About the role
The vacancy arises within a local authority Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) team in Cambridgeshire, delivering an intensive support service to young people with learning disabilities who display behaviours that challenge.
The PBS team is an intensive clinical service for young people with learning disabilities and severe behaviours that challenge which place them at risk of exclusion, hospitalisation or a move to an out of county 52-week placement. The PBS team utilise the PBS framework to deliver a range of evidence-based interventions that encourage a holistic and person-centred approach across home, school, short breaks and community settings with a focus on improving quality of life and keeping young people connected to their local community.
For any questions or an informal chat about the role please contact Dr Anna Harskamp (Interim Clinical Lead) Anna.Harskamp@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or Asia Rose, BCBA, UKBA(cert) (Senior Specialist Clinician) Asia.Rose@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Interviews will take place week commencing 2nd June
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
What will you be doing?
You will be working collaboratively with young people, their families and professional networks to achieve an evidence-based understanding of need and deliver interventions required to achieve sound quality of life.
You will provide clinical expertise within the PBS Framework to improve outcomes for children/young people with learning disabilities who are at risk of exclusion as a result of behaviour that challenges.
You will provide specialist assessment and interventions using the PBS Framework. This will include functional behaviour assessments and development/implementation of PBS Plans.
You will provide consultation and clinical expertise to social work colleagues, health and education professionals and others as appropriate.
This role has no line management responsibilities.
For the duration of the post, the team will receive consultation from a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) / UKBA(cert).
Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. Flexi-working patterns and hybrid working from home are available.
About you
Successful candidates will have a core undergraduate qualification/profession in a relevant clinical profession such as, Positive Behaviour Support, Applied Behaviour Analysis, Psychology, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Analysis and Intervention in Learning Disability, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy and/or other relevant fields.
You will have full registration with the relevant professional body to your qualification/profession e.g. BACB, UKSBA, HCPC and/or BPS. Successful candidates will be expected to maintain registration during their role.
Additional trainings in one or more key evidence-based approaches would be desirable. For example, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Social Communication, Emotional Regulation, and Transactional Support (SCERTS), Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children (TEACCH) Talking Mats, Intensive Interaction, Makaton, Attention Autism.
For a full list of the requirements of the role, please check out the Job Description & Person Specification.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
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