Regional Behaviour Support and Restrictive Practice Lead

Are you a qualified therapist or nurse with a postgraduate diploma in Behaviour Analysis and experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and autism?

Perhaps you’re a Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist or currently a Behavioural Therapist looking for a new opportunity where you can positively impact the lives of others and make a difference.

Working across the London and Southeast region with two Associate Behaviour Support Practitioners to supervise and provide leadership to, you will support 18 care homes ranging from 5 to 12 beds, proving support to adults with a diagnosis of learning disabilities and complex needs, autism and sensory communication difficulties.

You’ll undertake behaviour assessments including functional analyses of new and existing residents and provide interpretations of findings and make recommendations to individual support plans, liaising and collaborating with the Therapy team and other multi-disciplinary teams.

As a Regional Behaviour Support and Restrictive Practice Lead you will:

• Work collaboratively with the Therapeutic Team to identify and implement evidence-based interventions based on a holistic understanding of individuals’ needs.
• Promote the effective incident management of behaviours that challenge, including any environmental changes, risk assessment or support plan updates emerging through post-incident support processes.
• Monitor and review incidents and suggest actions and care planning recommendations.
• Provide post-incident support to staff where the need/incident dictates.
• Review environments and ways of working to ensure they are least restrictive and trauma informed.
• Take part in regular professional supervision and appraisal.
• Actively engage with developments in the field of Behaviour Support and related disciplines
• Establish and maintain a rich framework of governance activities that enable the delivery of safe, ethical and effective services for the region

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Have a postgraduate diploma in Behavioural Analysis
• Be a qualified RNLD, Clinical Psychologist, Speech and Language Therapist, Occupational Therapist or Behavioural Therapist
• Registration with a relevant professional body (e.g. NMC, HCPC)
• An excellent track record in a similar healthcare setting
• A passion for improving clinical quality and individual care
• Excellent verbal and written communication with the ability to engage people
• To be confident, adaptable and resilient with a high degree of presence

What you will get:

• Annual salary up to £55,000
• £5,000 car allowance
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.