Activity and Engagement Lead - Autistic Peer Support Service
Job Posted: 6 November 2025
- Contract Term: Fixed Term
- Location: Isle of Wight
- Contract Type: Part time
- Salary: £13.50 per hour
- Industries: Charity / Voluntary Disability Confident Jobs Health & Social Care Social Work
Job Start Date: 05/01/2026
About us:
We are an Autistic Peoples' Organisation. Our staff team and volunteers are all autistic. We are part of People Matter IW, a registered Charity. We promote a positive working environment for autistic people and provide support and flexible working opportunities to help you enjoy your working life.
About the role:
We are looking for an experienced, creative and positive person to join our team to help us develop our offer of activities and support to ensure we are providing the best range possible. This means you will need to consult with autistic people, listen to what people have to say and act upon what you hear. You will be reaching out to the community across the island and will be planning how to do this, ensuring that we can reach people in a variety of ways. You will be planning activities and events and delivering groups and sessions.
We can offer a variety of flexible working contracts, including annualised hours. Some evening and possibly weekend working will be needed to ensure that we can meet the needs of our community.
About you:
We are looking for someone with experience working in a similar role with an excellent understanding of neuroaffirming support. You will have good organisational skills and knowledge of creating surveys, documents and spreadsheets.
This role is for an autistic person and is subject to an enhanced DBS check. We welcome interested people to arrange a visit with us to discuss the role further.
An application form must be completed for this role to ensure that the safer recruitment policy is followed. We recommend that you use our person specification checklist to ensure that you tell us how you meet the requirements. The application form can be found as an attachment to this job advert. We do not accept CVs for this position. Eithe post your application form to The Auzone, 3 St James Street, Newport, PO305HE and ensure it arrives by the close date. Or email it to [email protected] by the close date.
If you need a paper copy of the application form or would like to arrange a chat or visit please email [email protected] to arrange
AIM (Autism Inclusion Matters)
We are the Isle of Wight's Autistic Peoples Organisation. It is a user led group, organised and run by autistic people, for autistic people. We are part of People Matter IW a registered charity.
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