Band 6 Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner - Bristol

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health seeks a dedicated professional to deliver high-quality Positive Behaviour Support to children and young people with learning disabilities. This role involves conducting assessments, developing behaviour support plans, and working closely with families to ensure effective implementation. Join a diverse and inclusive team committed to making a positive impact in the community, where your expertise and compassion can truly enhance the lives of those in need. If you are passionate about mental health and supporting vulnerable populations, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering Positive Behaviour Support to children with disabilities.
• Ability to conduct risk assessments and develop behaviour support plans.

Responsibilities

• Conduct functional behavioural assessments and produce reports.
• Work directly with children and families to implement support plans.

Skills

Positive Behaviour Support

Functional Behavioural Assessments

Data Analysis

Communication Skills

Education

Degree in Psychology or related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

To deliver high-quality positive behaviour support assessment and intervention to children and young people with learning disabilities and their families.

To carry out functional behavioural assessments, analyses, and other psychological assessments within a Positive Behaviour Support framework, with a high level of autonomy as delegated and under supervision.

To carry out risk assessments for children and young people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour, as well as their carers, as delegated and under supervision.

To produce behavioural assessment reports as delegated and under supervision.

To construct and regularly update behaviour support plans and protocols as delegated and under supervision.

To work directly with children and young people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour, their carers, and provider agencies to support effective implementation of behaviour support plans as delegated and under supervision.

To work directly with children and young people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour to assess their skills, develop skills-building programmes, and implement these as delegated and under supervision.

To gather and analyse data regarding the effectiveness of positive behaviour support interventions and produce reports on this data using packages such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

To contribute to monitoring team performance via the Period Service Review.

The post holder will be willing and able to work between 7am and 7pm as needed.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across Wiltshire, and parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognize that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

AWP is committed to supporting and creating a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.

At AWP, we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

For further details / informal visits, contact: Name: Imogen Clarke, Job title: Service Lead, Email: [e-mail], Telephone: [phone]