Positive Behaviour Support Clinician in Southampton

Salary: £38,000 to £45,000 per annum (negotiable dependent on position and experience)

Location: Regional role working across all PBS4 locations including Hampshire, Dorset, Somerset, Berkshire and Oxfordshire

Employment Type: Permanent, Full Time

Are you a UKBA(Cert) looking for a role where you can truly make a difference to the lives of the people we support? Come and join us to make a change!

The role:

We are looking for a PBS Clinician to provide clinical input and leadership in Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) to all of our teams. This will be through holding a caseload and working directly with people we support or through consultancy, providing training and providing management and supervision to members of the clinical team. We have a strong clinical team, and we are looking for exceptional candidates to add to this strength.

Our aim is to change the world for the individuals we support and challenge the world of PBS in the UK. We want people who can join us in driving these changes. Some examples of the developments PBS4 have been central in have included organising the PBS Festival, developing and supporting PBS networks locally, supporting the RCN Learning Disability Forum, and supporting the work of the UK Society of Behaviour Analysis. We need strong candidates to join us in order to continue our pioneering work.

We have a high density of support within our clinical team; this is a highly rewarding career role for the right candidate. The direct clinical input, using evidence-based practice, is the cornerstone to what we do. You will make life‑changing improvements for the people we support, and career‑changing support to our employees.

We are also continuously exploring opportunities to provide consultancy support and training external to PBS4 and would welcome candidates with experience in these areas.

Qualifications:

• You will already be a Certified UK Behaviour Analyst/UKBA(Cert); or have completed a master’s degree and approved postgraduate study in behaviour analysis or positive behaviour support and working towards a registration with the UK-SBA.
• You will share our passion for ensuring Positive Behaviour Support is delivered to the highest quality, setting the standards internally and for others who aspire to achieve what we are achieving.
• You will be able to lead the implementation of PBS in the social care we provide.
• You will have experience utilising PBS with adults and children with learning disabilities and/or autism.
• You will be a car driver, able to support all of our teams across the organisation.
• You will be independently driven, able to identify your own priorities and priorities for your team.
• Able to complete functional behaviour assessments and develop function-based PBS Plans.
• You will work in partnership with people we support, their families, and other organisations, including NHS teams and Local Authorities.

Desirable:

• Experience of working in supported living, social care settings.
• Experience of providing consultancy and training support.
• Experience working as a behaviour consultant with individuals with mental health diagnosis.
• Confidence in presenting and disseminating our work.
• Experience in providing clinical and line management supervision.
• Experience of delivering training to others.
• Experience in developing and implementing policy and strategy, to support our Senior Operations Team to achieve the cultures we aspire to create and uphold.

Benefits:

• Be part of an organisation driving what quality PBS looks like and how social care should be delivered.
• Work for an organisation where the focus is the people we support.
• Have your voice heard and respected, and have your expertise valued.
• Have support from an experienced clinical and managerial team.
• Be celebrated for accomplishing goals with the individual you support.
• Play a key role in bringing teams together and leading direct support.
• Have training opportunities that enhance your development.
• Asides from a role that empowers people and transforms lives, our benefits to you include: bespoke in‑house training, access to Continuing Professional Development (CPD), access to clinical supervision, and professional networks, Employee Assistance Programme, access to Key Worker benefits and our employee recognition scheme.

Company Overview:

PBS4 provides support to enable people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour to have independent lives and to live in their own home. Our approach is underpinned by Positive Behaviour Support, which shifts the focus from reducing challenging behaviour to understanding what that behaviour means and supporting people to get what they need better.