Senior Autism Practitioner - Auchterarder

Tayside Region - Auchterarder

Senior Autism Practitioner

Full Time Position – 37 hours, Fixed Term until 31st March 2025

£35,871 - £38,294 inclusive of rural allowance

Reference: SA638

We are looking for a Senior Autism Practitioner to join our Appletree Housing Support Service, near Auchterarder supporting one autistic adult within his own home. This is a brilliant opportunity for a creative and forward-thinking leader to manage a fantastic service that transforms this person’s life for the better.

As the Senior Autism Practitioner, you’ll ensure the successful delivery of the Appletree service. Leading a team of dedicated Autism Practitioners, you will inspire them to provide a high-quality support service. You’ll coach and mentor them to ensure they perform to the best of their ability. As an organisation, we follow a stress reduction model of support, ensuring a low stress environment is achieved.

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 are seeking to appoint people who share our values: Collaboration; Compassion; Change Makers; Contribution.

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.

For more information, please see the full Job Description https://www.scottishautism.org/sites/default/files/senior_autism_practitioner_jd_1_1.pdf

For an informal chat, please contact Mags Anderson – mags.anderson@scottishautism.org

Closing Date – Friday 19th July

Interview Date: 25th July

Be Here, Be You, Create Change

These posts are subject to a PVG Disclosure check. All new employees must have applied to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months of starting in post and be registered within 6 months. Scottish Autism cover all the costs of PVG membership and SSSC Registration for employees.

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