commercially-minded leader who can balance business priorities with the need for high-quality clinical care.   KEY RESPONSIBILITIES SERVICE DELIVERY LEADERSHIP & DELIVERY * Lead the delivery of Associate Network services, ensuring smooth, efficient, and reliable day-to-day functioning. * Continuously improve and optimise Associate onboarding and the Associate nurture journey * Work alongside the Head of Assessment Services and the Chief Operations Officer to assess capacity needs and then work with your team of Associate Clinical Leads to ensure there is appropriate capacity amongst our Network Associates. * Own day-to-day operations of the Associate team across all service lines (ASD, ADHD, ITS etc.) * Work force planning of the team's availability to ensure there is always appropriate capacity to support the Associate Network. * Oversee performance against internal and externals SOPs AND SLAs, escalating risks promptly where targets are at risk. * Taking the lead on ensuring that any Company communications are shared (as appropriate) to the Associate Network to ensure that relevant information or changes, pertinent to the clinical work they undertake, is clearly understood. * Analyse data trends to identify gaps, risks, and optimisation opportunities. * Ensure client-facing teams are supported with the right structures and information (eg contract information).  This includes ensuring all Associates are aware and communicated with about any changes within the organisation despite any gaps in availability being offered. * Support the AN Clinical Leads with complex clinical matters, including complaints and operational and clinical matters arising  DATA, INSIGHT & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT * Translate data insights into actionable recommendations for Associate Clinical Leads, the Head of Assessment Services, and client-facing teams. * Identify inefficiencies, risks, and opportunities for improvement, ensuring resources are deployed effectively and unwarranted variation is reduced.  Ensuring all SOP’s and processes are followed with regards to offboarding any Associates who are not performing at the required standards or who are not offering the appropriate availability for sessions. * Provide regular reporting to internal stakeholders, enabling transparency and informed decision-making. STRATEGIC & COMMERCIAL ALIGNMENT * Work closely with Client Operations and Head of Assessment Services to forecast, plan, and implement service delivery changes for the Associate Network. * Be the subject matter expert on competitors networks, including fees, benefits, pathways and processes   * Be direct and proactive about business needs and constraints — challenge where necessary.  Ensuring that operational processes directly support the business needs, whilst maintaining clinical quality and safeguarding.  * Utilise assessment outcome data to identify trends and inform service development. Ensure insights from assessment services contribute to organisational learning and future planning. COLLABORATION & ESCALATION * Act as the escalation point for operational issues raised by Associate Clinical Leads, ensuring swift resolution. * Work in close partnership with Associate Clinical Leads and the Head of Assessment Services to align operational needs are met. * Build strong working relationships with Governance, Risk & Safeguarding, Clinical Leads, People, and L&D teams to ensure seamless support structures. TEAM MANAGEMENT & STRUCTURE PLANNING * Communicate in an articulate, clear, concise and appropriate way ensuring the tone, method and audience of any communications is appropriate. * Support onboarding of new team members through planning and coordination with People and L&D teams. * Line management responsibility of the Associate Clinical Leads, including all 121’s, absence management and any required employee relations being dealt with timely and proactively. * Guide team members to align to the Company’s collective direction and offer actionable feedback with the positive intent of helping others to achieve more. * Ensure all direct reports are clear on their objectives and goals and provide regular feedback and support to ensure Company objectives are met. * Ensure governance and safeguarding needs are supported by the right structures and capacity.    To be successful in this role, below is what we would need from you: * A Clinical qualification and registration is a requirement in this role (such as Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Nursing, Speech and Language Therapy or Psychology (Counselling, Clinical or Forensic) * Previous experience working in independent healthcare provider * Experience of working within a neurodevelopmental service and an understanding of diagnostic pathways. * Commercial acumen - Understands revenue, cost, and SLA implications. Speaks the language of contracts, capacity, and delivery. * Assertive communication - Confident in holding people to account and clearly stating business needs without diluting the message. * Data driven - Uses data to drive actions and conversations with Associate Clinical Leads, regularly auditing KPIs and trends. * Collaborative Leadership - Works cross-functionally while maintaining strong team alignment. Trusted by both clinical and operations. * Strategic Thinker - Balances short-term service needs with longer-term structural goals. Knows when to escalate, restructure, or pivot. * Project management experience desirable * Demonstrable experience in management at a senior level * Flexibility to support our mission of bringing healthcare to anyone, anytime, anywhere * A commitment to ethical practice and adherence to the highest standards of safeguarding of adults/children * A professional home working environment * Wifi connection. Minimum of 2 mbps up and download speed.   WHAT WE WILL PROVIDE FOR YOU * 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) * Paid Christmas closure (between Christmas and New Year) * Birthday Leave - paid day off on your birthday * "Life Leave" - 2 days of extra leave to take when things you can't plan for happen * Enhanced family friendly policies including a phased return to work and receive full pay * Paid company sick pay scheme * Contributory Pension Scheme (6% matched) * Employee Discount to access a private assessment (for ADHD, Autism or a combined assessment) through our Melios service for your child * Fully personalised flexible benefits package including; Health Cash Plan, Life Assurance, EAP Service, Will Writing, Critical Illness Cover, employee discount and savings portal, Cycle to Work Scheme, Tech Scheme and Wine Club! * Work from anywhere policy * Access to NHS and Perks at Work discounts, including the Blue Light Card * Free access to co-working spaces * CPD/Growth day per year, plus personal development allowance to invest in your growth Bespoke Healios Training and on demand learning including schedule of monthly CPD for clinicians   ACCOMMODATIONS We’re glad to accommodate candidates who need adjustments throughout the hiring process and we're always learning about different accessibility needs to ensure our hiring process is accessible for all candidates. We encourage you to be open about the adjustments you need so we can adapt our interview process. You can read more about Healios being an Inclusive Employer on our Notion page Healios is a Disability Confident Committed Employer and  we are committed to inclusivity and equality for people with different needs in the workplace.     DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION “Do the right thing” is one of our core Healios values. And building a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels supported is absolutely the right thing to do. Whether we’re developing a new service line or enhancing one of our products, we need people with different skills, backgrounds, identities and perspectives to ensure our innovations will work for the children and young people we are here to serve. By embracing diversity, we can deliver better care experiences and outcomes, while tackling the inequalities in healthcare provision that exist today.   SAFER RECRUITMENT & PRE- EMPLOYMENT CHECKS  Healios ensures that supporting people to be safe is at the heart of our work and a key priority across all areas of the organisation, We will do our absolute best to keep the people that we support, safe from harm. This starts with our recruitment processes. As part of our pre-employment checks, all employees of Healios will be asked to have a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Dependent on your role within the business, this will either be an Enhanced or Basic. A Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check will be required. You will also be asked to provide two professional references as a minimum.

Spectrum.Life

ABOUT US: Spectrum.Life is a whole-of-health digital partner that guides organisations and their people to thrive, delivering clinically backed digital health, mental health and wellbeing solutions. Our HealthTech delivers digital transformation for Insurers, Educators and Employers through Co-creation or seamlessly integrated out-of-the-box solutions, that decrease digital fragmentation and engage, empower, and transform their people’s lives. Established in 2018 by Stuart McGoldrick and Stephen Costello, Spectrum.Life provides services internationally to over 7.2m insurance members, 3,000 corporate clients, 60 universities and 650,000 university students. Spectrum.Life currently employs over 450 people. Our vision is to change and save as many lives as possible. ROLE BRIEF: We are looking for experienced, accredited SpLD Assessors to join our growing network of associate clinicians. In this role you will deliver high-quality, clinically robust SpLD assessments for university students, working within a service governed by the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC) and in line with your own accrediting body standards.    Working on a flexible, self-employed sessional basis, you will contribute to a service committed to transforming access to SpLD assessment across the UK’s higher education sector.    Assessment Types  Associates are not required to be trained and accredited across all assessment types. At the point of application, candidates should confirm which of the following they are qualified and accredited to deliver. This information will be used to match you to appropriate referrals.    Assessment Type  Purpose  Eligible Assessors  Dyslexia  Educational diagnosis  All qualified SpLD assessors  ADHD Traits  Traits assessment only — not a formal ADHD diagnosis  All qualified SpLD assessors  Dyspraxia Traits  Traits assessment only — not a formal diagnosis  Assessors with additional dyspraxia accreditation only  Dyscalculia  Educational diagnosis  Assessors with specialist dyscalculia accreditation only  RESPONSIBILITIES: * Deliver high-quality, clinically robust SpLD assessments for university students across your confirmed assessment types, in line with SASC standards and your own accrediting body requirements. * Review pre-assessment background questionnaires and information sharing agreements prior to each assessment day, identifying any factors requiring consideration before commencing. * Conduct comprehensive assessments using the approved test battery for each assessment type, applying appropriate standardised tools and structured clinical interviews. * Apply professional judgement in synthesising quantitative test data and qualitative clinical evidence, and actively consider and document alternative explanations for the student’s difficulties. * Provide verbal feedback to students at the end of each assessment session, communicating the outcome clearly in plain language. * Complete high-quality assessment reports within agreed timeframes, using the current SASC approved report format and in line with your professional body standards. * Upload completed reports and raw assessment data to Spectrum.Life’s designated systems within agreed deadlines. * Manage risk and safeguarding concerns in line with Spectrum.Life’s associate guidance, including contacting emergency services where necessary and notifying Spectrum.Life promptly by email. * Maintain accurate records in line with your professional body standards and UK GDPR requirements. * Maintain your own professional registration, accreditation, insurance, and DBS certificate throughout the duration of your contract. REQUIREMENTS: * Postgraduate qualification in SpLD assessment at Level 7 or equivalent * Current Assessment Practising Certificate (APC)or equivalent accreditation recognised by PATOSS, the British Dyslexia Association (BDA), or the Dyslexia Guild * Minimum 3 years’ experience delivering specialist SpLD diagnostic assessments for adults and / or young people in higher education * Demonstrable knowledge of and experience working within SASC guidance and standards * Understanding of the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA)and current JCQ regulations * Current enhanced DBS certificate on the Update Service(or willingness to obtain prior to commencement) * Current professional indemnity and public liability insurance * Ability to work independently as a self-employed practitioner, managing your own caseload and administration * Confident and competent working in an online and digital format — all assessments are delivered remotely via MS Teams * Excellent written communication skills — able to present complex clinical information clearly and accessibly in assessment reports DESIRABLE: * Accreditation and experience across more than one of the four assessment types offered by the service (Dyslexia, ADHD Traits, Dyspraxia Traits, Dyscalculia) * Experience working within a university-based or DSA-fundedSpLDassessment service * Experience of multidisciplinary team (MDT) working and case discussion * Knowledge of co-occurring neurodevelopmental conditions and their interaction withSpLDpresentations * Experience adapting assessments for individuals with complex profiles, including co-occurring conditions oradditionallearning needs WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF WORKING AT SPECTRUM.LIFE? * Flexible, self-employed sessional contract — work alongside your existing commitments * Fully remote working * The opportunity to work within a clinically governed, SASC-compliant service with clear standards and support * Access to a welcoming and supportive team of specialist clinicians * The chance to contribute to improving access toSpLDassessment in the higher education sector * Working for an organisation where values genuinely drive decisions at every level YOUR PROFILE Please note: As this is a self-employed associate role, the successful candidate is responsible for maintaining their own accreditation, relevant professional body membership, enhanced DBS certificate on the Update Service, and professional indemnity and public liability insurance throughout the duration of their contract with Spectrum.Life. Evidence of all of the above will be required prior to commencement and will be subject to annual verification.