Job summary
Are you a motivated team player who is passionate about working with young people with a Learning Disability? Are you innovative, creative and committed to improving services? Do you want a job that will make a difference? If this sounds like you, Hampshire CAMHS Learning Disability/Autism Team are seeking a behaviour specalist to join our growing Multi-Disciplinary Team.
You will be joining a friendly, supportive, and creative multi-disciplinary team which currently include Nurses, occupational therapist, speech and language therapist and admin. The team provides assessment and intervention for young people who have a learning disability, who also experience mental health difficulties, emotional distress / dysregulation, and / or people who present with challenging behaviour. The LD/A team uses the model of Positive Behaviour Support.
This post will work across Hampshire and therefore you will be able to identify the base that is closest to where you live. This post will sit within our psychology offer.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a behaviour specialist to work under a clinical psychologist who will provide regular supervision. The Successful candidate will support the development of our challenging behaviour pathway and help us to be consistent with our offer across the county. They will be proficient and knowledgeable in carrying out functional assessment then implementing and evaluating individual care plans to manage the difficulties. The behaviour specialist will be expected to utilise practical and theoretical knowledge, maintain excellent therapeutic professional relationships regarding all aspect of care, demonstrate a variety of communication skills in accordance with service users needs. They will also be an excellent team player that is able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.
You will have opportunities to link with other clinicians that sit under psychology as well as access to training opportunities offered by the trust. We would also encourage external informal links with other specialist services to share best practice.
About us
Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.
With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.
We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.
The transformation will happen in stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.
Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelor level qualification in topic related to behaviour analysis / psychology / intellectual disability / education
- Masters level training in applied behaviour analysis and intervention in learning disability or closely related degree topic.
- Training towards or accreditation as Board Certified Behaviour Analyst.
Desirable
- Qualifications in Applied Behaviour Analysis, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of Applied Behaviour Analysis / Positive Behaviour Support / Psychology
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with Adults or Children with Learning Disability or Autism in any job role.
- Experience of specialist psychological / behavioural assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, including community, and / or in patient settings.
- Experience of supervised practice working with Behaviour Analyst / Clinical Psychologist.
- Experience of working within teams and systems.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of behavioural psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary Learning Disability service.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Skills in the use of methods of psychological / behavioural assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of materials suitable for presentations within professional settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable
- Skills in audit and performance monitoring.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills and experience of providing clinical supervision to others
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Bachelor level qualification in topic related to behaviour analysis / psychology / intellectual disability / education
- Masters level training in applied behaviour analysis and intervention in learning disability or closely related degree topic.
- Training towards or accreditation as Board Certified Behaviour Analyst.
Desirable
- Qualifications in Applied Behaviour Analysis, staff training and/or other fields of applied psychology.
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of Applied Behaviour Analysis / Positive Behaviour Support / Psychology
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with Adults or Children with Learning Disability or Autism in any job role.
- Experience of specialist psychological / behavioural assessment and treatment of clients across a range of care settings, including community, and / or in patient settings.
- Experience of supervised practice working with Behaviour Analyst / Clinical Psychologist.
- Experience of working within teams and systems.
Desirable
- Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision.
- Experience of the application of behavioural psychology in different cultural contexts.
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary Learning Disability service.
- Experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse and the threat of physical abuse.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Skills in the use of methods of psychological / behavioural assessment, intervention and management frequently requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Well developed skills in the ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information to young people, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Ability to teach and train others, using a variety of materials suitable for presentations within professional settings.
- Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
Desirable
- Skills in audit and performance monitoring.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills and experience of providing clinical supervision to others
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
