Community Advisor
One Stop Shop Community Advisor
Based in Kirkcaldy - One Stop Shop
Part time- 16.5 hours
£30,869 - £33,039 pro rata
An exciting opportunity for a committed and motivated Community Advisor has arisen to join our existing team at the Fife One Stop Shop.
The One Stop Shop is a local hub based within Kirkcaldy which provides advice, support and guidance to autistic people, their families, friends, and professionals across Fife. Our One Stop Shop supports hundreds of people across Fife every year through a range of free to access community opportunities/services. The service itself is managed by Scottish Autism and funded by Fife’s Health and Social Care partnership.
Due to the nature of the role and the reach across Fife the role also involves an element of community outreach, engaging with the local autistic/autism community, as well as our supported commissioned services.
In this role you will work alongside the One Stop Shop Senior Community Advisor and wider stakeholders to;
1. Provide information, advice, support and guidance to autistic people, families, carers and interested professionals.
2. Offer pre and post diagnostic support to autistic people, families and carers.
3. Deliver and facilitate a range of opportunities to autistic people, families and professionals.
4. Maintain relevant resources that are accessible and available to those who access the One Stop Shop.
5. Promote awareness and understanding of the needs of autistic people within the Fife community.
6. Collaboratively identify areas of development to ensure autistic people and their family’s needs are met.
The successful candidate will have;
7. Lived Experience and/or autism practice, with the knowledge to apply theory into practice.
8. Contemporary knowledge and understanding of autism, autistic people and their families across the lifespan.
9. Experience of supporting complex situations where a person might be experiencing heightened levels of distress or confusion.
10. Active listening skills and able to respond empathetically.
11. Ability to translate complex theoretical knowledge into accessible and practical advice.
12. Ability to work in a diverse range of environments to deliver and facilitate support appropriate to the needs of different audiences, such as autistic people, or parents and carers.
13. Ability to self-manage and to organise diverse work streams.
14. Share Scottish Autism’s values; Collaboration, Compassion, Change Makers, Contribution.
Scottish Autism offers you:
Staff wellbeing is priority, and we strive to ensure all colleagues feel valued and supported at work.
We provide an excellent benefits package which includes a competitive salary and a personalised learning pathway for all.
We keep it simple with 3 pay points. You progress at your pace as you develop. We benchmark regularly to ensure the rates are competitive.
15. 32 days holiday pro rata (which increases with your length of service)
16. Non-contributory life assurance scheme
17. Workplace Pension (Employer matched up to 9%)
18. Discount platform
19. Employee Assistance Programme.
This post is subject to a PVG Disclosure check. Scottish Autism cover the costs of your PVG membership.