Community Advisor - Flourish, A Whole Family Approach One Stop ShopLocation: Based in Kirkcaldy / Community Outreach within Fife2 VacanciesTwo part time positions available - 27.5/28 hours per weekBoth Temporary, Fixed Term until March 2026Salary: £30,869 - £33,039 pro rata Exciting news With additional funding secured, we're expanding our team at the Fife One Stop Shop and have two fantastic Community Advisor opportunities waiting for you These Community Advisor roles focus specifically on the delivery and the expansion of our Flourish Programme.Flourish is delivered as part of Our Minds Matter, a framework funded by Fife Health and Social Care Partnership, to support children and young people’s emotional wellbeing in Fife.Flourish aims to provide increased support to parents and carers of young people up to 26 years old, who have neurodevelopmental differences. Over the next year, with the support from these roles, Scottish Autism will be increasing its support through the programme to support children and young people directly, alongside supporting their parents and carers.Within these roles, you will work alongside the One Stop Shop Senior Community Advisor and wider stakeholders to:- Provide information, advice, support and guidance to autistic children and young people, families, and interested professionals.- Offer support to autistic children and young people, and their parents and carers through the One Stop Shop’s Flourish Programme.- Deliver and facilitate a range of opportunities to autistic children and young people and their parents and carers.- Maintain relevant resources that are accessible and available to those who access the Flourish Programme.- Promote awareness and understanding of the needs of autistic children and young people and their families within the Fife community.- Collaboratively identify areas of development to ensure autistic children and young people and their family’s needs are met. The successful candidate will have: - Lived Experience and/or autism practice, with the knowledge to apply theory into practice.- Experience of Early Years and/or Youth Work.- Experience of engaging with children and young people through a variety of means such as play.- Contemporary knowledge and understanding of autism, autistic people and their families across the lifespan.- Experience of supporting complex situations where a person might be experiencing heightened levels of distress or confusion.- Active listening skills and able to respond empathetically.- Ability to translate complex theoretical knowledge into accessible and practical advice.- Ability to work in a diverse range of environments to deliver and facilitate support appropriate to the needs of different audiences, such as autistic people, or parents and carers.- Ability to self-manage and to organise diverse work streams.- Ability to collaborate and work closely with others.- Share Scottish Autism’s values; Collaboration, Compassion, Change Makers, Contribution.View the full Job Description on our website. Why Scottish Autism? We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package which boasts a wide range of perks to our colleagues Find out more about this on our website.For more information or an informal chat, please contact Zofia Bukiel, Community Advice Services Manager.This post is subject to a PVG Disclosure check. Scottish Autism cover the costs of your PVG membership. Closing Date: Monday 10th FebruaryInterview Dates: Tuesday 18th February and Friday 21st February Valuing diversity and promoting equal opportunities is at the heart of our vision, mission and values.Registered charity number is SC009068.This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.