Senior Policy Officer (ND Development) – WLGA
Employer: Pembrokeshire County Council
Salary: Grade 5 (SCP 37 41) £48,226.39 - £52,413.22
Contractual hours: 37 hours per week, Fixed Term / Secondment until 31st March 2027
Closing date: Tuesday 2nd December 2025
Reporting to: Head of Wales Neurodivergence Service
Location: One Canal Parade, Dumballs Road, Cardiff (with some flexibility to work from home and remotely in accordance with our Agile Working Policy)
About the Team
The Social Services and Housing Directorate covers a range of policy areas and includes a number of grant funded teams with more specific remits. The remit of the directorate includes social services and health; housing; asylum seekers, refugees and migration; community safety, including issues affecting Fire and Rescue Authorities, Policing and the Armed Forces community. The grant funded teams within the Directorate include the Joint Inspection Team (for building safety); National Commissioning Board; National Neurodivergence Service (previously the National Autism Team); Wales Safer Communities Network; and the Wales Strategic Migration Partnership. The Directorate also provides a significant link to the National Adoption Service and Foster Wales. Many of the issues that fall within the remit of the Directorate are cross‑cutting and require cross‑policy and cross‑sector working, working closely with local authorities and a range of other partners, with a focus on improving outcomes for citizens across Wales.
About the Role
The main purpose of this role will be to work with the Welsh Government and key stakeholders across both Health and Social care across Wales, to help drive the implementation of the Code of Practice for Autism that sits beneath the Social Services and Well‑Being Wales Act and the NHS Act.
Hosted by the Welsh Local Government Association in conjunction with Public Health Wales, this post will be part of a unique integrated support and development team. The role will work with the Regional Partnership Boards and key stakeholders in the development of infrastructure to deliver their local autism delivery plans. The post holder will be a key point of contact for a wide range of stakeholders at a national level and will coordinate information between the regions and the National Autism Team and will drive the implementation of the Code of Practice and the National ND agenda and provide information, advice, and guidance on the statutory requirements of the Code on Practice. This includes workforce development, and they will be expected to work closely with workforce leads and teams both in the Local Authority and Health boards across Wales.
This post will support and inform the Welsh Government with any evaluation or updates to the Code of Practice. The post holder will also promote and share ND Wales resources across Wales and engage with and support local Autism/ND leads and local stakeholder groups. The post holder will have a key role in ensuring that the voice of neurodivergent people is embedded within this work.
The role will manage a range of relationships and communications to underpin the implementation of the Code and promote the integration agenda. The role will involve liaison with senior level professionals across Health Boards and Local Authorities, voluntary organisations, neurodivergent people and parents / carers and will have a role in communication and information sharing across these groups. The role will contribute to team management by managing the workload of the Administrative Officer.
How to Apply
For an initial discussion about the role and the organisation, please contact Sian Lewis, Head of Wales Neurodivergence Service at (contact details not provided).
The successful candidate will be required to provide evidence of identity and eligibility to work in the UK. The WLGA does not participate in the UK Visa Sponsorship Scheme therefore, candidates will have to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK if offered a role with us.
The Association welcomes applications in English or Welsh.
The Association is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
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