Senior Autism Practitioner (Team Leader), Edinburgh and Lothians

Scottish Autism; Musselburgh; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Scottish Autism seeks a Senior Autism Practitioner (Team Leader) to lead services in Edinburgh and Lothians. The role entails mentoring a dedicated team of Autism Practitioners, enhancing quality support for autistic individuals. Successful candidates will have strong leadership skills and relevant health and social care qualifications, along with flexibility for shift work.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in a supervisory and/or management role is essential.
• Willingness to achieve SVQ Level 4 in health & social care is required.
• Strong IT literacy is expected.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team to provide high-quality support services to autistic individuals.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and implement support plans.
• Involve in the recruitment process for new team members.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Health and Social Care Qualification

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Job description

Senior Autism Practitioner (Team Leader), Edinburgh and Lothians

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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, you’ll join a dynamic and forward-thinking management team that’s 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, you’ll ensure the successful delivery of our services in our Lothian Area Service. Leading a team of dedicated Autism Practitioners, you will inspire them to provide a high quality support service to autistic individuals. You will coach and mentor them to ensure they perform to the best of their ability.

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 will 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 Level 4 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 HEREAs 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 HEREThis post is subject to a PVG Disclosure check. All 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.We’d love to hear from you soon. Sometimes our adverts close early if we get a high number of applications, so it’s a good idea to apply sooner rather than later.
  
  

Closing Date – 17th JuneInterview Dates – 25th and 27th June 2025Registered charity number is SC009068

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Individual and Family Services

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