BEHAVIOURAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST - NUNEATON CAMPUS

Start Date: ASAP
Salary: £35826.93
Contract: 37 Hours per week, 52 weeks per year
Closing Date: 12pm Friday 30th May 2025
Interview date: w/c 2nd June 2025

We’re looking for a passionate Behavioural Support Specialist to join our Therapy Team in Nuneaton. You’ll design and deliver behavioural interventions that support students with learning disabilities, autism, or mental health needs, helping them build essential life skills. If you have experience in behaviour analysis and a commitment to inclusive, person-centred practice, we’d love to hear from you.

• The post-holder will be involved in developing and conducting assessment activities related to the need for behavioural interventions and designing, implementing and monitoring behaviour analysis data.
• Undertaking functional behaviour assessments and developing intervention plans with a focus on skill development.
• Working with students and staff to develop interventions that are shared (with consent) with the students’ families/carers and groups.
• Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of behavioural interventions in order to evidence progress reports and summaries.
• Providing advice, education, information and training to students, staff, families, carers, on best practice behavioural interventions.
• To support colleagues through coaching and training to develop their own practice.
• To develop policy and practice that enables a culture of positive behaviour management.
• To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes.
• To update student records.
• To attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings as requested.
• To work with various staff teams to ensure maximum positive impact.
• Liaising with other parties such as social worker, parents, outreach, psychiatrists etc.
• Contributing positively to a high quality care, teaching and learning environment.
• Analyse individual and system wide data to inform decision making and targeted intervention
• Support, supervise and mentor Behaviour Support Assistants.
• Ensure that all beneficiaries are treated with dignity and respect.
• Empower students and residents to maintain their personal independence and confidentiality.
• Contribute positively to a high-quality teaching, learning and caring environment.
• Comply with health & safety and safeguarding regulations.
• Any other reasonable duties commensurate with role as required.

Homefield College is an independent specialist college and a charity that offers education, care and support to people with learning and communication difficulties.
We have several sites in Leicestershire along with a provision in Nuneaton.

We can offer you:

• A friendly and supportive working environment with enthusiastic and dedicated leaders.
• Focused support on your wellbeing - we have partnered with Health Assured to offer free counselling and support to our staff.
• Access to continual professional development to help you grow and develop in your role.
• Cycle 2 Work scheme and eligibility for discount cards.
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities.
• Contributory pension & generous paid holiday allowance

Homefield College promotes equality and diversity, and are a Disability Confident committed employer. All our employees are recruited on their merits, abilities and suitability for the role, complying with all relevant legislation, recommendations and guidance.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of learners and expect all staff to share this commitment. This position is subject to child protection screening, including checks with past employers and enhanced Disclosure and Barring check.
We look forward to hearing from you!
In line with our safeguarding practices, we are unable to accept CVs and ask that you complete an Application Form in order for your application to be considered.
This position is subject to child protection screening, including checks with past employers and enhanced Disclosure and Barring check. We will also complete an online search on all shortlisted candidates.
Safeguarding StatementHomefield College, Glebe Road is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £35,826.93 per year

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Do you have experience of working with autistic individuals?
• Do you have Level 3 in Mental Health?

Work Location: In perso

Please refer the Job description for details