Senior Autism Practitioner (Team Leader)

As Senior Autism Practitioner, you will provide day-to-day leadership across a number of adult autism services, supporting frontline teams to deliver consistently high standards of care and support. Working closely with colleagues, families and external professionals, you will play a key role in maintaining service quality, developing staff capability and ensuring positive outcomes for the people supported.

Responsibilities

Leading, coaching and mentoring a team of support staff; Supporting the delivery of person-centred services for autistic adults; Working closely with families, multidisciplinary professionals and external agencies; Supporting recruitment, induction and staff development activities; Monitoring service quality and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives; Ensuring support plans are effectively implemented and reviewed; Promoting independence, wellbeing and positive outcomes; Participating in on-call responsibilities as required

Requirements

Previous supervisory, senior practitioner or management experience within social care; Direct experience supporting autistic individuals

Nice to have

Strong coaching, mentoring and people development skills; Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities; A relevant Health and Social Care qualification or willingness to work towards required qualifications; Good IT literacy including Microsoft Office; Full UK Driving Licence; Flexibility to support evenings, weekends and on-call responsibilities when required

Benefits

Enhanced annual leave entitlement; Employer pension contribution; Life assurance scheme; Employee Assistance Programme; Fully funded qualifications and ongoing development; Structured career progression opportunities