Challenging Behavioural Therapist
NHS Professionals Limited
Maidenhead, SL6 6DU · MAIDENHEAD, SL6 6DU
Salary
£25.84
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
28 September 2026
28 days left
Job description
Are you passionate about improving the lives of people with Learning Disabilities, Autism, and complex behavioural needs? Do you have experience in Po...
As a Challenging Behaviour Specialist, you will play a key role in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating Positive Behaviour Support interventions that enable individuals to live fulfilling lives within their communities.
Working collaboratively with service users, families, carers, health professionals, social care teams and third-sector organisations, you will provide specialist behavioural expertise and contribute to preventing unnecessary hospital admissions through proactive, person-centred support.
- Conducting behavioural assessments and developing functional behavioural formulations.
- Designing, implementing and reviewing Positive Behaviour Support Plans (PBSPs).
- Coordinating multi-agency risk assessments and management plans.
- Providing specialist advice, consultation and support to professionals, families and carers.
- Supporting behavioural and mental health crisis responses when required.
- Delivering training and education programmes to health, social care and voluntary sector partners.
- Participating in service development, audit and quality improvement initiatives.
- Contributing to multidisciplinary assessments and complex case reviews.
Here at NHS Professionals, we run England's largest NHS staff bank and are experts at putting people in places to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, more flexible shifts, and a healthier work-life balance across our partnered Trusts.
Career Progression access to Learning & Development opportunities, so that you can take on new roles and challenges
Work-life Balance flexible shifts, committed shifts, wellbeing resources and build paid annual leave
Opportunity & Access over 50 partner NHS Trusts to give you the flexibility of choice to work how and where you want
Experience
Essential
- Experience working with adults or children with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism.
- Experience applying Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) and/or Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA).
- Experience assessing and supporting behaviours that challenge.
- Experience developing, implementing and evaluating PBS plans.
- Strong communication and report-writing skills.
- Experience working within multidisciplinary teams.
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.
Qualifications
Essential
- Undergraduate degree in appropriate field
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant field.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
28 August 2026
Last checked
31 August 2026
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