Practice Advisor

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Practice Advisor - Appletree

Full Time - 37 hours per week made up of 20 hours of support (Permanent)

Salary: £32,819 - £34,989 (including Rural Allowance)

Ref: SA1153

Postcode: PH3

Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role

Embracing difference, leading change

About us:

Scottish Autism is dedicated to enabling autistic people to lead happy, healthy and fulfilling lives. We believe in the power of relationships to transform the lives of the people we support. We help build a more caring, compassionate, and inclusive Scotland, one relationship at a time.

About the opportunity:

An exciting opportunity has arisen to be a part of Appletree service. Supporting the individual, you'll build a nurturing relationship with the person whilst gaining a rich understanding of them and how best to support. Collaborating with the dedicated team, you will use coaching, training and practical advice to develop and improve autism practice. As an organisation, we follow a stress reduction model of support, ensuring a low stress environment is achieved.

In this role, you will:

Be actively involved in service delivery - minimum of 20 hours per week

Reporting to the Tayside Services Manager, the Appletree Practice Advisor will support the translation of theory into practice and support the embedding of learning that focuses on reducing stress, supporting wellbeing and individual voice and choice,

Support staff to complete an SVQ relevant to their registration with the SSSC

Work collaboratively with the services and our low arousal leads to ensure the consistent application of our low arousal approach.

Form an important part of the person's support network; liaising with the person, their family, the wider team and various stakeholders to ensure the person's needs and goals are met.

About You:

The successful candidate will:

Have high level of contemporary knowledge and understanding of autism and autistic people and their families across the lifespan

Have understanding how trauma impacts on an individuals' life

Have autism practice or lived experience with the knowledge and ability to translate and apply complex theoretical knowledge into practice.

Be committed to the elimination of restrictive practice and restraint.

Be a change maker, always looking for ways to improve processes and service levels, and to add value

SVQ 3 or working towards achieving this

Have the ability to apply a coaching model to practice development

Have experience of managing conflict and challenging situations

Full Job description HERE:

TPBN1_UKTJ
Location:
Auchterarder
Salary:
£30,000
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Consulting

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