Behaviour Specialist

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Un prestigieux hôpital de santé mentale au Royaume-Uni recherche un praticien motivé et organisé pour travailler avec des adultes ayant des comportements qui posent des défis. Vous jouerez un rôle fondamental dans l'évaluation et l'intervention, en collaborant au sein d'une équipe multidisciplinaire pour aider à transformer les soins et améliorer la vie des personnes. En tant que membre clé du cheminement des comportements difficiles, vous contribuerez de manière significative à la transformation des services de santé mentale.

Benefits

Travail flexible

Développement de carrière

Qualifications

• Expérience dans la fourniture d'évaluations et d'interventions comportementales spécialisées.
• Capacité à travailler avec des clients et des équipes multidisciplinaires.
• Compétences en supervision de personnel junior.

Responsibilities

• Fournir des évaluations comportementales et des interventions aux adultes avec des déficiences d'apprentissage.
• Collaborer avec des équipes multidisciplinaires pour une approche intégrée.
• Superviser le personnel junior et mener des recherches et des évaluations de services.

Skills

Gestion du comportement

Communication

Travail en équipe

Education

MSc en soutien comportemental positif ou Analyse comportementale appliquée

Job description

We are seeking a highly motivated, organised and creative practitioner from a professional background with a recognised specialist qualification in behavioural management (e.g. MSc in Positive Behaviour support or Applied Behaviour Analysis).

This role will involve working with adults with a learning disability who present with behaviours that challenge which place themselves or others at risk of serious harm; or for whom the nature or degree of risk might otherwise lead to placement breakdown. You will be required to work in a variety of community settings, with individuals, groups, families and staff teams, providing assessment, support and intervention and applying a range of therapeutic approaches. An important part of the role will be to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and support the management and leadership of the challenging behaviour pathway to deliver of an integrated ‘whole systems’ approach for people with complex health needs.

The post holder will contribute to the provision of a specialist Challenging Behaviour Pathway for adults with learning disabilities within the multidisciplinary Wandsworth Learning Disability Healthcare Team.

The post holder will provide specialist behavioural assessments and interventions to clients. This will involve undertaking direct assessment and intervention with the client and indirect assessment, monitoring and intervention with staff and/or carers. Interventions will include working across a variety of settings, including residential and day services and will involve working with the multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will work autonomously alongside clients, families, support workers and professionals to enable others to better understand and respond to behaviours that are challenging in line with PBS principles, Positive & Proactive Care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions (2014) and NICE Guidance (including NG11 & NG93).

The post holder will work with wider stakeholders to deliver on the Transforming Care Agenda. They will provide strategic input to the team’s Challenging Behaviour Pathway and undertake an influential role in shaping the team’s approach to working with behaviours that challenge. The post holder will be required to supervise junior staff as requested to by the Lead Clinical Psychologist. They will use research skills to carry out audits, service evaluations and research activities relevant to the service.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dora Afrane Job title: Team Leader Email address: [e-mail]