Embracing difference, leading change

We're looking for a passionate and motivated leader to join our Central Area Services team, supporting autistic adults across housing support, care at home, day opportunities, and outreach services.

As a Senior Autism Practitioner, you'll lead and develop a team of Autism Practitioners, ensuring high-quality, person-centred support is delivered every day. You'll coach and mentor colleagues, build strong partnerships with families and professionals, and help create positive outcomes for the people we support.

This is an exciting opportunity to further your leadership career while making a real difference in people's lives.

What We're Looking For:

• Someone who leads by example, embedding our values of Belonging, Empowering, Curiosity and Integrity in everyday interactions and decisions.
• Experience in a supervisory or management role within social care
• Experience supporting autistic people
• Strong coaching and mentoring skills
• Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities
• Good IT skills, including Microsoft Word and Excel, with the ability and willingness to learn new systems, including rota planning software.
• Full UK driving licence
• Flexibility to work a variety of shifts and participate in an on-call rota

Why Join Scottish Autism?

At Scottish Autism, people are at the heart of everything we do. As Scotland’s leading autism charity, we are committed to creating an inclusive culture where difference is embraced, individual voices are valued, and everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Our work is guided by four core values: Belonging, Empowering, Curiosity and Integrity, which shape how colleagues support autistic people, work together and drive positive change.

We also offer a generous benefits package including:

• Competitive salary with clear progression opportunities
• 32 days annual leave (pro rata), increasing with service
• Sector-leading training and development from day one
• Fully funded professional qualifications - we'll support you to achieve relevant qualifications, including SVQ Level 4 and Leadership & Management for Care Services, if required.
• Employer pension contributions of up to 9%
• Life assurance scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Retail and lifestyle discounts

We are currently looking to recruit support workers to join our small team within Inclusion Alliance. The role involves supporting people with learning disabilities to be included in the community and lead an ordinary life. Your work would involve helping people to access educational, social, leisure and work or volunteering opportunities in the community.

No experience or formal qualifications are necessary for the role although a caring nature, positive attitude and a sense of fun are important characteristics to have. New staff will receive paid training and undertake shadow shifts with experienced staff members during induction. We want new staff to feel ready and able to work prior to working on their own for the first time.

We have various vacancies available including part time and relief/casual positions in various locations throughout Edinburgh.

Working hours are based between the hours of 8am and 5pm Monday to Friday.

We have various permanent and casual vacancies available.

Relief/Casual pay rate- £13.45

Candidates must be caring, motivated and have excellent communication skills whilst being committed to working in a person-centred way ensuring that support is built around the supported person’s wishes and needs.

Benefits include

• Employer contributory pension scheme
• Funded SVQ 3 qualification and learning opportunity
• Paid annual leave entitlement
• Regular paid supervision sessions
• Regular paid training and development opportunities
• Daytime Monday to Friday working
• Working for a well-established small organisation where person centred values are at the core.Free 24/7 access to employee support app

As our Near You Coordinator you will lead the development and delivery of the RNID Near You community service across the Edinburgh and Lothians region, supporting local communities through drop‑in sessions offering:

• Practical hearing aid support
• Information on hearing loss and tinnitus
• Hearing checks

You will be responsible for co-ordinating around 20 drop-in services and be able to recruit, train and manage a team of up to 30 volunteers to deliver the service across your area. You will have responsibility for the set up and running of these clinics and have good local knowledge of your area in order to seek new opportunities for delivery of our RNID Near You services.

We are looking to appoint a motivated person with a keen interest in supporting people with their hearing loss. While you will be home based, there will be some travel to venues where we will provide drop-in clinics in community settings.

You want to make a difference in people’s lives and love to interact with various audiences, including volunteers, health & care professionals and service users. You have experience managing events, your own workload and can work evenings/weekends if required. You can physically assist clients with hearing aids sensitively, giving clear guidance and taking into account individual wishes and health needs.

You are ready to work for a home-working organisation and have good IT skills, particularly with Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Excel, Word.

We are RNID: the national charity supporting the 18 million people in the UK who are deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus. Together, we will end the discrimination faced by our communities, help people hear better now and fund world-class research to restore hearing and silence tinnitus.

We work with our communities and partners across industry, government, charity, education and more to change life for the better. RNID has a proud history and big ambitions. We’re focused on making the greatest impact possible across the whole of the UK. We champion the latest technology and the opportunities it brings. We also know the value of a friendly face in local communities to support people where they need it most.

We champion the value of difference and equality and celebrate our diverse and inclusive workforce. We actively encourage applications from eligible candidates from BAME backgrounds or who are deaf or hard of hearing. With almost 20% of our employees having a disability we proudly hold Disability Confident Leader status and guarantee an interview for disabled applicants meeting the minimum essential criteria.

While this role is offered on a fixed‑term basis, there is a strong possibility for extension subject to the availability of continued funding. Early application is encouraged.

Can Do:

We are an East Lothian based charity (SC049855) working to reduce social isolation experienced by children and young people with disabilities. Since 1982, we have been delivering school holiday playschemes and term-time youth clubs offering regular social opportunities, for young people with a wide range of disabilities, including those with severe and complex needs focusing on promoting fun, friendship and adventure. In addition, we offer a robust volunteering programme creating up to 50 opportunities each year. The voice of our members is central to our work, with our Board of parent/carer representatives meeting regularly throughout the year.

Working Pattern:

This post is contracted at 28 hours per week, worked Monday to Thursday. In addition, you will work an extra 7 hours every fortnight to support evening Youth Club sessions (3.5 hours on a Tuesday and 3.5 hours on a Thursday) during East Lothian school term times.

During school holiday periods (approximately 9 weeks per year, including Easter, Summer and October holidays), your hours will increase to 35 hours per week over 4 days to support the delivery of additional direct services and activities for children and young people.

This is a varied role which includes travel throughout East Lothian. A driving license and access to your own vehicle is required. The role is offered on a flexible working arrangement to support a healthy work-life balance. There is expectation that the hours will be split between the charity office (North Berwick), home/school visits, meetings, training, induction and working from home. There may be the requirement to work evenings or weekend on occasions.

When services are in operation (evening Youth Clubs and school holiday Playschemes) your working hours will be fully centre based. You will be based at either:

• Sandersons Wynd Primary School, Tranent
• Meadowpark School, Victoria Road, Haddington
• North Berwick Community Centre, 8 Law Road North Berwick, EH29 4PN

This will be discussed further during recruitment.

What We Offer:

• Salary of £34,600 to £35,300 per annum.
• Flexible working arrangements.
• Meaningful and rewarding work supporting disabled children and young people.
• Opportunity to shape and develop services
• Real Living Wage Employer.
• Supportive and values-led team environment.

Additional Information:

The successful candidate will be required to:

• Undertake a PVG Scheme check.
• Register with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC).
• Provide references, including from their current employer.

Can Do is proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from all

sections of the community.

The Role & Responsibilities:

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Service Co-ordinator who is responsible for coordinating and delivering services that support disabled children, young people, and their families. The post holder will act as a key point of contact, ensuring families receive appropriate information, guidance, and access to support programmes. They will work collaboratively with families, staff, volunteers, statutory services, and partner organisations to promote inclusion, wellbeing, and positive outcomes for children and young people.