We are a great size and with services across Scotland (including a school, care homes, outreach, advisory services and housing support), we have career and personal development opportunities. We aim to work with requests for casual, part-time, fixed term as well as full-time applications. We are not too big though- with around 1,000 colleagues we still have opportunities to connect and learn from one another.

We have a coaching culture and encourage autonomy within teams so this means that we recruit people who can collaborate and contribute. We care deeply about our colleagues, so wellbeing and recognition are at the heart of how we work together. We always do more than what’s required: that includes choir, art club and wellbeing plans.

We are moving to a learning pathway model for development and progression where after you are confirmed into post you dictate the pace and routes of learning. We’re all different and we understand that. Putting knowledge into action is key. Our salaries are benchmarked every three years so that we know they are competitive.

We are a highly professional organisation fully focused on autism. The expertise in the organisation is based on a 53-year foundation of learning. Because our work is not generalist, the quality of training and service delivery is outstanding. Our level of leading national expertise means we offer outstanding talent development opportunities in autism services, our centre for practice innovation and across other Scottish Autism departments. People who want to work in the field of autism or gain practical experience, including many graduates, choose to work with us. We expect continuous improvement and do not stand still constantly adapting to change and improve.

We have a whole centre dedicated to practice innovation! This includes research that is ‘live’ and driven by autistic people, practice advisors supporting teams and individuals to continually reflect on what great practice (methods of working) looks like. We are thought leaders constantly considering our approach and how autistic people are enabled to live happy, healthy and fulfilling lives. We also have a team of community advisors working with other businesses and the wider community to provide external training, consultancy and information to improve the lives of autistic people in other settings.

We have invested in a significant digital implementation programme, which was complete in 2020. Paperwork is no longer on paper! This saves time and reduces bureaucracy. Training and support is provided for colleagues who are less confident with technology.

Valuing diversity and promoting equal opportunities is at the heart of our vision, mission and values.

We particularly encourage and welcome applications from people with lived experience of autism. There is an active Autistic Employees forum to provide connections and mutual peer support between colleagues. We are committed to inclusive governance.

We would like to receive more applications from men and young people too because they are under-represented in our workforce.