Edinburgh and Lothian Area Services

Part TimePosition 34 hoursper week

Salary: Pro Rata Starting at 33921 with opportunity to progress to 36344 at own pace.

Reference:SA789

Be Here Be You Create Change

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of autistic people Do you have leadership skills and a desire to mentor and develop others If so this could be the role for you!

In Lothian youll join a dynamic and forward-thinking management team thats always evolving consistently innovating to shape stronger more responsive support teams. Together we deliver a diverse range of services including Residential Day Opportunities Housing Support and Outreach. With pride we support 43 autistic people to live happy healthy and fulfilling lives.

As the Senior Autism Practitioner youll ensure the successful delivery of our services inour Lothian Area Service. Leading a team of dedicated Autism Practitioners you will inspire them to provide ahigh qualitysupport service to autistic individuals. Youwill coach and mentor them to ensure they perform to the best of their ability.

Using your outstanding communication skills youll 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 youwill 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 are looking for someone with an outgoing personality excellent communication skills a dynamic and proactive mindset and the ability to use your initiative. You should be a creative problem solver who can think on your feet and adapt to changing situations.

Successful candidates will have:

- Experience gained within a supervisory and/or management role
- A health and social care qualification or the willingness to gain an SVQ Level4 in health & social care and Leadership and Management for Care Services(LMC)qualification provided by the organisation
- A strong level of IT literacy including MS Word and Excel

View the full Job Description HERE

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.

Why Join Us

We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package which has something for everyone! See more about our colleague benefits HERE

This post is subject to a PVG Disclosure new colleagues must have applied to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months of starting in post. Scottish Autism cover all the costs of PVG membership and SSSC Registration for employees.

Wed love to hear from you soon. Sometimes our adverts close early if we get a high number of applications so its a good idea to apply sooner rather than later.

Valuing diversity and promoting equal opportunities is at the heart of our vision mission and values. We encourage and welcome applications from people with lived experience of autism.

Closing Date 17^th June

Interview Dates 25^th and 27^th June 2025

Registered charity number is SC009068