Senior Autism Practitioner (Team Leader)
- Full time
- £35,871 – £38,294
- On site: Clannalba, Lamington
- Closing 1st November 2024
- Advertised from 4th October 2024
- Salary inclusive of rural allowance. Permanent Position. 37 hours per week.
- Reference: SA694
Role
Be Here, Be You, Create Change
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, we’d love to hear from you!
Our Clannalba Service is on the lookout for a Senior Autism Practitioner to join our fun, supportive, and friendly team. Located in the beautiful village of Lamington, we provide essential care and support to nine autistic adults. This is a hands-on role that combines leadership with direct support, ensuring high-quality care aligned with Social Care Standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead & Mentor: Provide guidance, coaching, and reflective sessions to support staff, sharing your autism expertise to enhance the quality of care.
- Direct Support: Be actively involved in the day-to-day support of individuals, ensuring that their needs and wishes are at the heart of everything we do.
- Team Collaboration: Work closely with multi-disciplinary teams, families, and external agencies to implement personalized support plans.
- Quality Assurance: Maintain high standards of care through regular assessments and ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements.
- Recruitment & Development: Play a key role in the recruitment process, identifying and nurturing talent to strengthen our team.
- On-Call Rotation: Take part in an on-call rota, ensuring the service operates smoothly and efficiently.
Requirements:
- Previous experience working in autism support, with demonstrated leadership skills.
- Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
- A strong understanding of Social Care Standards.
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Flexibility to participate in the on-call rota.
Join us and take the next step in your career, leading a dedicated team and making a lasting impact on the lives of individuals with autism.
Scottish Autism offers you:
Staff wellbeing is 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.
- Exceptional training and career development opportunities
- The chance to lead a values-driven team committed to the highest standards of care
- 32 days holiday pro rata (which increases with your length of service)
- Sector leading training from day one, including fully funded support to complete your necessary SVQ and LMC
- A supportive work environment where your input is valued
- Non-contributory life assurance scheme
- Workplace Pension (Employer matched up to 9%)
- Discount platform
- Employee Assistance Programme.
This post is subject to a PVG Disclosure check. All new employees must have applied to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months of starting in post and be registered within 6 months. Scottish Autism cover all the costs of PVG membership and SSSC Registration for employees.
Valuing diversity and promoting equal opportunities is at the heart of our vision, mission, and values. We encourage and welcome applications from people with lived experience of autism.
Application notes
Registered charity number is SC009068
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If you’re looking for a new challenge with job satisfaction that will be hard to beat then you better keep reading! We have an opportunity to work within our Pitkerro Court Outreach Service supporting adults with a variety of additional support needs such as mental health issues, learning disability, autism, ADHD and alcohol issues
The Role
As a support worker you will:
- Be helping people with all aspects of daily life ,including personal care (which may include intimate personal care).
- Support with all aspects of medication.
- Support with cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and shopping.
- Some of the people we support need assistance and guidance with emotional, behavioural and personal safety support.
- Emotional support and support with recovery process
- Promotion of positive mental health and developing constructive coping strategies
- Social support including accessing community based resources and planning for leisure so that life is interesting and enjoyable
- Exploring opportunities for meaningful employment
In this role you have the brilliant opportunity to give new experiences to the people you are supporting.
You should
- Be cheerful, caring and reliable. You will smile a lot, be able to chat about a wide range of topics and be able to make a positive difference to someone’s day.
- You should have a good sense of humor.
- Have good communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Work as a part of a team and be required to carry out sleepover and waking night shifts.
- Undertake a key working role that includes administrative tasks and IT skills
- Be able to show transferrable skills relating to care
- Hold an SVQ2 in Health and Social Care, or have the willingness undertake study to achieve this
- You will be required to obtain registration with Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up the post.
About the Benefits
- Excellent sleepover payment - Currently £108.00 a night
- Fully paid Induction and shadow shifts
- Death in service scheme - three times your yearly salary
- Cycle to work scheme - 12% - 39% savings
- Tech scheme - 12% savings on laptops and computers
- Supportive management - committed to supporting personal and professional development
- Comprehensive health and wellbeing packages.
All successful candidates will be required to obtain registration with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) within 6 months of taking up the post.
Please note that Hillcrest Futures do not hold a licence to sponsor any visa applications at present.
Are you experienced Finance leader who’s on the lookout for a fresh new challenge? We could have just the role you are looking for!
We have an exciting opportunity to join Cornerstone as our Head of Finance on a full-time, permanent basis.
Reporting to our Director of Finance, you will be responsible for the management and development of our Finance function, ensuring the provision of accurate, reliable and timely financial information and analysis to support our organisation in its activities. This is a varied role which encompasses many aspects within our Finance department.
Location
This role can be based in any of our main offices (Aberdeen, Dundee or Glasgow), or part of our hybrid working model. If opting for hybrid, we would need you to live within a reasonable commute of Aberdeen, Dundee or Glasgow. There will be occasions that we'll need you to travel to other Cornerstone branch locations (travel expenses will be reimbursed as set out in Cornerstone’s expense policy with travel reimbursed by HMRC legislation).
The Role
As a member of our Senior Leadership Team, you'll contribute to the delivery of Cornerstone's strategic, operational and departmental plans.
You'll assist our Director of Finance to establish and maintain effective financial management and business support to ensure that appropriate financial policies and management information systems are in place to guarantee ongoing stability and growth.
Providing an accounting service to all departments and areas within Cornerstone, you'll combine your accounting skills with effective financial management to provide concise communications to both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
You'll have responsibility for the preparation of monthly financial reporting and monthly written reports analysing performance and mitigation steps where necessary. You'll also support the preparation of annual budgets, monitoring reports, forecasts and annual accounts.
Please see the Role Profile attached to our advert for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About You
What we'll need you to bring: -
- Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline
- Recognised chartered accountancy CCAB qualification
- Knowledge and experience of the legal and charitable framework
- Experience of leading, developing and managing a Finance team to deliver high quality and service within a similar type or size of organisation
- Proven experience in the development and maintenance of financial controls, policies and procedures
- Good analytical and evaluation skills with the ability to understand and carry out complex numerical and financial calculations and analyse data
- The ability to transfer strategy into operational and departmental work plans
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to plan and organise work
- Proven track record of working to tight deadlines and simultaneously managing several initiatives
- The ability to identify quality processes and procedures with the ability to communicate these clearly verbally and in writing
About Us
Established in 1980, Cornerstone is one of Scotland's largest charities with over 40 years' experience providing great care and support for adults and children with various support needs across Scotland.
We operate over 18 local authorities in Scotland and provide a wide range of services to over 2,000 individuals each year. Our focus is to encourage social inclusion, reduce loneliness, and improve health, independence and wellbeing by working closely with the people we support and their families, setting personal goals with them, and ensuring they receive the care and support they need to live the best life possible.
We are always flexible and responsive in meeting the ever changing needs of the people we support and work closely with individuals and families to agree what sort of support will work best for them.
Our strategic aims
- To become an expert provider of services to people with learning disabilities, autism and complex care needs
- To be the best employer in social care in Scotland
- To achieve stability and sustainability which supports future developments.
If you’re up for the challenge and think you have what it takes, then apply today with your CV and cover letter, we'd love to hear from you.
Have any questions? Contact Lynn Wallace, our Director of Finance at lynn.wallace@cornerstone.org.uk.
Shortlisted candidates will be invited along to an interview in person at our Dundee office on Friday 29th November 2024.
The successful candidate will need to undertake a Standard Disclosure check through Disclosure Scotland.
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Fair Deal is an award-winning Social Enterprise providing support for people with learning disabilities and additional support needs. Established over 30 years ago we have been recognised for our groundbreaking work. Based in Glasgow, we work alongside the people we support, to help them have the kind of life they want. At Fair Deal we are committed to personalised individual support arrangements enabling people to build and maintain the life they choose.
Our three core values are Empowering, Innovative and Encouraging. These three values are essential for anyone joining the organisation. We have a proud culture of inclusion and transparency, and we are looking for someone who will lead with their values. We consider our core values and the people we support first and build systems and processes around them – not the other way around.
This is a new post within the Leadership Team at Fair Deal to further strengthen and develop the organisations reach and capacity to deliver innovative services.
It’s an exciting time for the organisation as we have lots of development plans. If you feel your values and skills are a match for us, we would love to hear from you!
Top job! Chief Executive Officer
- Full time
- £95,000 – £110,000
- On site: Linlithgow/Hybrid
- Closing 4th November 2024
As the National Body for Neurodiversity, The Donaldson Trust (‘Donaldsons’) strives to lead by example to enhance public understanding of neurodiversity, foster excellence in practice, and empower neurodivergent individuals to find their voice.
We believe there is a genuine opportunity to create positive societal change – making a difference with, and for, neurodivergent people. As our new Chief Executive, you will drive the organisation’s future strategy, focusing on broadening our reach, increasing our societal impact and influence, and amplifying neurodivergent voices. Ensuring that neurodivergent individuals remain central to everything we do will be your guiding priority.
In this role, you will enhance and build upon Donaldsons’ profile by fostering strong networks with a diverse range of stakeholders. Acting as the organisation’s primary ambassador, you will champion awareness of neurodiversity and issues facing neurodivergent individuals and raise the profile of both the organisation and its impact at both a local and national level.
As a visionary, ambitious, compassionate, and forward-thinking leader, you will bring a proven track record of achievement in a senior strategic role. You will have expertise in resource and budget management, delivering long-term financial sustainability. With strong commercial acumen, you will balance mission-driven objectives with the long-term financial health of the organisation, and your high levels of political acuity, emotional intelligence, and advocacy skills will empower you to champion neurodivergent individuals and their families.
This role presents an exceptional opportunity for a dynamic leader to make a significant impact within an organisation committed to transforming the lives of neurodivergent individuals.
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