Autism & ADHD Assessor for Children – Self-employed

Greenhouse Software

Clinician with expertise in Autism and ADHD assessments for children at Paloma Health. Focused on delivering high-quality remote assessments and improving software tools.

Posted 6/29/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomJuniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deliver high-quality Children’s Autism and ADHD Neurodevelopmental Assessments
Act in accordance with our Safeguarding Policy, including conducting a risk assessment where necessary.
Keep up to date with the mandatory training, Continuing Professional Development and professional registration requirements of your professional background.
Share ideas for continuing to improve Paloma’s software tools that ensure high-quality, safe, and efficient assessments.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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)
Social Work England Registered Social Worker
You ideally have at least 1 year of experience in delivering Children’s Autism and ADHD assessments. At a minimum, we will consider 6 months of experience within a children’s Autism and ADHD assessment pathway. For Clinical Psychologists, we include pre-graduation experience within the 6 months of experience.
Your children’s Autism and 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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

The Paloma Clinical Academy programme supports all clinicians at all stages of their careers to develop (e.g. to our Senior Assessor role) and cross-skill (e.g. in autism)
Regular clinical supervision
1 protected day per month for assessor team training, Continuing Professional Development (CPD), and reflection.
Quarterly development conversations with clear career progression pathways.
Clear weekly timetables that support a role mix across appointments, administration, development, and team building.
£500 per completed developmental history and family feedback.
£270 per completed child observation.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Neurodevelopmental AssessmentRisk AssessmentCaseload ManagementClient-Centered CommunicationUnderstanding of Co-Occurring ConditionsAttention and Impulsivity AssessmentCultural Sensitivity in AssessmentsStrengths and Needs Presentation

Soft Skills

Time ManagementParent and Child Communication

Certifications

NMC RegistrationHCPC RegistrationSocial Work England Registration