Autism Practitioners (Support Workers) South West
Location: Lanark
Salary: £12 - £12.75 per hour
Contract Type: Part-time, Full-time
Closing Date: 18th March 2025
Reference:SA755
Join our team in South West, 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.
At Scottish Autism, we acknowledge the specialist support our staff provide to autistic individuals, therefore those doing support work are known as Autism Practitioners. We continuously improve to ensure all our Autism Practitioners are supported and have the skills to deliver a quality service. This post is a good opportunity for those with a generic support worker experience to specialise.
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, and Contribution. We will support you to do this by offering an extensive autism specific training programme.
Autism Practitioners work as part of a team to: