Benefits and Career Development
The Society is dedicated to developing its staff and encourages individual training. There is an excellent package of benefits including training, induction, pension, holidays, policy and procedures.
Benefits
- Final Salary Pension Scheme : Membership of Falkirk Council Local Government Pension Scheme.
- Annual Leave: 32 days rising to 37 days after five years' continuous service.
- Special leave: maternity leave and payments above the statutory minimum. Paternity leave; adoption leave; special leave provisions.
- Induction period with an appointed mentor to guide you through your first six months of employment.
- A variety of options to suit your circumstances - job share, full-time, part-time and casual opportunities.
- Protection of your health, safety and welfare in the workplace.
- Striving to be an equal opportunities employer.
- Career development opportunities through training and further education.
- Employee counselling, line management structure, supervision, appraisal, staff meeting, healthy workforce initiatives.
Career Development
Job Title |
Likely levels of experience and qualifications |
Area Manager |
Professional qualification and post-graduate experience |
Services Manager |
Professional qualification and significant management experience |
Resource Manager |
SVQ Level 4 or above or equivalent and Registered Manager award or equivalent |
Autism Practitioner Level 3 (specialised) |
Working to required standard . SVQ level 3/HNC Social Care/Workplace Assessor Unit (D32/D33) Experience of working in a care setting |
Autism Practitioner |
No qualification required. Ability to work at SVQ level 2. Experience of working in a care setting. |
Casual |
No qualification required. Experience of working in a care setting. |
Training
The Society offers an impressive Induction process. This involves allocation of a mentor who will help to guide new staff through the six month induction process.
This support is extended into regular supervision and training sessions with a wide and diverse range of training being offered.
We aim to ensure that staff continue to learn about the newest and most relevant theories and approaches to providing support to people with autism in a care profession.
After many years extensive development, the Society is now an approved Scottish Qualifcation Authority Centre. Our teams are qualified to deliver a range of courses. More
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