Behavioural Support Worker

When indicated to undertake functional assessment of behaviours that challenge for clients eligible to the service under the supervision of the services behavioural support practitioner and/or clinical psychologists.
To work alongside clients, families, paid carers and other professionals to support understanding and responses to behaviours that are challenging in line with PBS principles, Positive & Proactive Care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions (2014) and NICE Guidance (including NG11 & NG93).
Interventions will include working across a variety of settings, including family homes, residential/supported living and day services and will involve working as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team.
To assist in delivering relevant interventions to increase the knowledge and skills of the appropriate stakeholders.
To work closely with the multi-disciplinary team and wider stakeholders to deliver on the Transforming Care Agenda and local delivery plan for clients supported by the service.
In order to be considered for shortlisting, please state three reasons as to why you should be shortlisted in your application. Candidates who fail to do this, will not be shortlisted. These 3 reasons must be related to the JD & PS, + To contribute, under supervision, the delivery of positive behavioural support informed interventions to people with a learning disability.
+ Ensure a high standard of clinical care for the post holder's clients, providing a comprehensive and appropriate PBS service to clients, families and paid carers.
+ Play a key role in the assessment of clients who present with behaviours that challenge, undertaking both initial assessments and more detailed functional assessments.
+ To provide a range of behavioural intervention strategies based on the functional assessment of a client's behaviours which are suitable for service users living with their families and/or support staff, this will include the development of Positive Behaviour Support Plans.
+ Hold a clinical caseload, working under supervision, in collaboration with other agencies and as well as health and social care professionals.
+ To undertake risk assessments and develop risk management plans either independently or as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
+ To work with other members of the team on developing the knowledge and skill base around Positive Behaviour Support in the local borough - this may be for family carers, support staff, and/or other professionals. This may include working alongside staff that provide direct care to clients to enable them to develop their skills to work effectively with individuals with behaviours that challenge.
+ Communicate effectively with health and social care professionals and outside agencies regarding client care and progress.
+ Communicate with other members of the service regarding PBS and risk management plans.
+ Work autonomously in a variety of work contexts, including work in the community which may at times involve working with clients with complex needs in their own home and/or day service. This includes face-to-face sessions with individual clients, families and support workers. This will include working with clients across the adult lifespan and with a wide range of clinical complexity.
+ Spend sustained amounts of time with service users who may display behaviours that can be challenging, such as aggressive and hostile behaviour, who may have difficulties with communication and daily living skills and additional physical and/or mental health needs.
+ Adapt verbal and non-verbal communication to facilitate clients' understanding.
+ Liaise appropriately with all agencies involved and keep them informed of relevant information and recommended guidelines necessary to provide high standards of care for clients, within the recommended limits of confidentiality.
+ Provide a clinical service to clients from a range of minority ethnic populations and provide an appropriate specialist person-centred programme of care, taking into account language, religion, cultural beliefs and customs and adapt assessment, formulation and intervention as appropriate.
+ Plan and prioritise own clinical workload and to work with multi-disciplinary colleagues around complex cases, providing this in a setting which is most appropriate to the client and/or service needs.
+ Responsible for recording, monitoring and reporting on clinical work and communicating clinical information to a variety of recipients (e.g. service users, families, carers, other professionals, and statutory and voluntary organisations) orally, in writing and electronically, and as specified by the service. In addition, to maintain client records as an autonomous practitioner.
+ Responsible for developing and maintaining knowledge of local resources and developing working relationships with relevant statutory, voluntary and community groups and organisations.
+ Ensuring client's care needs are reviewed regularly and care plans are adjusted to meet individual's needs.
+ Other relevant duties as discussed with the Lead Clinical Psychologist.
Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don't stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated 'Outstanding' again in 2018 and continue to be rate 'Outstanding' in 2021.. We were named in the HSJ's Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.
Other reasons to apply
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations., Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.