Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

Location: Balham / Ealing & Working from home (hybrid)
Application Deadline: 02 February 2025
Salary: £35,365 per annum
Region: Balham

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity to join Certitude as a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner as we continue to grow as London’s leading adult social care provider.

Salary: £35,365 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours
Job Type: Permanent - Full time
Department: Operations
Location: Balham/Ealing/Hybrid working

Benefits

- A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
- 25 days’ annual leave + bank holidays & enrolment onto a pension scheme
- 24-hour Employee Assistance
- Paid Enhanced DBS
- Eye care vouchers & Perkbox (employee benefits platform - for wellbeing and discounts)
- Salary sacrifice schemes available: Travel to work loan, Cycle to work Scheme, Gym Membership & Tech Purchase

About the role

This is a great opportunity in our Specialist Support Team to make a real difference to the lives of people we support. We are looking for someone with experience in designing, implementing and embedding person centred assessment and intervention in line with Positive Behaviour Support approaches. Your enthusiasm, drive for quality, excellent communication skills and track record of getting things done are needed. In return, you will get a rewarding career opportunity in an organisation that prides itself on allowing people to live the life they want as well as being a highly regarded London provider.

Duties will include:

- To role model and act as an organisational resource on best practice in supporting people using a Positive Behaviour Support framework across Certitude.
- To carry out functional assessments, analyse data, develop PBS strategies and plans and develop a plan for implementation based on robust mediator analysis.
- To ensure all assessments are person centred, robust and accurately reflect risk factors for the person, people around them and to the organisation.
- To support the development of Certitude’s local offer (building capability and competency) through training and coaching in PBS.
- To assist in the development of Certitude’s offer to supporting people who are at risk of exclusion from universal services and at risk of being admitted to hospital.

About you

To be a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner at Certitude, the following are essential:

- Hold a relevant undergraduate, or post graduate qualification in Psychology, Positive Behaviour Support, Behaviour Analysis or Autism/Learning Disability.
- An understanding of the needs of people with learning disabilities and autism including those with complex health needs, additional mental health needs and complex support needs.
- Experience of using functional assessments and developing PBS strategies.
- Experience of using data analysis to design and develop support plans, intervention strategies and monitoring improvements in quality of life in collaboration with support teams and families.
- Experience of developing strong relationships with individuals and families built on trust and respect.

To read more about the role and the full person specification, please select apply button and find the tab at the top of the page, titled 'Job Description and Person Specification’.

About the Organisation

We have a passion for life and make it our mission to support people in living the life they desire, whatever that may be. We care about the people we support and the work we do, and we would love for you to join us at Certitude.

Read more about us on our website and visit our work for us page. You can also learn about us through our Values and Behaviours.

Do you want to be a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner at Certitude? Select the apply button, complete an application form and someone from the Recruitment Team will be in touch! A job description and person specification is available when you apply. If you have any questions, please email our team.

All our posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure as well as a full employment history and employment references. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and the support provided and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We reserve the right to close vacancies before the date stated when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.

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