Senior Autism Practitioner

2 weeks ago

Kirkwall, United Kingdom Scottish Autism Full time

**Senior Autism Practitioner**

**Orkney Area Services**

**Part Time - 24 Hours per week**

**£34,844 - £37,110 pro rata (inclusive of Island Allowance)**

**32** days Annual Leave which increases to **37** days**

**Reference - SA555**

Scottish Autism is an organisation dedicated to enriching the lives of people with autism. Our mission is to enable autistic people to lead happy, healthy and fulfilling lives. We are excited to have a new post for a Senior Autism Practitioner within our management team in Orkney.

This is a brilliant opportunity for a creative and forward-thinking leader to manage a fantastic service that transforms people’s lives for the better.

As the Senior Autism Practitioner, you’ll ensure the successful delivery of our services in the Orkney Area Service. Leading a team of dedicated Autism Practitioners, you will inspire them to provide a high quality support service to individuals with Autism and empower them live and cope with the stresses of daily life with a focus on their, and the team's wellbeing.

**“I'm really loving it, providing different types of support which I enjoy and everyone is so lovely it's been a pleasure being accepted into individual's homes and lives.”**_ Staff member, Orkney_**

Using your outstanding communication skills, you’ll collaborate with agencies, multi-disciplinary teams and families to implement support plans to help individuals to 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

To be considered for this diverse leadership role, you must have:

- Experience gained within a supervisory and/or management role
- A health & social care qualification, or the willingness to gain an SVQ level 4 in health & social care and Leadership & management for care services (LMC) qualification provided by the organisation.
- A good level of IT literacy, including MS word and Excel.

As part of your role, you will be required to undertake shift work, including weekends, evenings and as required for on-call, so a flexible approach to support the needs of the service is paramount.

**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.

Scottish Autism is a smoke free organisation. Our aim is to protect the Health and Wellbeing of our employees and the individuals we support by providing a smoke free environment.

**Closing Date 16**th** February 2024**
- Valuing diversity and promoting equal opportunities is at the heart of our vision, mission and values._

Registered charity number is SC009068

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