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Behaviour Support Practitioner | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 03 Chwefror 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £44,806 - £53,134 per annum Incl. of inner HCAs pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 05 Mawrth 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Denmark Hill, SE5 8AZ |
| Cwmni: | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 6869627/334-CLI-6869627 |
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Join ourTransforming Care Autism (TCA) serviceas aBehaviour Support Practitionerand be part of a team making a real impact. This substantive service was developed to meet the needs of autistic individuals at risk of admission to, or within, mainstream mental health services. Following a successful pilot, it is now fully commissioned, providing a unique opportunity to contribute to its long-term success.
In this role, you will provide direct Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) interventions to individuals and their supporters, alongside consultation and training within a supportive multi-disciplinary team. Your work will strengthen local services, build the capability of mainstream mental health teams, and improve outcomes for autistic individuals across Lambeth, Southwark, and Lewisham. You will visit various settings, includingBethlem Royal Hospital, Maudsley Hospital, Lambeth Hospital, Lewisham Hospital, and community locations.
We are committed to career progression and staff development, offering structured pathways to help you grow within the organisation. You will have access to training in management and leadership, as well as weekly Education and Research meetings across the pathway and beyond. Whether you want to develop your clinical expertise or take on leadership responsibilities, we will support your aspirations.
We also offer agile and flexible working as part of our commitment to improving work-life balance.
• To provide applied behavioural assessment and intervention for clients who present behaviour that challenges services and poses risks to their well-being, including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
• To employ the principles of Positive Behaviour Support in all aspects of clinical work.
• To participate in strengthening local services and developing capable environments though training, consultation and modelling.
• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.
• To participate in service evaluation, audit and research.
• To work as an autonomous professional within professional and Trust guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
• To plan and facilitate staff training and teaching, and presentations as appropriate.
• Career Progression pathways and development opportunities:
We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you
will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience with the aim of progressing into other roles across the organisation. For this role,
we offer support to develop management and leadership skills and knowledge as required. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development including weekly Education and Research meetings across the pathway and beyond.
• Agile and flexible working:
As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible
working at the interview stage.
• About our locations:
The role is across the Trust, which can include visits to one of our inpatient settings and settings in the community.
The Bethlem Royal Hospital
Maudsley Hospital
Lambeth Hospital
Lewisham Hospital
Key Responsibilities:
KR 1 Clinical and Client Care
To provide applied behavioural assessments, formulations and interventions for clients in the TCA service who present behaviour that challenges services and poses risks to the well-being of the clients.
To work with family carers or with staff who provide direct support to clients to enable them to develop their skills to work effectively with individuals whose behaviour challenges.
To ensure that interventions and work with care staff or families of referred clients adheres to and actualises the principles of Positive Behaviour Support, and is culturally appropriate.
To manage a clinical caseload taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans.
KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning
To contribute to the effective working of the TCA and to the development and maintenance of a Positive Behaviour Support framework for the service.
To contribute to the team’s delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities.
To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services.
To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals, and other agencies concerned with clients in order to develop and review care plans.
KR 3 Policy and service development
To implement policies and procedures in own area of work.
To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities.
To contribute to service development through participating in appropriate projects.
KR 4 Care or management of resources
To take care of, and use carefully, the Trust’s equipment and physical resources.
To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed.
KR 5 Management and supervision
To supervise trainee Behaviour Support Practitioners after accreditation by the training course(s) and completion of the Trust’s Supervision Training.
To supervise trainee applied psychologists within own area of specialism when requested.
KR 6 Teaching and Training
To provide training to family carers and to support workers to enable them to develop their skills to work effectively with individuals whose behaviour challenges services, and to implement and adhere to the principles of Positive Behaviour Support in all aspects of care.
To provide occasional specialist training in behavioural approaches to care to other professions as appropriate.
To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles.
KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance
To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures.
To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry.
KR 8 Research and development
To participate regularly in service evaluation, audits or research relevant to service needs.
To lead occasionally on specific service evaluation, audit or research.
KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development
To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychological practitioner according to Trust guidelines.
To ensure own Continuing Professional Development as required by the Personal Development Plan.
To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies.
To comply with the Trust’s Code of Conduct for Non-Regulated Clinical Staff, and ensure professional development in line with it.
KR10 General
To travel to borough wide services where necessary (e.g. home visits, community placements, psychology meetings) as appropriate and across the Trust when required.
To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst the client group, and follow trust policies relating to its management.
To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations such as challenging behaviour and to support others involved in such situations.
This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Feb 2025