Behaviour Support Worker

Bridgend County Borough Council; Bridgend; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Bridgend County Borough Council is seeking a Behaviour Support Worker on a fixed-term basis to join the Child Disability and Transition team. The role is 37 hours per week, full-time, with a two-year fixed term contract and hybrid working arrangements.

You will support disabled children/young people and their families, undertake direct work with children, and collaborate with Social Workers on care and support plans to improve family stability.

Responsibilities

• Hold a caseload and deliver evidence-based behaviour support interventions on a 1:1 and family basis to improve outcomes and maintain children within their family networks.
• Work alongside Social Workers on cases implementing care and support plans and provide timely responses to families in crisis, with flexible working.

Job description

Behaviour Support Worker (Fixed Term) - Child Disability and Transition

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details

Contractual hours 37

Basis Full time

Job category/type Social Care – Adults/Children

Date posted 30/07/2026

Job reference 19000

37 hours per week

Fixed Term – 2 years

Our Child Disability and Transition team is a frontline assessment, case management team which specialises in providing support and services to disabled children, young people and adults across the County Borough of Bridgend. This includes children who are care experienced and those disabled young people who are transitioning into adulthood.

This is an excellent opportunity to join our busy, motivated and supportive Child Disability and Transition team in a new role as a behaviour support worker. You will have experience working with the behavioural needs of children and/or young adults with disabilities, along with a broad knowledge and understanding of the complex needs of disabled children/young people/adults and their families.

The team responds to children and families with complex needs or where there are early child protection concerns and provides high quality support and intervention for those with longer term needs. Your role will be to provide a whole family focused, casework response to children and young people with disabilities where behavioural challenges impact on family functioning and stability.

There will be a need to undertake direct work with children, young people, and families, holding a caseload, and delivering evidence-based behaviour support interventions on a 1:1 and family basis to improve outcomes and maintain children within their family networks.

You will also work alongside Social Workers on cases implementing care and support plans and providing a timely response to families who may be in crisis, which will involve flexible working.

Ideally you will have experience of working within a similar role in children or adult services setting and a desire to specialise in working with disabled children/young people/adults.

If you are interested in this position and would like more information please contact Bev Whiteley Team Manager or Lisa Jefferies Deputy Team Manager, Child Disability and Transition team on [phone].

Protecting children, young people or adults at risk is a core responsibility of all council employees.

An Enhanced Children and Adults Barred list criminal records check by the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) is a requirement for this post.

The council’s Hybrid Working Policy applies to this post. This provides a framework for establishing how you will undertake working hours between your home and the office.