Autism Coordinator

**Tameside Council**

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**Contract Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: Grade G. SCP 23 £32,076 to SCP 28 £36,648

**Hours**: 36 Hours per Week

**Work Pattern**: Monday to Friday (with some evening meetings)

**Base Location**: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6BH

**Closing Date**: Thursday 18th April 2024

**Assessment Date**:To be arranged

**The Role**
- We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to lead on our autism strategy and work in Tameside.
- The post is part of a new learning disabilities And Autism Social care management team to support adults with a range of complex needs.
- This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to play a key role in developing offer locally to our autistic communities.
- This post will require a range of skills focused on engaging and working with local partner organisations including engagement with autistic adults and their carers to support the development and implementation of the local autism plan and offer. This will include ensuring that information and advice is accessible, and that we fully engage people with lived experience in informing service developments.

**About You**
- The successful applicant will report to the Assistant team Manager with responsibility for our autism offer, strategy and engagement with the community but will also need to have the skills and confidence to work with a range of different senior officers, managers, and practitioners to help instigate change. The post will involve attending Tameside and Greater Manchester working groups and Boards to report on progress and contribute to wider development and positive change in this area. This will be essential for learning and sharing information as part of the wider development of autistic services in the borough.
- It is essential that the applicant has good interpersonal skills to assist in effective communication to aid relationship building to help instigate change and improvement. The applicant should have good organisational and project management skills in terms of managing a diverse range of competing priorities across several different project plans. This is priority work, and it is essential that set deadlines are met and progress is measured and achieved.
- You will receive regular supervision, support, and training to ensure your continuous professional and personal development. You will be part of a wider team including partner organisations to ensure delivery of the transformation in this area.
- Experience of successfully working on projects and managing plan implementation is essential.
- Experience and knowledge of working with autistic individuals or personal experience is essential.
- It is essential that you hold a current valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work use.

**About Us**
- At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
- We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
- Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
- This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.
- We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
- Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
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- We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.

Job Description and Person Specification.docx

**Reference Number: DPT06**

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£32,076

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