Community Advisor – Flourish, A Whole Family Approach One Stop Shop
Location: Based in Kirkcaldy / Community Outreach within Fife
Part-time, 26hrs
Reference: SA775
Temporary, Fixed Term until March 2026
Salary: £30,869 - £33,039 pro rata
Due to receiving additional funding, we have a new and exciting Community Advisor vacancy to join our existing team at the Fife One Stop Shop. This role focuses specifically on the delivery and 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 this role, Scottish Autism will be increasing its support through the programme to support children and young people directly, alongside supporting their parents and carers.
Within this role, you will work alongside the One Stop Shop Senior Community Advisor and wider stakeholders to:
- Provide information, advice, support, and guidance to neurodivergent children and young people, families, and interested professionals.
- Offer support to neurodivergent 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 neurodivergent children and young people as well as 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 neurodivergent children and young people and their families within the Fife community.
- Collaboratively identify areas of development to ensure neurodivergent 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 the ability to respond empathetically.
- The ability to translate complex theoretical knowledge into accessible and practical advice.
- The 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.
- The ability to self-manage and organise diverse work streams.
- The ability to collaborate and work closely with others.
- A strong alignment with Scottish Autism’s values; Collaboration, Compassion, Change Makers, Contribution.
Scottish Autism offers you:
Staff wellbeing is a priority, and we strive to ensure all colleagues feel valued and supported at work.
We provide an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive salary and a personalised learning pathway for all.
We keep it simple with 3 pay points. You progress at your pace as you develop. We benchmark regularly to ensure the rates are competitive.
- 32 days' holiday pro rata (which increases with your length of service).
- Non-contributory life assurance scheme.
- Workplace Pension (Employer matched up to 9%).
- Discount platform.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
Read more about our colleague benefits on our website.
This post is subject to a PVG Disclosure check. Scottish Autism covers the cost of your PVG membership.
Closing Date: Monday 28th April 2025.
Interview Dates: Tuesday 6th May and Thursday 8th May 2025.
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