956 Psychologist jobs in the United Kingdom

PSYCHOLOGISTS – COGNITIVE & ADAPTIVE FUNCTION ASSESSMENTS (AUTISM SERVICE)

Location: London and surrounding areas

Contract: October 2025 – March 2026

Pay: Up to £700 per completed assessment (outside IR35, all-inclusive)

Hours: 08:30 – 18:30 (weekdays, with weekend options)

About the Role

We are seeking HCPC-registered Psychologists to join our autism diagnostic service for children aged 5–11 years across London and surrounding areas. You will focus on delivering cognitive and adaptive assessments, working within a dedicated MDT that includes paediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, SALTs and OTs.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and score cognitive tools (WISC-V, WPPSI-IV)
• Deliver adaptive functioning assessments (Vineland-3, ABAS-3)
• Interpret results and contribute to diagnostic formulation within the MDT
• Provide written reports integrated into the child’s diagnostic outcome (submitted within 6–8 weeks)
• Participate in family feedback sessions and contribute to the 6-week follow-up call where required

What We Offer

• Competitive rates outside IR35
• Flexible scheduling, including weekend options
• Full administrative and clinic coordination support
• Opportunities for CPD
• Chance to make a real difference in reducing waiting times and improving early support for children and families

Essential Requirements

• HCPC registration as a Psychologist (Educational/Child)
• Demonstrated competence with WISC-V, WPPSI-IV, Vineland-3, ABAS-3
• Recent experience in autism/neurodevelopmental assessments - ADOS
• Enhanced DBS and up-to-date safeguarding training

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PSYCHOLOGISTS – COGNITIVE & ADAPTIVE FUNCTION ASSESSMENTS (AUTISM SERVICE)

Location: London and surrounding areas

Contract: October 2025 – March 2026

Pay: Up to £700 per completed assessment (outside IR35, all-inclusive)

Hours: 08:30 – 18:30 (weekdays, with weekend options)

About the Role

We are seeking HCPC-registered Psychologists to join our autism diagnostic service for children aged 5–11 years across London and surrounding areas. You will focus on delivering cognitive and adaptive assessments, working within a dedicated MDT that includes paediatricians, psychiatrists, psychologists, SALTs and OTs.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and score cognitive tools (WISC-V, WPPSI-IV)
• Deliver adaptive functioning assessments (Vineland-3, ABAS-3)
• Interpret results and contribute to diagnostic formulation within the MDT
• Provide written reports integrated into the child’s diagnostic outcome (submitted within 6–8 weeks)
• Participate in family feedback sessions and contribute to the 6-week follow-up call where required

What We Offer

• Competitive rates outside IR35
• Flexible scheduling, including weekend options
• Full administrative and clinic coordination support
• Opportunities for CPD
• Chance to make a real difference in reducing waiting times and improving early support for children and families

Essential Requirements

• HCPC registration as a Psychologist (Educational/Child)
• Demonstrated competence with WISC-V, WPPSI-IV, Vineland-3, ABAS-3
• Recent experience in autism/neurodevelopmental assessments - ADOS
• Enhanced DBS and up-to-date safeguarding training

Apply Now!

Psychologist (Clinical / Counselling) – ADI-R Specialist (Remote)

£800 per Assessment | Outside IR35 | Freelance / Contract

+ £00 Referral Bonus Available!

We're expanding our specialist autism assessment team and are looking for experienced Clinical or Counselling Psychologists with ADI-R expertise to join us on a freelance, fully remote basis .

This role is ideal for professionals seeking flexibility, autonomy, and meaningful work. You'll play a key role in delivering gold-standard autism assessments using the ADI-R , contributing to life-changing diagnostic outcomes for children, adults, and families.

Know someone perfect for this role? Refer them and earn 00 if they’re successfully onboarded!

Key Responsibilities

• Review background history and supporting documentation
• Conduct parent/carer consultations remotely
• Administer and interpret the ADI-R interview
• Participate in MDT (multi-disciplinary team) case discussions
• Produce high-quality diagnostic reports
• Communicate findings clearly and compassionately to families

Requirements

• HCPC-registered Clinical or Counselling Psychologist
• 5+ years post-qualification experience
• Formally trained in ADI-R with at least 2 years’ active use
• Minimum 50 ADI-R assessments completed
• Proven experience in autism diagnostic pathways
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Comfortable working independently in a remote setting

What’s on Offer?

• £800 p completed assessment
• Fully remote, flexible working
• Outside IR35 freelance contract
• Supportive, multidisciplinary team
• 00 referral bonus – no strings attached

£52,994 - £62,192 (including paid school holidays)+ excellent benefits

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Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

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This role is based across Hall Cliffe School and Hall Cliffe Primary School in Wakefield (~4 miles apart).

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We are looking to recruit a consultant psychologist to join the team of a 19 bed high dependancy recovery and rehabilitation hospital. This is a part time 22.5 hours role.

What you'll be doing

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£52,994 - £2,192 (including paid school holidays)+ excellent benefits

Those Huge Small Victories

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

Get out what you put in

This role is based across Hall Cliffe School and Hall Cliffe Primary School in Wakefield (~4 miles apart).

The greatest achievements often dont come easy but Hall Cliffe has earned a reputation as a school that can help turn young peoples lives around. The school is housed in a stunning listed building at the centre of which is a tranquil courtyard that is used for both recreational and therapeutic activities. However, the true centre of everything at Hall Cliffe School are the pupils, which is evident in the unwavering commitment and support that the staff team offer to each young person. The school supports young people with ADHD, autism or SEMH needs.

Hall Cliffe Primary School is an independent specialist day school providing high quality education, based in Wakefield. The school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils with special educational needs including speech, language and communication difficulties, autism, ADHD, and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties. Recently rated Outstanding by Ofsted, the school continues to go from strength to strength.

Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and childrens homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise andbreadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.

Our Psychologists work collaboratively within our schools and childrens homes, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children.

What we do for you

We know youre going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, youll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people plus youll get:

• Training : A full induction and on the job training

• Holiday : Youll work hard at WG, so youll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays

• Clinical Development : If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development

• Flexible benefits : meaning you can
  increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance check out our benefitshere

• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts

• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities check out our schoolshere

• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a ,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person were looking for will:

• Be a qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC

• Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to assess, formulate and support the delivery of therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs

• Have experience of supporting the team around a child or young person to provide clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences

• Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer

• Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative

• Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future.Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered thesupport, resource and platform for you to do great things. Youll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way.

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

For a full job description and person specification, please click here.

To view our ex-offenders policy please click here.

To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here.

Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD

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£52,994 - £2,192 (including paid school holidays)+ excellent benefits

Those Huge Small Victories

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

Get out what you put in

This role is based across Hall Cliffe School and Hall Cliffe Primary School in Wakefield (~4 miles apart).

The greatest achievements often dont come easy but Hall Cliffe has earned a reputation as a school that can help turn young peoples lives around. The school is housed in a stunning listed building at the centre of which is a tranquil courtyard that is used for both recreational and therapeutic activities. However, the true centre of everything at Hall Cliffe School are the pupils, which is evident in the unwavering commitment and support that the staff team offer to each young person. The school supports young people with ADHD, autism or SEMH needs.

Hall Cliffe Primary School is an independent specialist day school providing high quality education, based in Wakefield. The school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils with special educational needs including speech, language and communication difficulties, autism, ADHD, and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties. Recently rated Outstanding by Ofsted, the school continues to go from strength to strength.

Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and childrens homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise andbreadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.

Our Psychologists work collaboratively within our schools and childrens homes, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children.

What we do for you

We know youre going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, youll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people plus youll get:

• Training : A full induction and on the job training

• Holiday : Youll work hard at WG, so youll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays

• Clinical Development : If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development

• Flexible benefits : meaning you can
  increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance check out our benefitshere

• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts

• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities check out our schoolshere

• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a ,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person were looking for will:

• Be a qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC

• Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to assess, formulate and support the delivery of therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs

• Have experience of supporting the team around a child or young person to provide clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences

• Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer

• Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative

• Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future.Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered thesupport, resource and platform for you to do great things. Youll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way.

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

For a full job description and person specification, please click here.

To view our ex-offenders policy please click here.

To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here.

Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD

#INDH

JBRP1_UKTJ

£52,994 - £2,192 (including paid school holidays)+ excellent benefits

Those Huge Small Victories

Our clinicians are fulfilled by the idea of affecting even the smallest positive changes in our young people, so we celebrate the little things.

Get out what you put in

This role is based across Hall Cliffe School and Hall Cliffe Primary School in Wakefield (~4 miles apart).

The greatest achievements often dont come easy but Hall Cliffe has earned a reputation as a school that can help turn young peoples lives around. The school is housed in a stunning listed building at the centre of which is a tranquil courtyard that is used for both recreational and therapeutic activities. However, the true centre of everything at Hall Cliffe School are the pupils, which is evident in the unwavering commitment and support that the staff team offer to each young person. The school supports young people with ADHD, autism or SEMH needs.

Hall Cliffe Primary School is an independent specialist day school providing high quality education, based in Wakefield. The school meets the needs of a diverse group of pupils with special educational needs including speech, language and communication difficulties, autism, ADHD, and Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties. Recently rated Outstanding by Ofsted, the school continues to go from strength to strength.

Our clinicians are a crucial part of the most joined-up model in SEND. Across all of our specialist schools and childrens homes, we provide unrivalled levels of clinical support, both in terms of our expertise andbreadth of provision. Our young people present with a complexity of need including developmental trauma, neuro-developmental conditions and special educational needs.

As part of a multi-disciplinary clinical team you will be supporting educational and residential colleagues to provide therapeutic living and learning environments and, based on clinical assessment and formulation, offer individualised interventions and engagement to our young people.

Our Psychologists work collaboratively within our schools and childrens homes, this ensures that therapeutic support permeates every aspect of the education, care and support we offer all of our children and young people. You will provide consultation, workshops, training and guidance to the educational and residential teams around our children.

What we do for you

We know youre going to do great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward you with the best salary and benefits package in the sector. With us, youll get to make a genuine difference to the lives of our young people plus youll get:

• Training : A full induction and on the job training

• Holiday : Youll work hard at WG, so youll be rewarded with full school holidays including bank holidays

• Clinical Development : If career growth and professional advancement is your thing, we provide a leading programme of clinical learning and development

• Flexible benefits : meaning you can
  increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance check out our benefitshere

• Wellbeing: a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employee assistance

• Medical cover so you can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentist appointment and a host of high-street discounts

• Beautiful working environments with the very best facilities check out our schoolshere

• A recommend a friend scheme that offers a ,000 bonus every time

Bring your whole self to work

Our young people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds and with different needs and our workforce reflects that diversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire our young people to be themselves. The kind of person were looking for will:

• Be a qualified Clinical, Educational, Forensic or Counselling Psychologist registered with the HCPC

• Be a specialist with proven skills and experience to assess, formulate and support the delivery of therapeutic interventions with children and young people with complex needs

• Have experience of supporting the team around a child or young person to provide clinically informed living and learning environments and experiences

• Be a confident, engaging and effective, model, guide, leader and trainer

• Be highly organised and ready to take the initiative

• Be committed to ensuring the best outcomes for young people

This is a great opportunity to change young lives and have a positive impact on their future.Embedded within our living and learning environments you will be offered thesupport, resource and platform for you to do great things. Youll benefit from supervision, a clinical development programme and access to a 220+ strong team of multi-disciplinary clinical colleagues who will be with you every step of the way.

Interested in joining us?

Our young people deserve the best possible future and we feel the same about our teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with a purpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to be yourself.

The Witherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community.

For a full job description and person specification, please click here.

To view our ex-offenders policy please click here.

To view our Child Protection Policy, please visit the 'Parents and Carers' section of this School/Learning centre. You can find all our Schools here.

Special Education / Careers in Care / Careers in Special Education / Working with Children / SEMH / SEN / ASD

#INDH

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