Senior Autism Practitioner (Team Leader)

Senior Autism Practitioner (Team Leader)

Fife Area Services, Cowdenbeath

Full Time Position Available – 37 hours per week

Pay Scale:

Starting at £34,939 rising to £35,505 after engagement. Opportunity to progress to £37,434 at your own pace

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this roles

Reference: SA1230

Embracing difference, leading change

Join our friendly and dedicated team as Senior Autism Practitioner in our Fife Area Services.

About the Role

As the Senior Autism Practitioner, you’ll ensure the successful delivery of each person’s service across our Fife Services. Leading a team of dedicated Autism Practitioners, you will inspire them to provide a consistent, high-quality support service to autistic people. You will coach and mentor them to ensure they perform to the best of their ability.

Using your outstanding communication skills, you’ll collaborate closely with families, agencies and multi-disciplinary teams to implement and further develop support plans designed to help individuals succeed in their day-to-day lives.

About You

To be considered for this diverse role, you must have:

• Experience gained within a supervisory and/or management role within social care
• Demonstrated experience in supporting autistic people
• Experience coaching and mentoring colleagues
• A health and social care qualification, or the willingness to gain an SVQ Level 4 in health & social care and Leadership and Management for Care Services (LMC) qualification provided by the organisation
• A good level of IT literacy, including MS Word and Excel
• A Full UK Driving License.
• Able to work a variety of shifts including evenings and weekends and support with regular on-call support. This can be discussed further at interview.

View the full Job Description HERE

Scottish Autism offers you:

We are proud to offer a comprehensive colleague benefits package which includes a competitive salary and a personalised learning pathway for all. We keep it simple with 3 pay points which you progress at your pace as you develop.

• 32 days holiday pro rata (which increases with your length of service)
• Sector leading training from day one, including fully funded support to complete your necessary SVQ
• Non-contributory life assurance scheme
• Workplace Pension (Employer matched up to 9%)
• Discount platform
• Employee Assistance Programme.

Find out more about our comprehensive benefits package HERE

This post is 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.

Closing Date: 28th September 2026

Interviews: 1st and 2nd October 2026

Be Here, Be You, Create Change

Registered charity number is SC009068