Behaviour Support Practitioner - Lewisham Intensive Support Team

Job overview

We are looking for a  Behaviour Support Practitioner, to work within the Lewisham Intensive Support Team, which is part of the Mental Health & Learning Disabilities Service (MHLD) . You will be expected to work directly and indirectly with people with learning disabilities, families, and carers providing person-centred specialist behavioural assessments and interventions, using a Positive Behavioural Support approach. The intensive support teams have been established to reduce the number of people with a learning disability being admitted to hospital or residing in out of area placements, minimising the length of stay when they are, and ensuring that care is person centered and delivered in the least restrictive environments. The goal of the clinical support is focused on the person and the whole network supporting that person, to develop and deliver support within the person’s home and community.  Where someone has been admitted to a hospital setting in-reach and liaison will be part of the role.

Main duties of the job

As a Behaviour Support Practitioner in the IST of the Lewisham Mental Health & Learning Disability Service (MHLD), you will be a member of a multi-disciplinary, multiagency community team working together primarily to:

• To provide applied behavioural assessment and intervention for clients who are at risk of hospital admission or placement breakdown due to presenting behaviours that challenges services and pose risks to their well-being and quality of life, including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
• To employ the principles of Positive Behavioural Support in all aspects of clinical work.
• To participate in strengthening local services and developing capable environments though training, consultation and modelling.

The teams do this through the early management of identified complex situations.  This will include detailed risk assessment and management underpinned by a positive behaviour support model.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Purpose:

• To provide applied behavioural assessment and intervention for clients at risk of hospital admission or placement breakdown who present behaviour that challenges services and poses risks to their well-being, including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.
• To employ the principles of Positive Behavioural Support in all aspects of clinical work.
• To participate in strengthening local services and developing capable environments though training, consultation and modelling.

• To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.
• To provide clinical supervision and consultation as appropriate.
• To participate in service evaluation, audit and research.
• To work as an autonomous professional within professional and Trust guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor.
• To plan and facilitate staff training and teaching, and presentations as appropriate