Behaviour Analyst

Are you a skilled, experienced, resilient and proactive Board Certified Behaviour Analyst who is passionate about making a difference to the lives of children and young people with autism?

Based in the heart of Chester City Centre, Abbey School is an Independent Special School for young people with autism aged 4-19 years whom may have additional learning difficulties and behaviours that challenge.

 We support young people in transdisciplinary teams including teachers, behaviour analysts, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists who all work together supporting our pupils to thrive and achieve.

Due to our expanding pupil numbers we are keen to welcome an additional behaviour analyst to join our team. Working through a person centred framework, you will be responsible for designing, supervising and implementing teaching, learning and behaviour support programmes for children and young people with autism.

Main duties will include:

• Working as part of a trans-disciplinary team to support the delivery of effective and appropriate teaching, learning and behaviour support in all areas of school life as a result of trans-disciplinary working underpinned by an evidence-based behavioural model of practice.
• Being responsible for conducting functional assessments and developing comprehensive function based Positive Behaviour Support plans and interventions to reduce behaviour that challenges and monitoring the effectiveness of these plans through development of robust data collection systems and analysis of the data.
• Using evidence-informed practices to develop personalised learning support.
• Conducting a range of assessments including assessment for learning, assessment of learning, admissions assessments, behavioural assessments and assessments of maintenance and generalisation.
• Preparing for and contributing to Person Centred Reviews.
• Working in partnership with parents, colleagues and other professionals to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and young people.
• Playing an active role in the school’s approach to Positive Handling, becoming a Team-Teach Trainer (training will be provided, however the candidate is required to be open to this training), and provide training, support and advice to all staff in Abbey School to ensure any use of restrictive intervention is used in accordance with the law and clear ethical values and embedded within comprehensive proactive plans to reduce restriction.

The position is permanent, full-time, and we are seeking a start date for September 2024. 

We are a supportive learning organisation with a strong commitment to staff development and wellbeing. 

Benefits:

• Paid holidays - BA's are not required to work when the school is closed over half terms, Easter, Christmas, and summer holidays - the annual salary is split between 12 months and paid monthly.
• Competitive salary
• Suite of staff benefits including pension scheme
• Technology appropriate for your job
• Comprehensive staff training programme
• Access to WeCare which is a 24/7 online GP, mental health support service, get fit programme and much more.
• Access to MediCash program for wellbeing benefits
• The opportunity to shape and improve the life chances of pupils with a disability, and in so doing, extend the prospect of an improved quality of life for family members and others

For furthe information please visit 

https://abbeyschool.com/job/board-certified-behaviour-analyst/