Senior Autism Practitioner

3 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom Scottish Autism Full time

**Edinburgh & Lothian Area Services**

**Senior Autism Practitioner**

**Full Time, Permanent Position**

**£33,921 - £36,344**

**Reference: SA602**

We are looking for a Senior Autism Practitioner to join our Edinburgh & Lothian 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.

**Our Services**:
ARC - Day opportunities supporting individuals with Autism to gain new skills and interests in a safe and thriving environment

Outreach - Supporting individuals with Autism within their home and in the community to access local amenities and resources

Housing Support - To support individuals with Autism to maintain their own tenancy and to provide care at home as required

Adult Residential - To provide a home to individuals with Autism within a group setting while promoting life skills

As the Senior Autism Practitioner, you’ll ensure the successful delivery of our services in Edinburgh & Lothian Area Services. Leading a team of dedicated Autism Practitioners, you will inspire them to provide a high quality support service to autistic individuals. 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 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

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.

**Closing Date - Tuesday 21**st** May**

**Please note, the closing date may be brought forward due to high applicant levels.**
- 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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