Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to recruit to the position of Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner to join the Department of Psychological Therapies at Thornford Park Hospital.

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to work in a multidisciplinary team to support patients on a specialised 14-bedded low secure service for males with a primary diagnosis of ASD in addition to supporting patients across the wider hospital. The post holder will form an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team, working to enhance the lives of the patient group and support them to progress through their care pathway.

We are looking for a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner with experience of working with adults with ASD and/or forensic mental health experience to join our friendly team in secure services. Secure services has a team of therapists including psychologists, art therapists, drama therapists, speech & language therapists, and trainee/assistant psychologists with expertise in working with people with a wide range of presenting difficulties, including violent offender, sex offending, substance use problems, personality disorder, and enduring mental health difficulties.

Training opportunities will be available for the successful candidate along with monthly clinical supervision and management supervision.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Autonomous in managing your own caseload, which will involve working with complex service-users.
• Attending regular clinical and service development meetings, such as MDT’s, CTR’s, referrals, and other hospital-wide meetings
• Be an integral part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team
• Leading on the assessment, planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of Positive Behaviour Support plans for patients with ASD who have challenging behaviour and/or mental health needs.
• Maintaining monthly clinical supervision as well as regular line-management supervision
• Providing professional advice in finding resolutions to problems/challenges – with the emphasis on improving service-user experience.
• Providing both written & verbal contributions to MDT & CTR process
• Supporting the MDT in the development and review of care plans
• Liaising with external agencies to support patient’s care pathways
• Contributing to professional development within the team
• Contributing to teaching around ASD and PBS.
• Contributing to audit and research as directed by the line manager

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• A recognised qualification in PBS
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent self-presentation
• Good knowledge of PBS theory/practice
• Previous working experience post qualified
• Experience of working in a health setting
• Experience in applying the Care Programme Approach

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £35,000 + £5000 welcome bonus
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - plus your birthday off!
• A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP)
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Services
• Continuous learning and development
• Childcare vouchers
• Career development
• Voluntary Benefits
• Free lunchtime meal

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

If you would like any further information about the role, please contact Dr Victoria Inglut, Lead Psychologist via email Victoria.inglut@elysiumhealthcare.co.uk or on 01635 273880.