Behaviour Technician

Role Responsibility

Behaviour Team - Part of the Kent and Medway Dynamic Support Service

Grade: KR7 (KR8 if a Registered Behaviour Technician, as certified by the BACB)

Are you a dynamic and enthusiastic young adult’s and family’s worker who has an interest in or are already experienced in the role of Behaviour Technician? Are you looking for a new challenge and wanting to develop or build on your skill set through working with neurodiversity, trauma and crisis?  This role would best suit practitioners who are currently behaviour technicians wanting to extend their skillset or practitioners interested in building experience in working as a behaviour technician.

Purpose of Programme

The Behaviour Team which is part of the Dynamic Support Service is an exciting venture and collaboration between Kent and Medway County Councils and the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board, the integrated care system.  The Kent and Medway Integrated Care System is passionate about promoting good mental health and wellbeing for children and young people with learning disabilities and/or autism. We strive to use the expertise and resources within our organisations and through our partnerships to deliver high quality services that are safe and focused on children and young adult’s wellbeing and recovery.

The Behaviour Team uses Behaviour Analysis, including the application of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), to deliver assessments and interventions for complex neurodiverse young people with and without a mental health concern. Using systems approach the service supports complex neurodiverse young people who are experiencing challenges in their behaviours, resulting in significant harm to self, property, or others. In bringing a sensory and behavioural lens to better understand our neurodiverse complex young people and their families, the service aims to create a difference to their lives.

The role will be hosted by Kent County Council and delivered across Kent and Medway councils and Integrated Care Boards.

The role requires travel to visits across Kent and Medway, so applicants must have a license and access to a car.

This role is subject to holding a Full UK Driving Licence – The Council is committed to making reasonable adjustments so whilst this job requires the jobholder to drive your application will still be considered if you are unable to drive due to a disability.

Expressions for secondment welcomed. Secondment applicants will need to have the consent of their employing organisation.

These are full-time posts though role share will be considered.

Benefits

Kent County Council believe in supporting their staff and therefore offer the below benefits alongside this rewarding role.

- A competitive salary, dependent on experience

- Minimum 27 days paid holiday, bank holidays, concessionary day

- Pension

- Access to physical and mental wellbeing support

- Seasonal benefits and staff socials

- Home working and flexible working

- A robust supervision structure, both individually and peer supervision.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact Details

For more information, please contact Maisie-Jane Wilmin 07812702520

maisie-jane.wilmin@kent.gov.uk

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county’s working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.