Careers

Prior's Court was set up by Founding Patron Dame Stephanie Shirley, whose vision of a centre of excellence for children with autism became reality with the opening of Prior's Court School in 1999. We have since grown to support around 80 young people with autism aged between 5-25 years.

Since opening, our team has grown from around 20 to 600 and we have built a reputation as a leading edge educational, vocational, and residential facility for young people with autism. Our business support, estates and housekeeping teams have also grown to enable us to support the increasing number of young people we now support.

Our support teams are vital to the progress our young people make and many little moments of progress are celebrated every day. So what did you do today? And what do you want to be doing tomorrow? Join our teams and help make a difference to children and young people with severe autism.

Become an Autism Practitioner

Go home every day with a smile on your face knowing that you made a real difference. Read more

Changing Lives

Our work is defined by little moments of progress. To some people they might seem trivial. To us and our young people they are breakthroughs. Read more

An inspiring environment

Our specialist facilities are housed within a beautiful, tranquil estate, where you can gain valuable experience, skills and autism expertise. Read more

Rewards and Benefits

We offer a range of excellent benefits, including flexible shifts, to help support our staff in developing their skills, expertise and career with us. Read more

Skills and Experience

You don’t always need qualifications to join us. Our diverse teams of professionals come from a range of different cultural and career backgrounds. Read more

Training and Support

Our comprehensive training and support ensures that our staff can maintain a high level of expertise and understanding of autism, throughout their career. Read more

Contact Recruitment

Get in touch to discover more about what it's like to work at Prior's Court, to speak to a member of our recruitment team or to attend one of our open days. Read more

Vacancies

There are over 500 staff at Prior’s Court to provide support 24 hours a day. There are full and part time roles working directly with our young people, business support, estates and housekeeping. Read more

Application Process

What happens when you apply for a job at Prior's Court? Find out our recruitment process and timeline here. Read more

Latest

Autism Practitioner

We aim for our support staff to be highly trained experts in autism, that's why we call them Autism Practitioners rather than Support Workers. We are looking for individuals with and without experience in care to provide a positive learning environment for young people.

Volunteer Opportunity - Corporate Volunteer Supervisor (2 days per week)

We are looking for a volunteer to join our Fundraising team two days per week, to oversee corporate volunteer groups visits to Prior’s Court.

Autism Practitioner - Education and Vocational Learning

We offer unrivalled opportunities for those seeking positions in a residential school environment and have exciting term-time only positions for Autism Practitioners working between 25-35 hours a week within our school.

Health and Wellbeing Hub Appeal resources

Help us to transform the health and wellbeing of young people with severe autism by delivering purpose-built facilities to enable us to be more efficient, proactive and better able to meet our young people's health and wellbeing needs.

Press statement; Devastating news from Prior's Court

On Thursday 11 October, Prior’s Court received a call from Thames Valley Police informing us that one of our minibuses had been involved in a serious road traffic collision with a heavy goods vehicle on the M4.

Contact Us

Set up in 1999, Prior's Court Foundation provides the governance and administration for Prior's Court School, Prior's Court Young Adult Provision and Prior's Court Training & Development Centre. Find out how to contact us here.

Autism Practitioner

What we do

Prior’s Court is dedicated to bringing the highest level of expertise to support and improve life chances for people with severe autism.

What we do 5-20

Prior's Court School is an independent special school for young people with autism aged 5 to 20 years. All students are on the autism spectrum and have moderate to severe learning difficulties and complex needs.

Family Fund

We are absolutely devastated that a road traffic collision on Thursday 11 October caused three members of staff to lose their lives while two have suffered life changing injuries. We would like to thank all those who donated or sent messages of support to those affected.

Let Me Shine

To mark World Autism Awareness Day on 2nd April, Prior’s Court released a new single, ‘Let Me Shine’, to challenge perceptions of autism. Please listen to the song, watch the video and help share the message.

What we do 19-25

Prior’s Court Young Adult Provision was set up in 2011 to meet the continuing needs of young adults between the ages of 19 and 25 with autism, learning difficulties and complex needs.

Senior Autism Practitioner

Join our teams working in conjunction with the Home Management Team supporting young people with severe autism in their homes.

Autism Practitioner - Nights

Our night teams play a key role in improving the sleep patterns of young people with autism and in building their independence and life-skills.

Prior Insight

Prior Insight is a ground-breaking, bespoke digital platform used for recording and reporting the extensive information generated every day about the children and young people with autism at Prior's Court. Prior Insight provides new insights and a better understanding of autism to enhance support. Read more

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