Autism Assessor (Contractor)

Overview

In this role you work as a self-employed Autism Assessor, delivering remote ASC assessments with a two-clinician setup. You apply clinical judgment to determine treatment needs for adults and young people with autism, with supervision from a Team Lead. You contribute to risk and safeguarding reviews, complete client records on our clinical platform, and participate in supervision and MDT discussions. You join a growing, collaborative autism team that partners with NHS, university, and insurer contracts to deliver high-quality assessments and wrap-around care. You will help shape assessment pathways and patient outcomes within a digital healthcare context.

Responsibilities

• Perform ADOS-informed assessments jointly with a partner clinician
• Conduct ADI-R assessments within each evaluation
• Complete risk assessments and safeguarding reviews
• Document client records/reports accurately and promptly on the clinical platform
• Make recommendations for additional assessments or interventions as needed
• Engage in regular clinical supervision, management supervision, and MDT meetings/case discussions

Key requirements

• Must be able to undertake both ADOS and ADI-R
• Current registration with NMC, HCPC or Social Work England with no restrictions
• Experience of autonomously assessing and diagnosing autism (OTs, Psychologists, or Social Workers)
• Ability to manage own caseload
• Up-to-date knowledge of autism-related legislation, research, and developments

• autonomous professional judgement
• ability to work in a multidisciplinary setting
• effective caseload management
• ADOS
• ADI-R
• autism assessment and differential diagnosis

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