Senior Autism Practitioner

**Senior Autism Practitioner**
Orkney Area Service
Full-Time - 37 Hours per week
£34,844 - £37,110 Inclusive of Island Allowance
**"My favourite memory from Scottish Autism is arts and crafts at Christmas time." Supported individual, Orkney.**
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 managementteam.
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 Autismand empower them to 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 focused 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.
**We will offer you**:

- A competitive salary
- 32 days’ holiday (which increases with your length of service)
- Long service awards
- HSF Health Cash Plan, for a monthly premium (from £7.75) you & your family can claim back expenses for dental, optical and other health care expenses
- Employee Benefits offering discounts to High Street Shops, Cinemas and Gym Memberships
- Free access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- Non-contributory life assurance scheme
- Workplace Pension
- Sector leading training from day one
- The opportunity to be part of one of the leading innovators in Autism Practice in the UK
**Closing Date: 27th February 2023**
Valuing diversity and promoting equal opportunities is at the heart of our vision, mission and values.
Registered charity number is SC009068.
Other organisations may refer to this role as Support Worker, Autism Support Worker, Senior Support Worker, Senior Care Worker, Senior Carer, Care Assistant, Personal Care Assistant, Senior Social Care Worker, Senior Social Worker, or Carer.