ADOS Autism Assessor for Children

An ADOS autism assessor post within the multidisciplinary team of Paloma Health's neurodevelopmental service for children. The core work is in-person child observations for autism assessments, with peer decisions on diagnoses and senior clinical support when needed. The service joins autism and ADHD assessment on one pathway and uses the company's own record system and AI report-writing tools. Applicants need to be a registered nurse, speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, social worker or practitioner psychologist, with an enhanced DBS.

• Conduct high-quality in-person child observations at the Exeter clinic as part of autism assessments
• Take part in peer multidisciplinary diagnostic decision-making, with senior clinical support where required
• Follow the Safeguarding Policy, including risk assessments where necessary
• Keep up to date with mandatory training and professional requirements, including CPD

• Completed recognised ADOS-2 course for NMC, HCPC and Social Work England registered applicants (clinical psychologists considered without it)

• NMC-registered nurse, or HCPC-registered speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, arts therapist or practitioner psychologist, or Social Work England-registered social worker

• At least 1 year delivering child observations within an autism assessment process, with children aged 5 to 18, 2 to 4, or the full age range

• Good time management skills, including caseload management
• High-quality parent and patient communication skills

• Enhanced DBS with barred list check

• Experience conducting risk assessments within an autism assessment service
• Evidence of safeguarding training at Level 3 or above

• Support for staff career development