Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Behaviour Support Practitioner

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 6 Specialist Behaviour Support Practitioner to work as part of the developing Child & Young People's Enhanced Support Service (CYPRESS), covering West Sussex. The base is in Swandean, Worthing. The post is for 5 days a week (1.0 WTE), with options to work flexibly across the week.

We are a multi-disciplinary team (including clinical psychology, speech & language therapy, occupational therapy and positive behaviour support) that provides support to families who have a child with a learning disability, who is presenting with behaviours that challenge.

Our service fits with the trusts wider goal of developing services to meet the Transforming Care Agenda, as part of the Learning Disability and Autism programme. As a service we encourage innovative and creative practice and there will be many opportunities to get involved with service developments.

The post holder will be part of a dynamic and supportive multi-disciplinary team and will join a service with good opportunities for peer support and CPD. We adopt a multi-agency approach to supporting clients and have close links with our CAMHS colleagues, social care, education, residential services and the third sector.

Main duties of the job

As a specialist behaviour support practitioner your role will be varied, but there will be a focus on multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working. Clinical work is focussed on providing PBS informed assessments and developing behaviour support plans to the networks supporting young people with complex challenging behaviour.

You will hold a small caseload offering intensive assessments and interventions to young people with challenging behaviour and their families, working closely with education, support services, other health and social care professionals. You will be supported by the wider MDT, who can offer advice and consultation, as well as providing specialist assessments to help ensure a holistic approach can be adopted. Working within this role will require having considerable experience of working within the Positive Behaviour Support framework. There will be opportunities to link with behaviour support practice networks within West Sussex. Preferably you will be a Board Certified Behavioural Analyst.

The role will offer opportunities to support service developments and link in with other PBS practitioners working across Sussex CAMHS and the local authority. We are also planning to develop opportunities to provide training sessions and workshops to families/carers and professionals.

About us

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other key survey results:

70% highlighting flexible working as a key point for satisfaction at work
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
77% identifying opportunities to show initiative in their roles

CYPRESS: We are a relatively new service commissioned as part of the Learning Disability and Autism Programme. We have close relationships with our commissioners and aim to work alongside our social care, residential and education colleagues to ensure holistic support is offered in a joined-up way.

Date posted

12 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-CS-21426

Job locations

Swandean, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Arundel Road

Worthing

BN13 3EP

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:

Naomi Frith, Service Manager naomi.frith@spft.nhs.uk

Dr Claire Elphick, Principal Clinical Psychologist & Clinical Lead CYPRESS Claire.elphick@spft.nhs.uk

We are happy to arrange informal visits.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information explore the attachments or contact:

Naomi Frith, Service Manager naomi.frith@spft.nhs.uk

Dr Claire Elphick, Principal Clinical Psychologist & Clinical Lead CYPRESS Claire.elphick@spft.nhs.uk

We are happy to arrange informal visits.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree/Diploma in Applied Behaviour Analysis
Evidence of CPD in relevant areas

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Significant period of previous experience of working with people with a learning disability
Professional knowledge has been acquired through degree/diploma and supplemented by specialist experience.
Significant period of previous experience of working with children and young people who present challenging behaviour
Experience of supervising staff
Excellent verbal and written skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree/Diploma in Applied Behaviour Analysis
Evidence of CPD in relevant areas

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Significant period of previous experience of working with people with a learning disability
Professional knowledge has been acquired through degree/diploma and supplemented by specialist experience.
Significant period of previous experience of working with children and young people who present challenging behaviour
Experience of supervising staff
Excellent verbal and written skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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