CBT/DBT Behaviour Change Practitioner - Hybrid

AWD Online; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Professional development

Supportive multidisciplinary team

Meaningful work

Job summary

AWD Online is seeking a Behaviour Change Practitioner to support adults and young people in delivering CBT and DBT–informed interventions across community, probation, prison, police and remote settings.

You will work with safeguarding partners, balance empathy with accountability, and contribute to public safety while complying with safeguarding and risk management frameworks. This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Qualifications

• Experience working within risk management or safeguarding frameworks.
• Experience managing a caseload and competing priorities effectively.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to build rapport and maintain professional boundaries.
• Experience delivering support face-to-face and remotely.
• Good IT, administration and record-keeping skills.
• Emotional resilience, self-awareness and the ability to remain calm, objective and solution-focused under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Assessment and planning: conduct assessments, inductions and personalised intervention planning.
• Behavioural interventions: deliver CBT and DBT-informed individual and group interventions.
• Case management and records: manage case activity and maintain records, reports and progress updates.
• Partnership working: collaborate with police, probation, prisons, safeguarding teams and other professionals.
• Risk management: contribute to safeguarding and risk management processes, including MASH and MAPPA forums where required.
• Professional practice: participate in clinical and management supervision and maintain professional boundaries when managing challenging, high-risk behaviours.

Skills

Risk management

Safeguarding

Communication

Face-to-face delivery

Remote delivery

IT & administration

Education

Counselling/Psychology/Probation related qualification

Job description

AWD Online is seeking a Behaviour Change Practitioner to support adults and young people in delivering CBT and DBT–informed interventions across community, probation, prison, police and remote settings.

You will work with safeguarding partners, balance empathy with accountability, and contribute to public safety while complying with safeguarding and risk management frameworks. This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.