Autism Practitioners
Helensburgh, West of Scotland
£12.00 - £12.75 per hour / £23,088 - £24,526 pro rata
Full Time & Part Time positions available
Our Helensburgh team provide 24 hour support to 3 autistic young adults who love being active, having a busy social life and keeping connections within their local community.
At Scottish Autism, we acknowledge the specialist support our staff provide to autistic individuals, therefore those doing support work are known as Autism Practitioners. We provide outstanding training and are continuously improving to ensure all our Autism Practitioners are supported and have the skills to deliver a quality service. This post is a good opportunity for those with a generic support worker experience to specialise.
Each individual has a personalised programme of support, incorporating consistency and structure specific to their needs. Some activities that the individuals participate in are:
- Long scenic walks
- Museum and historic places of interest
- Arts including musical theatre
- Horse-riding, swimming
- Music festivals, eating out
"It's such a good team; the team has a great atmosphere and everyone gets along. We all put the individuals first. I feel happy here, knowing we've achieved something together that makes the individuals happy." - Current Helensburgh Autism Practitioner
As an Autism Practitioner, experience of working within social care is desirable but not essential, as we are seeking to appoint people who share our values and are willing to learn and develop into the role. We will support you to do this by offering an extensive autism specific training programme. We are seeking to appoint people who share our values: Collaboration; Compassion; Change Makers; Contribution.
Autism Practitioners will work as a team to:
- Develop and implement personalised support plans for the supported individuals.
- Build positive relationships with the supported individuals.
- Work in partnership with the supported individuals, their families, and others in their support networks.
- Work with stakeholders to ensure the supported individuals' life goals and aspirations are at the centre of their support.
On a day-to-day basis, Autism Practitioners enable supported individuals:
- To take part in their chosen activities (see some listed above).
- To help maintain their tenancies and support them to make the decisions that matter to them.
- Required support will include personal care, promoting independence and active citizenship, community inclusion, support with household tasks etc.
- As described above, the individuals enjoy a busy social calendar and require support to enable this.
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.
We encourage and welcome applications from people with lived experience of autism.
Scottish Autism offers you:
Staff wellbeing is priority, and we strive to ensure all colleagues feel valued and supported at work. We provide an excellent benefits package, which includes a competitive salary and a personalised learning pathway for all. We keep it simple with 3 pay points. You progress at your pace as you develop. We benchmark regularly to ensure the rates are competitive.
- 32 days' holiday pro rata (which increases with your length of service)
- Sector leading training from day one, including fully funded support to complete your necessary SVQ
- Non-contributory life assurance scheme
- Workplace Pension (Employer matched up to 9%)
- Discount platform
- Employee Assistance Programme
These posts are 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 cover all the costs of PVG membership and SSSC Registration for employees.
Closing Date: 3rd July 2024
Please note, the closing date may be brought forward due to high applicant levels.
Interviews for successful applicants will take place week commencing 8th July.
Valuing diversity and promoting equal opportunities is at the heart of our vision, mission and values.
Registered charity number is SC009068