Senior Autism Practitioner - South West Area Services
Full time, Fixed term for one year (37 hours per week)
£33,921 - £36,344
Reference: SA620
We are looking for a Senior Autism Practitioner to join our South West team. This is a brilliant opportunity for a creative and forward-thinking leader to manage a fantastic service that transforms autistic people's lives for the better. Prior leadership experience is required for this role.
As the Senior Autism Practitioner, you'll ensure the successful delivery of our services in South West Area Services. Leading a team of dedicated Autism Practitioners, you will inspire them to provide a high-quality support service to individuals with Autism and complex needs. You'll coach and mentor them to ensure they perform to the best of their ability.
Using your outstanding communication skills, you'll collaborate with agencies, multi-disciplinary teams, and families to implement support plans to help individuals succeed in their day-to-day lives.
Actively involving yourself in the recruitment process, you'll always be on the lookout for talented individuals who could make the team even stronger.
This is a superb opportunity to undertake exceptional training and lead a hard-working team to success.
We need people who share the following values with Scottish Autism:
Our Values are:
- Collaboration - we work with others and value their opinions
- Compassion - we work with each other and our service users with care and kindness
- Change Makers - we never stand still; we move positively forward always focussed on quality and being the best
- Contribution - we love what we do, we never lose sight of our purpose and the difference we make in society
As part of your role, you will be required to undertake shift work, including weekends, evenings and required for on-call, so flexibility towards working hours is key.
This post is subject to a PVG Disclosure check. All new employees must have applied to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months of starting in post and be registered within 6 months. Scottish Autism covers all the costs of PVG membership and SSSC Registration for employees.
Closing Date: Friday 21st June
Valuing diversity and promoting equal opportunities is at the heart of our vision, mission and values.
We encourage and welcome applications from people with lived experience of autism.