At a Glance
- Tasks: Support children with learning disabilities and autism to transform their lives.
- Company: Join a compassionate organisation dedicated to making a difference.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, health plan, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Ongoing training and support for your professional growth.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on young lives and help them achieve independence.
- Qualifications: Experience with children and a full UK driving licence required.
The predicted salary is between 26363 - 28325 £ per year.
As a Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) practitioner, you will help children and young people with learning disabilities, autism, and other support needs to transform their lives.
Location: York and Scarborough
Salary: £26,363.57 plus mileage
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, including travel time
Requirements:
- Full UK manual driving licence and access to a vehicle
- Willingness to travel across the area
- Previous experience working with children and young people with learning disabilities and autism
Responsibilities:
You will work with children and young people who may not be accessing education and who may be at significant risk of entering specialist residential care.
How You’ll Make a Difference:
Every young person we support will benefit from different strategies and interventions to help them flourish in a safe environment. You will take time to understand the lived experience of the young person, and support them, their families, carers and other professionals to learn and apply the appropriate positive behaviour support techniques. Your support will enable young people to stay in their current placements, access their communities and build tools they will use for the rest of their lives to live great, independent lives. Using techniques built on the principles of inclusion, choice and participation, your support could be the difference between a locked door and an open path to independence.
Development and Training:
If you do not already hold a BTEC Level 4 in Positive Behaviour Support you will be enrolled onto this course and supported throughout your studies while you work with us. Upon completion you will receive a salary increase to £28,325. You will receive regular clinical supervision from experienced professionals to ensure you feel confident and supported in your role. We will continue to invest in your professional growth within our CYP Division by fully funding everything required to maintain your UK SBA professional registration, including your annual UK SBA fee, DBS, safeguarding training and liability insurance. As a registered APD provider, we will also support your ongoing development with a minimum of 6 APD provided in house each year, so you can focus on delivering outstanding practice while we fully support your professional career.
Benefits:
- Buy & sell annual leave
- Access pay as you earn via Stream
- Wellbeing scheme
- Fully funded health plan via SimplyHealth (GP, dental, optical)
- Blue Light Card reimbursement
- Pension & Life Assurance
Application Details:
Interviews will take place in person on Aug 4th at Popeshead Court Offices, York. We review applications as they are received, so may close this advert early if sufficient candidates are shortlisted for interview, so don't delay, apply today.
We’re committed to being Disability Confident and we guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
EEO and Accessibility:
We guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. If you require any assistance to find out about current vacancies, making an application, or need any recruitment related documentation in a more accessible format please send an e‑mail to: Recruitment@affinitytrust.org
