Assistant Clinical Behaviour Specialist

2 months ago


London, United Kingdom East London NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are a dynamic Community Learning Disability Health Team looking to recruit a Band 5 Assistant Clinical Behaviour Specialist 1 WTE fixed term until October 2024.

We are keen to recruit clinicians who are passionate about the field of learning disabilities. In addition to the advertised posts, the team already consists of 1 WTE Lead Clinical Psychologist, 1 0.4 WTE 8a Clinical Psychologist, 2 WTE Clinical Behaviour Specialists, 0.6 WTE Art Therapist, 1 WTE Band 5 Assistant Psychologist and 1 0.8 WTE Band 4 Assistant Psychologist. We also take trainee Clinical Psychologists and trainee Art Therapists on placement with us. The psychological therapies team is just one grouping within the Newham Health Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities. The wider MDT consists of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Community Nurses, Physiotherapists & Psychiatrists.

The Newham Health Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities primarily works with clients with Severe and Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities who have unmet health needs. We also work with clients with Mild or Moderate Learning Disabilities if they are not able to access mainstream services with reasonable adjustments. There are many exciting projects either actively in progress, or on the horizon. Some of our current service development work focuses on trauma-informed care, anti racism, people participation, transition & STOMP.

To work alongside clients, families, support workers and professionals to enable others to better understand and respond to clients’ behaviours of concern in line with PBS principles and Positive & Proactive Care: reducing the need for restrictive interventions (2014).
Interventions will comprise working across a variety of settings, including family homes, residential and day services and this will involve working with the multi-disciplinary team.
The post-holder will contribute to the evaluation of local services and will play a key role in delivering relevant training to increase the knowledge and skills of the appropriate stakeholders. With supervision, the post-holder will manage a defined caseload of clinical cases, evidencing problem solving and clinical reasoning skills in line with evidence based and client-centred principles. The post-holder will be involved in clinical service development where appropriate.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.



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