# ADOS Autism Assessor for Children (Exeter)

**Company**: Paloma Health
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: permanent
**Salary**: £68,000 to £72,000 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Paloma Health has developed a new gold-standard autism assessment pathway and their own Patient Record software system. As an ADOS Autism Assessor for Children in Exeter, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary assessment team, delivering in-person child observations at their Exeter clinic and participating in peer MDT diagnostic decision-making.

You are a registered nurse, speech and language therapist, occupational therapist, social worker or practitioner psychologist skilled in ADOS assessments. You want to be part of an always-learning environment that embraces software and AI tools, and you will help Paloma Health go further and faster with your positive and collaborative attitude.

Responsibilities:

- Conduct high-quality child observations as part of an autism assessment.

- Act in accordance with Paloma Health's Safeguarding Policy, including conducting a risk assessment where necessary.

- Keep up to date with mandatory training and your professional qualification requirements, including CPD.

Benefits:

- Competitive salary: £68,000 to £72,000 a year dependent on experience and occupation.

- Permanent contract with flexible working arrangements, including full-time, part-time, and home or remote working.

Requirements:

- By background, you are either a:

+ NMC-registered Nurse   + HCPC Registered Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Arts Therapist, or Practitioner Psychologist   + Social Work England Registered Social Worker

- Completion of a recognised ADOS-2 course is required for NMC, HCPC and Social Work England registered applicants. Clinical Psychologists would be considered without having completed ADOS-2.

- At least 1 year of experience delivering children's observations within an autism assessment process.

- Good time management skills, including caseload management.

- High-quality parent and patient communication skills.

- Enhanced DBS with barred list check (as you will be working with children).

Location: The Typewriter Building, 140 Borough High Street, London, Greater London, SE1 1LB and Exeter clinic - The Senate, Southernhay Gardens, Exeter, EX1 1UG.

## Skills

### Required
- ADOS-2
- autism assessment
- child observation
- safeguarding
- risk assessment
- CPD

### Nice to have
- experience in conducting risk assessments within an autism assessment service
- evidence of Safeguarding training (Level 3 and above)

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