Temporary Community Advisor

Community Advice Services – Dundee Connections

Location: Dundee with local community outreach work (with semi-regular evening and weekend work)

Part Time: 14 hours per week

Fixed Term, until March 2027

Salary: £30,869 appointed / £31,278 confirmed / £33,039 advanced (pro rata)

Reference:  SA1231

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role

Embracing Difference, Leading Change

About 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, this opportunity could be for you!

Connections is an information, advice and support hub for adults who identify as autistic, at any point of their journey. Providing 1:1 information and advice via phone, email or in person, peer support groups, as well as signposting and support to access other services and activities 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 & Social Care Partnership and NHS Tayside, shaped by local autistic voices.

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.
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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.
• Share Scottish Autism’s values; Collaboration, Compassion, Change Makers, Contribution
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Click here to view the full Job Description.

For an informal chat, please contact either;

• Fiona Rice, Senior Community Advisor: fiona.rice@scottishautism.org
• Zofia Bukiel, Community Advice Services: zofia.bukiel@scottishautism.org

Why Join Us?

Scottish Autism are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package. See some of what we offer here.

This post is subject to a PVG Disclosure check. Scottish Autism will cover the costs of your PVG membership.

Closing Date: 20^th September 2026

Interview Date: 29^th September 2026

We value diversity and welcome applications from people with lived experience of autism.

Registered charity number is SC009068