Job Specifics
- Reference No: CD267
- Location: Glasgow
- Hours: 26hrs per week
- Salary: £12-£12.75 Per Hour
- Closing Date: Friday 14th March 2025
- Why should you apply for this role: Exciting Projects and Challenges
Job Overview
This organisation are currently providing support to over 35 autistic people across Lanark, Biggar & Carluke. We encourage and empower individuals to access opportunities that matter to them including accessing work placements, voluntary projects and a variety of social opportunities.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
Key Tasks
- To provide support to autistic people following their outcome based support plans.
- To develop the outcome based support plan in line with relevant policies and procedures and current legislation.
- To be actively involved in the service planning, delivery, co-ordination and having autonomy within the team.
- To ensure service provision is of the highest quality, demonstrates best practice and promotes safeguarding.
- To ensure accurate and robust recording within Scottish Autism’s recording systems including online systems.
- Comply with Finance processes to safeguard individuals. • To build collaborative relationships with internal and external partners to maximise the effectiveness of the service.
- To ensure all actions comply with SSSC Codes of Practice, SA’s policies and procedures.
- To be a Keyworker, leading regular Keyworker Meetings and participating in regular review meetings.
- To actively participate in coaching and the review process, to identify your individualised learning pathway, through a process of exploration and reflective practice.
- To maintain Continuous Professional Development in line with the Scottish Services Council (SSSC) registration requirements
- On-call may be undertaken by Autism Practitioners dependent on development stage and location
Employer Expectations Skills/Knowledge/Experience etc
As an Autism Practitioner, experience of working within social care is desirable but not essential as we are seeking to appoint people who are willing to learn and develop into the role and share our organisational values: Collaboration, Compassion, Change Makers, & Contribution. We will support you to do this by offering an extensive autism specific training programme.
Skills and Attributes
To embed and demonstrate Scottish Autism’s values, Compassion, Contribution, Collaboration and Change Maker in all aspects of service delivery.
- To develop a knowledge of autism and other conditions as relevant to supported individuals.
- To understand and implement Scottish Autism Policy and Procedure, Care Inspectorate and SSSC guidance and all other relevant legislation.
- To work collaboratively with colleagues and all relevant parties, to deliver high quality support, whilst driving forward autonomy within individual teams.
- To be confident using IT and sharing information through digital processes.
- To be a skilled communicator, as well as understanding differences in communication and how this can be best supported.
- To contribute to and create support plans in partnership with supported individuals, their families/carers and other stakeholders.
- To be creative, working on your own initiative to improve quality within services. To be flexible and adaptable in approach.
Qualifications/Tickets/Licences Required
To be registered with SSSC or equivalent and hold or be willing to work towards a relevant qualification and to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups scheme (PVG).Assistance available