Specialist Practitioner (Behaviour Support)

Do you want to make a difference in the lives of adults with intellectual disabilities whose behaviours challenge in Croydon and promote the best outcomes possible? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Specialist Practitioner (behaviour support) to join the Croydon Community Learning Disabilities Team.

The successful applicant will join a highly valued multidisciplinary community team for adults with intellectual disabilities, based in the heart of Croydon. The service is located in Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon Council headquarters, and has strong working relationships with key partner agencies including Croydon Adult Social Care, Croydon Mental health in Learning Disabilities (South London & the Maudsley), and the Forensic LD & ASD Service (SLaM).

Main duties of the job

• To contribute to the provision of the Behaviour Support Pathway as part of Croydon Community Learning Disability Team supporting adults with intellectual disabilities whose behaviours challenge
• To provide specialist behavioural assessments and interventions including support with implementation and monitoring of outcomes across a range of settings. 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.
• The post holder will be required to supervise junior staff as agreed with the Consultant Clinical Psychologist. They will use research skills to carry out audits, service evaluations and research activities relevant to the service.
• The post holder will be required to contribute to the effective running of the Croydon Community Learning Disability Team, delivering, or advising on the delivery of, high-quality care and ensuring consistently high standards of practice. They will be required to contribute to effective multidisciplinary team working ensuring that care is delivered in a holistic way that involves service users and carers.
• To work as an autonomous professional within professional and Trust guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work under the direct guidance, close clinical and professional supervision of a practitioner psychologist.

Benefits The Trust offers access to a range of core skills training and professional development.

Person Specification

• Essential qualifications: Bachelor's Degree and Post Graduate Diploma in Applied Behaviour Analysis, or Post Graduate Diploma in Analysis and Intervention in Intellectual Disabilities, or equivalent Post Graduate Diploma (Applied behavioural analysis, ASD, PBS)
• Certification with Behaviour Analyst Certification Board (BACB) or working towards
• Evidence of continuation of professional development
• Skills in the use of complex methods of Applied Behaviour Analysis and Positive Behaviour Support across cultural and other differences.
• Well-developed oral and written communication skills
• Skills in providing consultation and training in PBS
• Ability to cope emotionally with challenging behaviours displayed by individuals on a day-to-day basis, and to support carers in times of distress.
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate.
• Organisational skills
• Commitment to reflective practice and trust values