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Jobs at Ambitious about Autism

Work with us and help autistic children and young people be themselves and realise their ambitions.

Are you passionate about making a difference and changing lives?

At Ambitious about Autism, autistic children and young people are at the heart of all we do. We stand with them, champion their rights and create opportunities. If you share our vision of a world where autistic children and young people can be themselves and realise their ambitions, then we want to hear from you.

We offer a variety of rewarding roles supporting autistic children and young people in our network of specialist schools and colleges across London and the southeast.

We also have other careers that support our vital work, in areas such as fundraising, HR, finance, marketing and communications and IT.

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See how you can make a difference by working with Ambitious about Autism

Ambitious College

Our charity and support services, treehouse school, the rise school, spring school, st. john’s college, make a difference.

Autistic children and young people are at the heart of all that we do. Join our inclusive team and make a real difference.

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Centre for Research in Autism and Education

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Enhancing the lives of autistic people and their families through ground-breaking scientific research.

Director: Professor  Anna Remington

The UCL Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) is based within the Department of Psychology and Human Development at UCL IOE.

CRAE’s mission is to help enhance the lives of autistic people and their families.

CRAE is a team of autistic and non-autistic people, headed by Professor Anna Remington. We conduct ground-breaking scientific research to enhance our knowledge about support, education and outcomes for autistic people, their families and those who support them. This research aims to be collaborative in nature; doing research with autistic people, rather than on or about them. 

We work to ensure that this evidence-based knowledge is translated to that it can have meaningful impact and make a real difference to people’s everyday lives. 

We are committed to actively engage with autistic people and their allies (e.g., families, teachers, clinicians), as well as policy-makers and the wider public to promote awareness and acceptance of autism. We strive to achieve this through collaborative research practice, sharing knowledge and hosting an active programme of free public engagement events. 

• Professor  Anna Remington , Professor of Autism Research
• Dr Laura Crane , Deputy Director and Associate Professor
• Dr Mel (Anna) Romuladez , Lecturer in Psychology
• Dr Jana Brinkert , Research Fellow
• Dr Brian Irvine , Research Communications and Engagement Officer
• Pravina Tailor , Centre Coordinator.

Research Assistants

• Jade Davies
• Freya Elise 
• Audrey Linden
• Charlie Hamilton, Communications Assistant

Doctoral students

• Heba Al-Jayoosi
• Maria Ashworth
• Ginny D'Odorico
• Emeline Han
• Alison Livemore
• Sarah Quinnell 
• Norah Richards
• Clare Truman 

Honorary staff

• Victoria Bovell OBE, Senior Research Associate
• Ali Northcott, Researcher and Artist in Residence
• Katelyn Smalley, Honorary Research Fellow
• Kana Umagami, Honorary Research Fellow

We are hugely grateful to the wonderful research participants, funders and collaborators who make the work that we do possible.

Currently, we are generously supported by the Pears Foundation .

We are also indebted to our initial 2009 funders, alongside the Pears Foundation, the Clothworkers Foundation and the Kirby Lang Foundation we are thankful of the support of Ambitious about Autism, Autistica, The Bloomsbury Colleges, The British Academy, Economic and Social Research Council, European Research Council, UCL Grand Challenges, and the Wellcome Trust.

A huge thank you to all the autistic children, young people and adults, their families and those who support them, and to all of the schools with whom we work. Our work would simply not be possible without their continued support.

Activities 

Our centre has a broad, active programme of research including experimental work on social, cognitive and perceptual development in autistic children, adolescents and adults. Insights from this research help us to develop and test different intervention and education approaches to better understand how autistic people learn.

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Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) Department of Psychology and Human Development IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society University College London 55-59 Gordon Square London WC1H 0NU

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Work for us

Founded in 1962, we are the UK’s leading charity for autistic people and their families. We are here to transform lives, change attitudes and create a society that works for autistic people.

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Benefits and wellbeing.

We are committed to ensuring that our staff feel valued, supported and appreciated for their efforts. We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, energise you, motivate you and inspire you, both at work and outside of work.

Your Development

Your development is important to us. All learning styles and learning needs are supported at the National Autistic Society and we have a network of UK Learning and Development specialists to support these needs.

• full induction and eLearning topics offered to all colleagues; inductions are specifically tailored to each job role. There are over 300 eLearning topics available to National Autistic Society colleagues
• all colleagues receive 5 autism modules whatever role they are undertaking
• supervision, annual appraisal and continued professional development offered in line with chosen career pathways
• Care Certificate in England and Social Care Worker registration supported in the devolved nations (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland)
• apprenticeships, if appropriate to job roles, offered across all jobs in England. Equivalent qualifications offered in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Health and Wellbeing

As a responsible caring employer, we like to make sure our employees are well looked after, we offer a range of benefits to assist in helping you look after the most important person you.

• free access to Head Space for all employees.
• we have partnered up with Health Assured who not only provide an Employee Assistance programme which is free, confidential and accessible 24/7, but also Bereavement Support Service, Online CBT, Medical Support, My Health Advantage App and much more !
• eyecare vouchers
• mental health first aiders at the charity
• flexible working
• we offer 2x Death-in-Service Iife insurance to eligible employees

Benefits and discounts

• discounts on shopping
• season ticket loans
• cycle to work scheme
• 2x death in service for all employees
• generous annual leave.

Support worker roles

Make a difference in this key worker role within our adult services. You will receive training and support to develop your career in social care.

School based roles

We have been providing specialist autism education for more than 50 years, supporting children and young people aged from 4 to 21.

Office based roles

Whether you work in fundraising or campaigning, human resources, IT or governance, you’ll be helping the world understand autism.

Who we are and how we work

Autistic employees, meet the team.

Find out what it's like to work for us

A sporty support worker from our adult residential service in Scotland

Neath service

Support workers in Neath recreate McDonald’s drive-thru for the people we support

Autistic woman and support worker at our garden project in Wales

Other employment opportunities

See roles from other employers who are working with us on the Autism at Work programme

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Empowering People, Launching lives

BeyondAutism is an educational charity offering exciting roles where you can make a direct difference to autistic people’s lives.

We are always looking for new people to join our team. Whether working directly with our learners in our services or as part of the charity team, take a look below to find out what roles we have to offer.

Make today the first step towards your new career.

Advanced Skills Practitioner

Full time, permanent

As an Advanced Skills Practitioner, you will apply your expertise in Behaviour Analysis and share this expertise through instruction and training to Teaching and Learni… Read More

Location: Tram House School, 520 Garratt Lane, London SW17 0NY

Salary: £25,210 – £28,365 (dependent on experience)

Closing Date: Friday, 7th June 2024

Head of Facilities

We are looking for a hands-on Head of Facilities to oversee all BeyondAutism premises, the premises policy and all related Health and Safety, compliance and maintenance… Read More

Location: London

Salary: £51,400 - £54,530

Occupational Therapist Band 7

Full time or part time, permanent

Join our dedicated team at BeyondAutism and provide occupational therapy intervention to autistic children and young adults with additional learning needs. As an Occ… Read More

Location: BeyondAutism Services (SW17, SW18, BR1, W6)

Salary: Band 7

Closing Date: Wednesday, 12th June 2024

Lead Therapy Assistant

As the Lead Therapy Assistant, you will work with the Speech and Language Therapists (SaLTs) and Occupational Therapists (OTs) at BeyondAutism to maintain and develop t… Read More

Salary: Band 4

Closing Date: Friday, 24th May 2024

Occupational Therapist Band 5

We are looking for a dedicated Occupational Therapist to join our team and provide occupational therapy intervention to autistic children and young adults with addition… Read More

Salary: Band 5

Therapy Assistant

As a Therapy Assistant, you will provide support to autistic learners (children and young adults) and those with related disabilities and behaviours that challenge. Wor… Read More

Location: Flexible working around our schools and services (SW17, SW15, SW18, BR1, W6)

Salary: Band 3

Site Manager

As Site Manager you will be responsible for the leadership of a wide range of operational and organisational duties pivotal to health and safety, compliance, fabric rep… Read More

Location: Any BeyondAutism site as instructed on a weekly basis across Wandsworth, Hammersmith and Bromley

Salary: £36,071

Behaviour Analyst

Full-time, permanent

This is an exciting opportunity to provide excellent Behaviour Analysis instruction and training to Teaching and Learning Practitioners and to deliver the provision’s c… Read More

Location: Tram House School, 520 Garratt Lane, London, SW17 0LE

Salary: £33,950 - £37,388, dependent on qualifications and experience

Teaching and Learning Practitioner (Graduate Programme)

Two Year Programme (Starting September 2024)

We are looking to appoint recent graduates or post-graduates, including those in the last year of their degree, who want to make a difference to the lives of autistic c… Read More

Location: Wandsworth, London

Salary: £21,000 during probationary period, £21,750 once confirmed in post, £22,405 after 12 months of service

Closing Date: August 2024

Teaching and Learning Mentor (Graduate Programme)

Location: Wandsworth and Hammersmith, London

Chair of Post-19 Advisory Board

Part-time volunteer role

The Chair of the Post-19 Advisory Board is responsible for providing oversight to the three Post-19 hubs, performing the role of 'critical friend' in as constructive a … Read More

Location: Hammersmith and Wandsworth, London

Salary: Unpaid role

Speech and Language Therapist Band 6

We have a vacancy for an enthusiastic, creative and passionate Speech and Language Therapist to join our dedicated and supportive team to provide speech and language th… Read More

Location: BeyondAutism Services (SW18, SW17, SW15, W6)

Salary: Band 6

Closing Date: Ongoing

Lead Teaching and Learning Practitioner (formerly Lead ABA Tutor)

Join the Lead Teaching and Learning Practitioner Team at our outstanding Park House School in Wandsworth, London. We would like to hire experienced practitioners wit… Read More

Salary: £24,490 (LTM1) to £25,225 (LTM2)

Teaching and Learning Mentor

We are looking for dedicated, enthusiastic and motivated individuals who share our mission of empowering autistic young adults to lead lives full of choice and opportun… Read More

Location: Hammersmith and Fulham, London

Teaching and Learning Practitioner

Join the Teaching and Learning Practitioner team at our two outstanding BeyondAutism schools in Wandsworth, London. We would like to hire experienced and trainee pr… Read More

Salary: £21,000 during probationary period, £21,750 once confirmed in post, £22,405 after twelve months service

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King's College London

Research vacancies at king's college london.

Research is core to King’s, what we do, what we care about, and how we educate.  It is how we channel our creativity to further knowledge and understanding, challenge convention and deliver impact.  Through world-leading and outward-looking research focused on meeting societal needs, our research roles aim to make the world a better place. 

Current vacancies

Centre for pharmaceutical medicine fellow in medicines development.

The UK has a strong tradition of medicines development. In the past decade over 25% of EU clinical trial applications have originated from the UK, which ranks...

Clinical Research Associate I

This advertisement does not meet the requirements for a Certificate of Sponsorship under Home Office regulations; therefore, the university will not be able...

Clinical Research Associate II

If you are an experienced CRA, we would like to hear from you.   We are looking for an experienced monitor; the successful applicant will have experience...

Clinical Research Associate in the Department of Psychosis Studies

The candidate will be based at the Department of Psychosis Studies at the Institute of Psychiatry, one of the leading clinical research centres in the world,...

Lecturer in Early Modern English Literature and Culture

About King’s King’s College London is one of England’s oldest and most prestigious universities, founded within the tradition of the Church of England by...

PhD Training Fellow (Dinwoodie and CS International)

We are pleased to announce two PhD training fellowships available through the BuildPall capacity building programme at the Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s...

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

The Department of Informatics is seeking to recruit a Postdoctoral Researcher for an EPSRC-funded research project on the complexity of database query...

Post-doctoral Research Associate (EEG Analysis) in the Department of Forensic & Neurodevelopmental Sciences

AIMS-2-TRIALS is the largest autism study in the world, led by the Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences (FANS) department at KCL. We conduct deep...

Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Translating In-Silico Cardiac Electrophysiolgy Procedure Guidance System using Advanced Digital Twin Modelling

The successful applicant will be located with the newly created Research Department of Digital Twins (North Wing of St Thomas’ Hospital), primarily supervised...

Postdoctoral Associate in Brain Cancer Immunotherapy

We are a Nanomedicine Research Group based at [Medicines Development research group](https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/medicines-development), [Institute of...

Postdoctoral Research Associate

About King’s: Situated within the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine at King’s College London, the Centre for Gene Therapy and Regenerative Medicine...

The School of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine & Sciences (SCMMS), is one of six schools that make up the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine (FoLSM) at...

:  The appointee will join the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, and the Department of Neuroimaging within the School of Neuroscience....

The Nott group is looking for a skilled and motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate with a strong background in structural biology, cell biology, or...

Postdoctoral Research Associate and Teaching Fellow in Population Mental Health

In April 2024, IoPPN, King’s College London established a national Population Health Improvement Cluster (PHIC) with a focus on mental health, funded by UKRI....

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