Behaviour Consultant; Maternity Cover

Overview

Role Description
:
Positive Behaviour Consultant (9 Months Fixed Term Maternity Cover) – Make a difference

Location
:
Oxfordshire

Salary
: £47,268 per annum (Pro-rata) plus See Ability benefits

Hours
:
Full time, 37.5 hours per week, Contract

Drivers with own Vehicle:
Essential

As a Positive Behaviour Consultant you will be working with people in their own homes, you must be confident engaging with diverse groups of people, family members and multi-agency professionals. You need to be passionate about equality and equity, being able to see the potential for improvement and knowing how to guide the service to achieve the best for people we support.

You will already have experience working directly with people who have learning disabilities / autism and / or multi-sensory impairments and people who may present behaviours that challenge. You will be familiar and fluent in the use ABA skills to devise ways that are simple but effective to measure baseline and on-going development. You will be able to support the teams by putting plans into action through your direct modelling.

Drivers with their own vehicle is essential for this role.

• Work closely alongside the support team to conduct functional behaviour assessments and service level assessments, develop positive behaviour support plans that enable therapeutic support to be delivered within the Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) framework.
• To deliver (where applicable) PROACT-SCIPr-UK® and PBS training to the support teams.
• To coach the support team how to deliver excellent support, using approaches such as Active Support.
• To support the team to develop skills in monitoring and evaluating outcomes, for example using Periodic Service Review methods.
• To work in partnership with local external professionals to evaluate the individuals progress through the transition in terms of response to the environment and situations.
• To work with families to continue to build open, honest and transparent working relationships.

This position requires a minimum requirement of a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Behaviour Analysis or a related field (such as Positive Behaviour Support) with at least two years of applicable experience; or Master’s degree in Applied Behaviour Analysis, with one year of professional experience.

You’ll be either a full member or practising registrant of the UK Society for Behaviour Analysis (UK-SBA) and/or the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) where applicable.

• 33 days annual holiday, pro-rata basis (incl. bank holidays)
• Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants and activities
• Eligible for Blue Light Card discounts
• Save 10% on monthly bus travel

See Ability is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. We expect all staff to uphold this commitment and have a strong understanding of their roles and responsibilities in safeguarding.

Safer Recruitment:
As part of our safer recruitment procedures, we require the following checks for all successful applicants:

• A criminal background check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (where appropriate).
• Documentary evidence to confirm your identity, current address, and the right to work in the UK.
• Health Declaration to ensure that you are medically suitable for the role you have been offered.
• References will be obtained to ensure satisfactory evidence of conduct in current or previous employment concerned with the provision of services relating to (a) health or social care, or (b) children or vulnerable adults).

These checks will be carried out and completed prior offering a date to start employment at See Ability’s expense.

See Ability is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals of all identities, including those from underrepresented groups and those who have a disability or neurodivergent condition. We are pleased to confirm that we are a Disability Confident Employer.

We believe a diverse workforce drives innovation, creativity, and success. Everyone’s unique experiences and views are appreciated, and their opinion valued. We are happy to offer any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role itself to ensure a fair and equitable experience for all candidates.

In exceptional circumstances, the exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part
1) which provides for the application of a genuine occupational requirement.