Job Title: Challenging Behavioural Therapist
Trust: Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Location: St Mark’s Hospital, St Mark’s Road, Maidenhead
Ward: Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities
Pay Rates: £25.84 per hour
Shift Patterns: Monday – Friday 9.00am – 17.00pm (22.5 Hours per week)
Are you passionate about improving the lives of people with Learning Disabilities, Autism, and complex behavioural needs? Do you have experience in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) and behavioural assessment? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Challenging Behaviour Specialist to join the Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities (CTPLD) in Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead. This is an exciting opportunity to work within a highly skilled multidisciplinary team supporting adults with Learning Disabilities who present with behaviours that challenge and/or mental health needs.
About the role
As a Challenging Behaviour Specialist, you will play a key role in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating Positive Behaviour Support interventions that enable individuals to live fulfilling lives within their communities.
Working collaboratively with service users, families, carers, health professionals, social care teams and third-sector organisations, you will provide specialist behavioural expertise and contribute to preventing unnecessary hospital admissions through proactive, person-centred support.
Key responsibilities include:
- Conducting behavioural assessments and developing functional behavioural formulations.
- Designing, implementing and reviewing Positive Behaviour Support Plans (PBSPs).
- Coordinating multi-agency risk assessments and management plans.
- Providing specialist advice, consultation and support to professionals, families and carers.
- Supporting behavioural and mental health crisis responses when required.
- Delivering training and education programmes to health, social care and voluntary sector partners.
- Participating in service development, audit and quality improvement initiatives.
- Contributing to multidisciplinary assessments and complex case reviews.
What you’ll need:
· Undergraduate degree in appropriate field
· Undergraduate degree in a relevant field.
· Experience working with adults or children with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism.
· Experience applying Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) and/or Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA).
· Experience assessing and supporting behaviours that challenge.
· Experience developing, implementing and evaluating PBS plans.
· Strong communication and report-writing skills.
· Experience working within multidisciplinary teams.
· Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.
The benefits we can offer you in return:
· Putting People in Places to Care – be part of the NHSP community, by joining the bank and caring for patients with a team of people from all walks of life.
· Weekly pay to give you access to your wages more quickly.
· Blue Light Card – NHS Discount Provider
· First choice of shifts/placements at the Trust of your choice over agencies.
· Our team is always happy to help - access our support line any time.
· Working options to suit your lifestyle – being on the bank gives you the flexibility to work the shifts you want or choose fixed term placements.
· Training and development opportunities via the Trust and NHSP’s own academy.
· Explore different wards, keep your skills up to date whilst gaining vital experience.
· Being part of the NHSP Community means you’ll get access to member activities such as member of the month, member appreciation week, key date giveaways, webinar series and much more.
Who are NHS Professionals?
NHS Professionals is a flexible staff bank, owned by the Department of Health, our purpose is to provide you with the autonomy to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community. Offering you flexible work or alternatively fixed term placements.
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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts or fixed term placements across any of our client Trusts in England.
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Pay: £25.84 per hour
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Work Location: In person
