Senior Autism Practitioner (Team Leader) - South West

South West Area Services

Senior Autism Practitioner (Team Leader)

Full Time Position Available – 37 hours per week

Pay Scale:
Starting at £33,921 rising to £34,471 after engagement. Opportunity to progress to £36,344 at your own pace

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for these roles

Reference:  SA1125

Embracing difference, leading change

Are you looking for your next step in your social care career? Are you a dynamic leader who thrives on building strong relationships, adapting to new challenges, and bringing out the best in others? If you're passionate about coaching and developing teams to grow and succeed together, this is your opportunity to lead with purpose and make a lasting impact.

Join our friendly and dedicated team as Senior Autism Practitioner in our South West area with services across: Carluke, Biggar and Lanark.

Across our South West Area Services, we support 48 autistic adults across several welcoming locations. Our care is tailored to each person’s needs, including Housing Support, residential care, and transitional assessment services. You’ll be joining a warm, dedicated team that’s passionate about making a real difference and always looking for ways to grow and improve.

About the Role

As the Senior Autism Practitioner, you’ll ensure the successful delivery of each person’s service across our South West Services. Leading a team of dedicated Autism Practitioners, you will inspire them to provide a consistent, high-quality support service to autistic people. You will coach and mentor them to ensure they perform to the best of their ability.  
 
Using your outstanding communication skills, you’ll collaborate closely with families, agencies and multi-disciplinary teams to implement and further develop support plans designed to help individuals succeed in their day-to-day lives.  
 
Actively involving yourself in the recruitment process, you will always be on the lookout for talented individuals who could make the team even stronger.  
 
This is a superb opportunity to gather experience of a different role, to undertake additional training and lead a hard-working team to success. 
 

About You

To be considered for this diverse role, you must have:  

- Experience gained within a supervisory and/or management role within social care

- Demonstrated experience in supporting autistic people

- Experience coaching and mentoring colleagues
- A health and social care qualification, or the willingness to gain an SVQ Level 4 in health & social care and Leadership and Management for Care Services (LMC) qualification provided by the organisation 
- A good level of IT literacy, including MS Word and Excel

- A Full UK Driving License.

- Able to work a variety of shifts including evenings and weekends and support with regular on-call support. This can be discussed further at interview.

View the full Job Description HERE

Scottish Autism offers you:

We are proud to offer a comprehensive colleague benefits package which includes a competitive salary and a personalised learning pathway for all.  We keep it simple with 3 pay points which you progress at your pace as you develop.

• 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

• Non-contributory life assurance scheme
• Workplace Pension (Employer matched up to 9%)
• Discount platform
• Employee Assistance Programme.

Find out more about our comprehensive benefits package HERE

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.

Closing Date – 27^th January 2026

Interviews – Week commencing 2^nd February 2026

Be Here, Be You, Create Change

Registered charity number is SC009068

Contact information

Caroline Shirlaw