Job summary
**Senior Behavioural Support Practitioner**
We are looking for a Senior Behavioural Support Practitioner to join our dedicated team. In this role, you will support clients who exhibit complex behaviors that can be challenging. You will work with individuals receiving services from the Tower Hamlets Community Learning Disabilities Service for Adults with Learning Disabilities.
Your focus will be on delivering a variety of person-centred assessments and interventions, all aligned with a Positive Behavioural Support approach.
Main duties of the job
The role involves collaborating with clients, families, support workers, and professionals to help them better understand and respond to challenging behaviors in accordance with the principles of Positive Behavior Support (PBS) and Positive and Proactive Care, aimed at reducing the need for restrictive interventions (2014).
Interventions will take place across various settings, including residential and day services, and will require teamwork with a multi-disciplinary team.
The individual in this position will be engaged in researching and evaluating local services and will play a key role in delivering relevant training to enhance the knowledge and skills of appropriate stakeholders.
Acting independently, the post holder will manage a defined caseload of complex cases, demonstrating problem-solving and clinical reasoning skills based on evidence-based and client-centered principles. Additionally, he or she will participate in clinical development as needed.
When necessary, the role will also involve conducting functional analyses of clients' challenging behaviors, as well as supervising Behavioral Support Workers employed by the organization.
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About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description document for the full job description and main responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description document for the full job description and main responsibilities.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Relevant professional/educational qualifications, e.g. accredited training in PBS or Behaviour Analysis, such as a Professional diploma or certification in PBS, BSc PBS, MSc Applied Behaviour Analysis/PBS) or equivalent.
- Able to understand and have experience of the application of behavioural approaches
- Knowledge of up to date policies in relation to learning disabilities.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities
- Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities who display behaviour that challenges.
- Work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
- Able to work with staff & families in implementing interventions.
- Able to develop and deliver training packages.
- Able to work within a multidisciplinary team & partner agencies.
- Able to plan, organise and prioritise own clinical workload
- Knowledge of national policies relevant to LD and ability to formulate plans & contribute to local adaptation & implementation of such policies
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Relevant professional/educational qualifications, e.g. accredited training in PBS or Behaviour Analysis, such as a Professional diploma or certification in PBS, BSc PBS, MSc Applied Behaviour Analysis/PBS) or equivalent.
- Able to understand and have experience of the application of behavioural approaches
- Knowledge of up to date policies in relation to learning disabilities.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities
- Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities who display behaviour that challenges.
- Work in a multi-cultural setting, including working with interpreters
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Able to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing.
- Able to work with staff & families in implementing interventions.
- Able to develop and deliver training packages.
- Able to work within a multidisciplinary team & partner agencies.
- Able to plan, organise and prioritise own clinical workload
- Knowledge of national policies relevant to LD and ability to formulate plans & contribute to local adaptation & implementation of such policies
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
