Team

Our team
who you’ll work with

Hans Naicker, our Clinical Lead and an NMC-registered mental health nurse, works with an HCPC-registered clinical psychologist and an HCPC-registered speech and language therapist. The whole team reviews each case together; the clinician who led the assessment signs the report.

Who this page is for: anyone who wants to know who carries out our assessments.

Clinical lead

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Clinical Lead

Hans Naicker

NMC-registered mental health nurse

Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)

Check his registration on the NMC register ↗Search for “Hans Naicker”. Search using both his first and last names.

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More than 25 years in mental health, including five years as Clinical Lead for community mental health teams in West London. Involved in more than 2,500 autism assessments during his career. CHECK: where the 2,500 took place, so it can be attributed accurately (§22.10)

Hans carries out every mental health assessment himself, leads the Goal Coaching Mentorship Programme, and is Oakwell’s safeguarding lead.

Read Hans’s profile · Why Oakwell was started

Who else is in the team?

Our specialists contribute to every autism assessment: the whole team reviews each case together.

  • Clinical psychologist

    Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Part of the team that reviews every autism assessment.

  • Speech and language therapist

    Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). Sessions with our speech and language therapist can be in Gujarati if that helps your family.

What checks do our clinicians have?

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