Senior Practitioner

Role: Senior Practitioner
Location: South Lanarkshire
Service: Autism Support
Salary: 33,000 - 36,500


Reporting to the Services Manager, this role is to support practitioner teams to deliver high quality support to autistic individuals.

Key Responsibilities:
* To lead and develop both autism services and team practitioners to deliver the highest quality of support in line with Care Inspectorate and SSSC
* Ensure a supported care environment, meeting each individuals care needs and health and social care standards.
* Staff management - ensure staff are trained to be able to achieve short term and long term objectives, rotas, support with disciplinaries where necessary, identify areas for improvement and contribute in 1:1 meetings
* Provide on call support
* Financial management and budget monitoring
* Build and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders
* Carry out audits


Requirements/Experience
* SVQ4 in Health and Social Care (or willingness to work towards) and Leadership and Management certificate
* A strong understanding and knowledge of autism
* Experience in management or a team leader role
* Rota management
* IT skills


Role is subject to PVG disclosure check.

For any queries on this role please email Robyn at robyn.christie@search.co.uk

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