Assistant Psychologist
Full time vacancies available
A little bit about us
Evolve Psychology Services is an award winning, NHS and HSE approved independent psychology and neurodevelopmental practice, founded by Dr Laura Powling. The company provides high-quality services to clients across Ireland and the UK, including neurodevelopmental and psychological assessments for adults and children as well as expert witness assessments for the courts and parole boards, assessments in criminal/prison law, family law, immigration law, and medico-legal cases. We have a proven track record of providing high quality assessments and delivering on HSE & NHS contracts.
About this role
Applicants should have experience of working within Child and Adolescent Learning Disability and/ or Mental health Services and ideally experience of being part of a teams that undertake MDT Autism and ADHD assessments in line with N.I.C.E guidance for children as part of a 0-19 and/ or adult service.
The current team comprises of Clinical Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists, Nurse practitioners, and Specialist CAMHS practitioners.
Full supervision and relevant ongoing training is provided as part of this role. Salary is dependent upon skills and experience.
What you'd be doing
The role involves supporting the team in conducting face-to-face neurodevelopmental assessments for children and adults, including evaluations for ADHD, autism, and learning difficulties, as part of a multidisciplinary team. Responsibilities may include assisting with parental interviews to explore a young person’s or client’s developmental history in relation to autism, ADHD, and learning, using tools such as the ADI-R, ACE, ACE+, or Young DIVA assessments. Additionally, the role may involve observing one-to-one play-based or activity sessions with the young person, administering the QB Test and cognitive assessments, and conducting school observations. Effective liaison with schools, professionals, parents, and young people is essential, alongside scoring and interpreting psychometric assessments.
The role also includes participation in multidisciplinary team meetings, attending neurodevelopmental screening assessments, contributing to service evaluations and data audits, and developing key service communications for parents and young people. Further responsibilities may extend to maintaining service databases and contributing to reports, including neurodevelopmental screening reports and full neurodevelopmental and cognitive assessment reports.
Essential criteria
- BPS Accredited Degree or post Graduate Qualification in Psychology
- Proven track record of high quality record keeping and report writing
- Excellent IT skills- including good knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Experience of using practice Management Systems to record clinical notes and contacts, book and outcome appointments
- Excellent organisational and time keeping skills and ability to meet deadlines linked to KPI's
- Experience of working within adult or child and adolescent mental health and/ or learning disability services
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work with service users/ families and young people in a supportive and empathic way.
- Ability to communicate effectively as part of a team and with wider professionals
- Ability to travel to Exeter and between locations as required by the role.
- Hold a full driving license with access to a car, as you will need to travel to schools for observations.
Desirable criteria
- Training and experience in the following: ADOS, ADI-R, Young-DIVA, Autism and ADHD Assessments, Neurodevelopmental Assessments
- Experience of contributing to Autism and/ or ADHD assessments in children and young people/ adults. Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary assessment team
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