Behaviour Support Practitioner

Key Responsibilities: KR 1 Clinical and Client Care: To provide applied behavioural assessments, formulations and interventions for CYP who present behaviour that challenges services and poses risks to their well-being. To work with family carers or with staff who provide direct support to CYP to enable them to develop their skills to work effectively with individuals whose behaviour challenges. To ensure that interventions and work with care staff or families of referred CYP adheres to and actualises the principles of Positive Behaviour Support, and is culturally appropriate. To manage a clinical caseload taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans. KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning: To contribute to the effective working of the CEIS and Neurodevelopmental team and to the development and maintenance of a Positive Behaviour Support framework within the service. To contribute to the teams delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities. To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services. To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals, and other agencies concerned with CYP in order to develop and review care plans. KR 3 Policy and service development: To implement policies and procedures in own area of work. To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities. To contribute to service development through participating in appropriate projects. KR 4 Care or management of resources: To take care of, and use carefully, the Trusts equipment and physical resources. To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed. KR 5 Management and supervision: Where requested: to supervise trainee Behaviour Support Practitioners after accreditation by the training course(s) and completion of the Trusts Supervision Training. Where requested: to supervise trainee applied psychologists or qualified staff, within own area of specialism KR 6 Teaching and Training: To provide training to family carers and to support workers to enable them to develop their skills to work effectively with individuals whose behaviour challenges services, and to implement and adhere to the principles of Positive Behaviour Support in all aspects of care. To provide occasional specialist training in behavioural approaches to care to other professions as appropriate. To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles. KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance: To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry. KR 8 Research and development: To participate regularly in service evaluation, audits or research relevant to service needs. To lead occasionally on specific service evaluation, audit or research. KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development: To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to Trust guidelines. To ensure own Continuing Professional Development as required by the Personal Development Plan. To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies. To comply with the Trusts Code of Conduct for Non-Regulated Clinical Staff, and ensure professional development in line with it KR10 General: To travel to home visits, community placements, care planning meetings, and service-related meetings as appropriate and across the Trust when required. To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst CYP and follow trust policies relating to its management. To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations such as those involving challenging behaviour and to support others involved in such situations. Job description Job responsibilities Key Responsibilities: KR 1 Clinical and Client Care: To provide applied behavioural assessments, formulations and interventions for CYP who present behaviour that challenges services and poses risks to their well-being. To work with family carers or with staff who provide direct support to CYP to enable them to develop their skills to work effectively with individuals whose behaviour challenges. To ensure that interventions and work with care staff or families of referred CYP adheres to and actualises the principles of Positive Behaviour Support, and is culturally appropriate. To manage a clinical caseload taking responsibility for own work including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisor. To assess and monitor risk and draw up appropriate risk management plans. KR 2 Contributing to team or service clinical functioning: To contribute to the effective working of the CEIS and Neurodevelopmental team and to the development and maintenance of a Positive Behaviour Support framework within the service. To contribute to the teams delivery of accessible and acceptable services to diverse local communities. To be proactive in challenging discrimination and support the development of culturally competent services. To liaise with referrers, GPs and other professionals, and other agencies concerned with CYP in order to develop and review care plans. KR 3 Policy and service development: To implement policies and procedures in own area of work. To contribute to the consultation and engagement of service users in planning and delivering services which meet the needs of local communities. To contribute to service development through participating in appropriate projects. KR 4 Care or management of resources: To take care of, and use carefully, the Trusts equipment and physical resources. To ensure that the post-holder has sufficient resources by estimating future needs and requesting or ordering supplies as needed. KR 5 Management and supervision: Where requested: to supervise trainee Behaviour Support Practitioners after accreditation by the training course(s) and completion of the Trusts Supervision Training. Where requested: to supervise trainee applied psychologists or qualified staff, within own area of specialism KR 6 Teaching and Training: To provide training to family carers and to support workers to enable them to develop their skills to work effectively with individuals whose behaviour challenges services, and to implement and adhere to the principles of Positive Behaviour Support in all aspects of care. To provide occasional specialist training in behavioural approaches to care to other professions as appropriate. To disseminate research and service evaluation findings through presentations and published articles. KR 7 Record-keeping and Information Governance: To ensure that all information generated by own work is recorded as required by Trust policies and local procedures. To maintain the highest standards of clinical record keeping and report writing, according to professional and Trust guidelines, including electronic data entry. KR 8 Research and development: To participate regularly in service evaluation, audits or research relevant to service needs. To lead occasionally on specific service evaluation, audit or research. KR 9 Maintaining professional standards and continuing professional development: To receive regular clinical and professional supervision from a more senior psychologist according to Trust guidelines. To ensure own Continuing Professional Development as required by the Personal Development Plan. To maintain an up-to-date knowledge of current developments in professional and clinical practice and of relevant legislation and policies. To comply with the Trusts Code of Conduct for Non-Regulated Clinical Staff, and ensure professional development in line with it KR10 General: To travel to home visits, community placements, care planning meetings, and service-related meetings as appropriate and across the Trust when required. To be aware of risk relating to aggressive and challenging behaviour amongst CYP and follow trust policies relating to its management. To respond appropriately and professionally to emotionally distressing situations such as those involving challenging behaviour and to support others involved in such situations.