Senior Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) Specialist
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Ambitious College
Haringey
- £48,000 - £52,000 per year
- New
- Salary:
- £49,000 - £51,206 (depending on skills and experience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 26 January 2025
Job overview
At Ambitious about Autism, we are currently looking for a Senior Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Specialist to join our team.
We are looking for an empathetic and adaptable individual, who thrives under pressure and has a natural ability to solve challenges. Integrated Services comprises of dynamic teams of occupational therapists; PBS specialists and practitioners; and speech and language therapists working across our education settings. Enhancing quality of life of children and young people with autism and learning disabilities is central to all we do.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Ensuring practitioners within your team implement the charity's model of PBS service delivery and follow agreed processes and practices
- Supporting your team members to work positively and creatively with the settings, building capacity to improve outcomes for students
- Training, motivating and practically supporting staff teams, parents and other professionals to be confident and skilled in meeting the needs of children and young people with complex behavioural needs
- Undertaking and reviewing risk assessments of behaviours that challenge and producing and reviewing corresponding PBS plans that promote proactive and early intervention and skill development that reduce the need for physical intervention
- Contributing to efficient, integrated support, working closely with other professionals to pool knowledge, skills and resources across disciplines
- Liaising with parents/carers to provide support and guidance and to inform and further develop intervention programmes
- Demonstrating integrity and sensitivity
- Being open and flexible in developing methods of practice in line with best practice
We are looking for someone who has:
- Board certified behavioural analyst qualification or Masters level training in Positive Behavioural Support
- Experience of implementing a range of impactful specialist behavioural assessment and interventions with children and young people with autism, learning disability and behaviours that challenge
- Skill in the use of complex methods of functional assessment and intervention
- Ability and skills to build and maintain positive relationships with children and young people, professionals and parents/carers
This role can be based at our Conel site or West Themes College site, depending on the location of the applicant.
This is a fantastic opportunity to work for a forward-thinking organisation with the interests and wellbeing of autistic children and young people at its core.
We are committed to CPD, where you can access a wide range of training and development opportunities to support your personal and professional development. Other benefits include a generous holiday allowance, access to our Employee Assistance Programme, a wide range of wellbeing activities and a free Perkbox subscription offering benefits of particular services at a discounted rate.
If you would like to get in touch for an informal chat please contact Stephen Vickers, Recruitment Manager – svickers@ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk.
Ambitious about Autism is fully committed to equality of opportunity and diversity and we warmly welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates. We welcome applications regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, or age. All applications will be considered solely on merit.
Ambitious about Autism is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. As part of our Safer Recruitment checks, an online search maybe carried out in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
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About Ambitious College
Ambitious College is a specialist day college for autistic young people aged 16 –25.
The college has two campuses co-located within mainstream colleges in north and west London. These are the Pears Campus at the College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London (CONEL) in Tottenham and the Pears Campus at West Thames College in Isleworth.
At each campus, there is a team of dedicated and passionate professionals including teachers, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, employment specialists, behaviour specialists and specialist support staff. Using the Ambitious Approach to education, they work together to come up with learning and support approaches tailored to the individual.
Through a range of partnerships with local businesses, community groups and mainstream partners, the college also offer opportunities to learn in the community. This combined approach – personalised education, positive support and real work experience – delivers results. It allows young people to achieve their goals, fulfil their potential and go on to lead active lives in their community.
Head of College: Linda Looney
Values and vision
Ambitious about Autism is the national charity for autistic children and young people. We offer specialist education and support through Ambitious College, TreeHouse School, and The Rise School.
Ambitious College's values define how we work and ensure that children and young people with autism are at the heart of all that we do. We think everyone is entitled to lead a fulfilling, happy, and rewarding life; and this includes young people with autism.
Our learners are at the heart of everything we do, their curriculum is highly personalised to help them achieve their goals. We operate a person-centered approach. It is delivered by our highly skilled and friendly staff. We offer lots of opportunities to learn in the community through a range of partnerships with local employers, services, and our mainstream college partners.
As our name suggests, we are ambitious for our learners. We are a dedicated team of professionals who are passionate about our work in supporting young learners to live ordinary lives in their home community. We know that with the right opportunity and support they can achieve great things.
Ofsted
“Leaders, managers and governors have high ambitions and expectations for learners. Leaders and managers have developed a good curriculum offer which enables learners to study one of four pathways: engagement and interaction, maximum independence, preparing for employment, and vocational learning. As a result, most learners benefit from an individually tailored and well-taught programme that is based on their needs, aspirations and ambitions. Learners make good progress and are prepared well to move from college to the next stage of their life.”
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