• By background, you are either a:
• NMC-registered Nurse
• HCPC Registered Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist, Arts Therapist, or Practitioner Psychologist (including Clinical Psychologists, Educational Psychologists and Counselling Psychologists)
• You ideally have at least 1 year of experience in delivering Children’s ADHD assessments. At a minimum, we will consider 6 months of experience within a children’s ADHD assessment pathway. For Clinical Psychologists, we include pre-graduation experience within the 6 months of experience.
• Your children’s ADHD experience should include:
• Having a sound understanding of typical development through life stages, co-occurring conditions, and differentials.
• Have a good understanding of normal levels of attention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity in typically developing children and young people, and consider this within the cultural background of the individual being assessed.
• The ability to present findings which are client-centred and include strengths and needs.
• You can demonstrate good time management skills, including caseload management, and good parent and child communication skills
• Passing an enhanced DBS with barred list check, as you will be working with children
• Experience in conducting risk assessments within Neurodevelopmental assessments
• Safeguarding training to Level 3 and above
• Experience in Children’s Autism Assessments and Dual Assessments