Community Advisor (Temporary)– £30,869- £33,039 Pro Rata + Benefits– Dundee (with local community outreach work with semi-regular evening and weekend work)
The Role
Do you have experience supporting autistic adults in community settings? Are you looking for a role where you can make a meaningful difference every day? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
Connections is an information, advice and support hub for adults who identify as autistic, offering 1:1 advice, peer support groups and signposting to services within the local area.
We are looking for a committed and motivated Community Advisor to join our team at Connections, Dundee. This is part of a test for change project in partnership with Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership and NHS Tayside, shaped by local autistic voices.
You will work alongside autistic people to help them navigate systems, understand their rights, and access meaningful opportunities within the community. You will offer 1:1 information and advice through, email or in person, as well as facilitating peer support groups and signposting individuals to services and activities across the local area.
This is a part-time, fixed term contract (until March 2026) role working 15 hours per week.
If you are ready to help build a more inclusive Scotland, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join Scottish Autism and support autistic adults in your community.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide information, advice, support and guidance to autistic adults, families and interested professionals.
* Offer support to autistic adults wherever they may be on their journey – self-identify, pre and post diagnosis.
* Deliver and facilitate a range of opportunities to autistic adults and their families – either on a 1:1 basis or within groups.
* Promote awareness and understanding of the needs of autistic adults among professionals and the Dundee community.
* Engage with individuals and groups to enable access to other local services and activities.
* Support the development and collation of a range of resources that are accessible and available to those in Dundee/Tayside.
* Collaboratively identify areas of development to ensure autistic adult needs are met.
The Company
Scottish Autism seeks to promote and provide care, education, support and opportunities for people with autism of all ages throughout Scotland. We work tirelessly to create a world where autistic people are understood and enabled to lead meaningful, fulfilling and happy lives as valued members of the community.
The Person
* Lived Experience and/or autism practice, with the knowledge to apply theory into practice.
* Contemporary knowledge and understanding of autism, autistic people and their families across the lifespan.
* Experience of supporting complex situations where a person might be experiencing heightened levels of distress or confusion.
* Active listening skills and able to respond empathetically.
* Provide enabling support to empower autistic people and their families.
* Ability to translate complex theoretical knowledge into accessible and practical advice.
* Ability to work in a diverse range of environments to deliver and facilitate support appropriate to the need of different audiences.
* Ability to self-manage and to organise diverse workstreams.
* Have sound knowledge of education, health and social service contexts across Scotland as they apply to autistic people and their families.