Behaviour Analyst

Berkshireandsurreypathologyservices; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Behaviour Analyst at Positive Support Group will manage a caseload of complex clients, delivering assessments and interventions that improve quality of life for individuals and their support networks.

You will apply Behaviour Analysis and PBS to develop function-based interventions, write FBA reports, train mediators, and travel to client sites as required, while maintaining high standards of record keeping and GDPR compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience with FBAs and BSPs
• Experience with learning disabilities or autism
• Ability to travel and work flexibly
• Strong record-keeping and GDPR compliance

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of clients with complex needs
• Carry out assessments and develop function-based interventions
• Write and present FBA reports to families and carers
• Plan and implement BSPs and monitor progress
• Train mediators in interventions
• Ensure safeguarding, health and safety, and risk management
• Maintain accurate electronic records and data entry
• Travel to client sites as required

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Collaborative engagement

FBA

Data collection

Training others

Driving license

Travel flexibility

Education

Behaviour Analyst certification (UK SBA)

Job description

The Behaviour Analyst is responsible for managing a caseload of complex clients, delivering assessments and interventions that lead to positive changes for the individual, their families and wider network of support. This will require being flexible in approach, solution and values focused, with an ability to maintain resilience under pressure.

Main duties of the job

To be successful in this role, employees will:

• Have a high degree of empathy & a strong value-base
• Communicate calmly and effectively in situations which may be emotionally or physically challenging
• Collaboratively engage a client and their network in the process of our support & identify quality of life goals
• Undertake functional behaviour assessments (FBA) and/or practical functional assessments to develop formulations for clients
• Write high-quality FBA reports & present findings to clients, their families/carers & network
• Plan interventions based on FBA report findings
• Apply Behaviour Analysis and PBS principles and technologies to develop effective, function-based interventions & behaviour support plans (BSP)
• Collect data and analyse progress towards identified goals.
• Train mediators in interventions outlined in the clients BSP
• Hold accountability for ensuring clients and mediators are aligned with the agreed intervention plan, devising solutions to any barrier
• Follow all policy and procedures in relation to safeguarding, health and safety, and risk management
• Maintain the highest standards of record keeping including electronic data entry and recording through professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice, data security requirements and GDPR principles
• Hold up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to Behaviour Analysis & Positive Behaviour Support
• Have flexibility to travel according to business needs

About us

About Positive Support Group:

• We have a long and proud history of transforming the lives of children, young people and adults with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health difficulties.
• We are the largest provider of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) commissioned by the NHS.
• We also work in provider organisations in community settings.
• Our goal is to give individuals, their parents / carers, and network of professionals the knowledge, skills, and motivation they need to provide the best possible support and to increase their quality of life in sustainable and long-lasting ways.
• We achieve these incredible outcomes by developing evidence-based, contextually fit models of support for individuals and their support networks in the various settings they live.
• We are a team of value-driven Behaviour Analysts and PBS Practitioners. We embody our values in everything we do.

PSG Values:

• Passionate To be fully committed to the work that we do and take a vested interest in the successes of our clients and the company.
• Authentic To be our honest, true, and best selves at work.
• Courageous To push through discomfort and adversity to realise our values and cultivate courageous cultures in our workplace and networks.
• Collaborative To share our ambitions and achieve them together.
• Trustworthy To be arbiters of the truth, modelling integrity and applying our expertise effectively.

Job responsibilities

About the role

The Behaviour Analyst is responsible for managing a caseload of complex clients, delivering assessments and interventions that lead to positive changes for the individual, their families and wider network of support. This will require being flexible in approach, solution and values focused, with an ability to maintain resilience under pressure. To be successful in this role, employees will:

• Have a high degree of empathy and a strong value-base.
• Communicate calmly and effectively in situations which may be emotionally or physically challenging.
• Collaboratively engage a client and their network in the process of our support and identify quality of life goals.
• Undertake functional behaviour assessments (FBA) and / or practical functional assessments to develop formulations for clients.
• Write high-quality FBA reports and present findings to clients, their families / carers and network.
• Plan interventions based on FBA report findings.
• Apply Behaviour Analysis and PBS principles and technologies to develop effective, function-based interventions and behaviour support plans (BSP).
• Collect data and analyse progress towards identified goals.
• Train mediators in interventions outlined in the clients BSP.
• Inspire networks to actively commit to client support.
• Hold accountability for ensuring clients and mediators are aligned with the agreed intervention plan, devising solutions to any barriers.
• Follow all policy and procedures in relation to safeguarding, health and safety, and risk management.
• Maintain the highest standards of record keeping including electronic data entry and recording through professional self-governance in accordance with professional codes of practice, data security requirements and GDPR principles.
• Hold up to date knowledge of legislation, national and local policies, and issues in relation to both the specific client group, Behaviour Analysis and Positive Behaviour Support.
• Hold a clean &valid driving license and access to a car
• Have flexibility to travel according to business needs

Person Specification

Experience

• Experience
• Working with children, young people and,or adults with learning disabilities, autism, and,or mental health difficulties.
• Managing own caseload of clients with complex needs.
• Conducting FBAs and developing function based BSPs.
• Planning and implementing evidence-based programmes to achieve positive outcomes for clients.
• Developing, implementing, and overseeing data collection systems to monitor client progress towards their goals.
• Training others in behaviour support techniques.
• Report writing and sharing with key stakeholders, e.g., client, mediators, and network.

Qualifications

• Qualifications:
• Behaviour Analyst in good standing with the uk-sba cert.

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.