Senior Neurodiversity Practitioner – Adult ADHD & Autism: Leeds - #2165264

Senior Neurodiversity Practitioner – Adult ADHD & Autism (2 posts)

Full time (37.5 hours a week) | Leeds | £45,000 a year | Permanent, PAYE

One post includes Deputy Safeguarding Lead duties.

The role

You will hold complex conversations with adults exploring ADHD and autism, support practitioners day to day and act as duty senior.

What you'll do

- Hold needs-led conversations for adults with more complex needs

- Act as duty senior: triage risk, manage escalation and allocate cases

- Give practitioners day-to-day advice within your competence

- Run small groups and follow-ups

- Support onward referrals and informed choice about assessment

- Deputy Safeguarding Lead post: provide safeguarding advice, cover and liaison with Leeds adult safeguarding routes

Essential

- At least 3 years working with adults in neurodiversity or mental health (e.g. OT, nurse, psychologist, social worker or specialist coach)

- Confident risk assessment and safeguarding practice- Clear, adaptable, trauma-informed communication

- Level 3 adult safeguarding training (Deputy Safeguarding Lead post)

Desirable

- Professional registration

- Group facilitation experience

- Experience supporting or supervising junior staff

About Private Therapy Clinic

Private Therapy Clinic has provided psychological, psychiatric and neurodevelopmental

services across the UK since 2011, with practitioners nationwide and a clinic

in Ireland. We have delivered NHS ADHD and autism assessment contracts for

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust and Midlands Partnership NHS

Foundation Trust. We are now bidding to run the Leeds Adult Neurodivergence Hub

for NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board.

About the Hub

The Hub will help adults in Leeds understand possible ADHD or autism, get practical

support, and make informed choices about assessment – with or without a

diagnosis. It does not diagnose, prescribe or provide crisis care. Support is

offered face to face in Leeds, by phone and by video.

Important

This role is subject to Private Therapy Clinic being awarded the contract. The

service starts on 1 April 2027, with induction from February 2027.

What we offer

• Permanent PAYE employment
• Workplace pension (auto-enrolment)
• Annual leave: Statutory entitlement of 28 days per year (inclusive of bank

holidays

• A new service you will help shape, alongside people with lived experience

Inclusion

We welcome applicants with lived experience of neurodivergence. Adjusted

interviews are available – tell us what would help. All posts require an

enhanced DBS check, two references and right to work in the UK.

How to apply

Email [email protected]

with your CV and a short note on why the role interests you. Put the job title

in the subject line.

Closing date: 18 October 2026.