Senior Autism Practitioner - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Scottish Autism

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Job Description

Senior Autism Practitioner - Lothian
Edinburgh & Lothian Area Services
Full Time, Permanent Position
£33,921 - £36,344
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 peoples 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, youll 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.

Youll 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, youll 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 be required for on-call, so flexibility towards working hours is key.

Closing Date Tuesday 21st 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.
We encourage and welcome applications from people with lived experience of autism.
Registered charity number is SC009068.
So, if youd like to join us as a Senior Autism Practitioner, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.

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