Senior Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

Job overview

I’m excited to offer this opportunity to a forward thinking and proactive Senior Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner.

We work in a very person-centered way and people with learning disabilities and their families are at the center entre of what we do. To achieve this, we carry out joint assessments, share our professional knowledge and work in partnership with our dedicated team administrators.

You will provide direct clinical oversight, support and a steer to other PBS practitioners and workers in the service.

In 2021, the service was nationally recognised and received a ‘highly commended’ accolade from the National Pharmacy Awards. In 2022 we reached the finals at the National Learning Disability and Autism Awards and later that year received the Trust’s ‘Outstanding Clinical Team of the year. More recently in 2025, we were recognised for ‘Outstanding Patient Experience’ from our Speech & language therapists and nationally, from the ‘Beyond Words’ charity for the ‘Most Inspirational Outcome’.

Main duties of the job

You will work as an integral member of the Team whilst having responsibility for a designated caseload (including clinical oversight of other PBS Practitioners). The post holder will be expected to positively represent the needs and rights of people with learning disabilities, tackling inequalities and improving access to identified services in the statutory and 3rd sectors

You will provide direct clinical oversight, support and a steer to other PBS practitioners and workers in the service and will work in partnership with generic health services, service users and carers to support the implementation of their formulated PBS strategies.

You will undertake robust behaviour assessments & formulations/strategies and have a sound understanding of risk assessments and strategies.  You will need excellent communication skills between disciplines and across organizations.

This role is ideal for a very experienced PBS Practitioner with substantive senior experience to lead & mentor PBS and other colleagues and carers in providing a bespoke and personalized response to service users who have behaviours of concern/challenging

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.