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The BDA serves as the voice for individuals with dyslexia, striving to influence government and other institutions to create a dyslexia-friendly society where people of all ages can reach their full potential. A key strategic objective for the BDA is to provide and model expert services.

We are currently seeking self-employed specialist teacher assessors and psychologists for our In-person dyslexia assessment service and in-person dyscalculia assessment service.

We are currently only seeking associate assessors in the following areas:

North East England
•    County Durham, Teesside, Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees and Northumberland 
North West England
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Yorkshire & Humber
•    York, North Yorkshire and East Riding of Yorkshire,
East Midlands
•    Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire 
West Midlands
•    Shropshire, Staffordshire and Warwickshire
East of England
•    Norfolk, Suffolk, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
South East England
•    Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Hampshire and Surrey
South West England
•    Dorset, Somerset, Wiltshire and Devon
Wales
•    North Wales, Mid Wales and West Wales

More details about the difference between our services can be found on our website:  Assessments - ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½

Associate Assessors are required to provide evidence of:

• APC (HCPC for psychologists)
• Valid AMBDA/AMBDA dyscalculia
• Professional Indemnity Insurance
• a copy of an anonymised assessment report completed within the last 18 months that meets SASC standards. This report must not be one that has been monitored/marked by a tutor or mentor and must not have been submitted for APC.
• Enhanced DBS certificate and confirmation you are signed up to the DBS update service. 

To maintain the highest quality of service for our clients, the BDA requires assessors to submit an application form, clearly indicating the service(s) they would like to be considered for and all required documentation. Upon approval, references will be requested.

This is a self-employed opportunity, and applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Payment: Payment is £420 for a specialist teacher and £520 for a psychologist per assessment.

Administration: The BDA manage all administration such as booking, pre assessment questionnaires and the final report.

Support: The BDA offer associate assessors regular contact sessions, discount on some conferences and access to one free BDA SASC course per year. *

Support with reports: Assessors will receive regular feedback on their reports, dependent on the number of reports completed. Feedback can be claimed as informal CPD when renewing qualifications.

Work: Our services are subject to the number of requests for assessment that the BDA receive. Work cannot be guaranteed.

* The assessor is encouraged to undertake a minimum of 12 assessments per year in order to access approved assessor benefits such as free SASC courses and reduced conference fees. Such benefits are allocated at the BDA’s discretion.

Please send the application form and supporting documents required to assessments@bdadyslexia.org.uk

We aim to process applications within 3 - 6 weeks. If your application is not successful you will be informed but we are unable to provide feedback.