Behaviour Therapist

Midwest 

Fixed term, 6 months, 25 hours.

Job Purpose

To maximize the quality of life outcomes of people who present with behaviours that challenge via evidence based behaviour analytic casework.

To help staff to adopt evidence-based support approaches and effectively support service users with behaviours that challenge.

To increase the capacity of RehabCare services to effectively support people with behaviour support needs via a range of ongoing service development activities.

To help the organisation adopt an evidence-based practice framework in the support of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Minimum Education & Skills required

• Masters degree in Applied Behaviour Analysis or equivalent.
• Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) certification is desirable.
• Minimum of three years’ experience working in behaviour support roles, carrying out functional assessments and supporting social care or educational staff teams to implement behaviour-analytic interventions for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs), cognitive disabilities (e.g. ABI or dementia), and / or dual mental health diagnoses.
• Knowledge of current best practice in the area of behaviour support and evidence-based practice in the support of people with IDDs more generally.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• **Functional Assessment: **To take a lead role in identifying function-based interventions and supports for people who present with behaviours that challenge via comprehensive functional behavioural assessments in line with best practice.
• **Implementation Support: **To take a lead role in the design of function-based interventions which are evidence based and have good contextual fit with the target environment(s). To support the implementation of these interventions via evidence-based training and organisational behaviour management strategies.
• **Collaborative Working & Stakeholder Involvement: **To work collaboratively with service users, service staff and multi-agency inter-disciplinary teams throughout the behaviour support process e.g. by consulting with the relevant stakeholders regarding goals and priorities; by involving stakeholders in the functional assessment process; by explaining to stakeholders the conclusions of any assessments and the details of any indicated interventions; and by seeking feedback from stakeholders throughout the process.

Additional requirements

• That the post holder manages a large caseload and busy workload
• That the post holder has a full, clean driving licence and has available personal transport.
• Willingness to undertake a large amount of travel and work flexibly due to the geographic spread of services across the region and 24/7 nature of residential, supported accommodation and respite services.

Staff Benefits

• Company Pension Scheme

• Paid maternity/paternity/adoption leave

• Educational leave

• 27 days annual leave

• Bike to work scheme

• Tax saver travel scheme

• Income protection

• Unpaid leave

• Health and Wellbeing programme

• Company credit union scheme

• Employee discount scheme

• Digital Doctor

• Financial support for studying and study leave

• Long Service Reward Scheme

• sick leave

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

*Rewarding Career *Career with meaning *attractive benefits *work life balance*

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These duties and responsibilities are a reflection of the present service requirements and may be subject to review and amendment to meet the changing needs of the service.

**Closing Date: 15th June 2025

The Rehab Group is an equal opportunity employer