Profiling assessment services

Over the last few years the Autism Centre for Research on Employment (ACRE) has developed a suit of Profiling Assessment© services. 

Thanks to funding from the University of Portsmouth, these services are now provided free of charge

Due to circumstances outside of our control, it is with regret that we announce the temporary closure of our profiling assessment services. 

We will endeavour to resume the services as soon as possible.

Apologies for any inconvenience.

Why is employment profiling important? 

Each autistic person is different and have a unique profile of strengths and support needs.  Therefore, it is important to identify which jobs match their unique profile and also to design individually-tailored work support plans. The Profiling Assessment©  tools, and the accompanying report, were designed to:

• Identify suitable employment options (Employability Profile) :The report contains information about career preferences and the person’s confidence on a range of employability skills. This information may be used to match the person to potential jobs or work / volunteering placements as well as to identify potential training needs.

• Enhance the design of effective plans to support the client in the work place and support potential employers in the process of making reasonable adjustments (Cognitive Profile): Information about what the person reported as strengths and also challenges may be used to identify suitable job roles and to develop a tailored support plan for the person, which includes tailored recommendations of adjustments in the workplace.

Person-centred and evidence-based assessment

The Profiling Assessment© tools are based on an innovative interactive online platform that enables the administration of tailored assessment. Unlike other assessment tools, the set of questions a person receives is not pre-determined in advance, but determined by the person’s responses to previous questions.

As a research centre, all our services are underpinned by research, conducted by experts. However, our work would not be possible without the collaboration of government bodies (e.g., Dept of Health, Dept of Work and Pensions, local authorities), the third sector and local communities who help us translating research into practice . A report  detailing the results of an evaluation of the profiling assessment tools can be downloaded here. The tools have been evolving organically as a function of the feedback received by users since 2015.