Ccst Specialist Practitioner

**Job Introduction**:
Children's Community Support Team (C.C.S.T) are a district-wide services that provide intensive, individual behavioural support packages, to children/young people and their families usually in their own home. The role is to support parents/carers to implement changes in behaviour and lifestyle that improve outcomes for children and young people. There are two aspects of this service, behaviour and sleep.

The behaviours displayed by the young people C.C.S.T work with are diverse, but may include;
- Distress and harm caused to themselves in the form of self-injurious behaviours
- Physical safety of others placed in serious jeopardy, due to aggressive behaviours
- Severe destructive behaviours
- Sleep Issues

In addition, the service provides training to colleagues, professionals and parents/carers on a variety of topics which include managing challenging behaviour, autism, sleep etc.

C.C.S.T are looking to recruit one C.C.S.T Specialist Practitioner who will be able to work within the remit of the services provided. This is a demanding role and therefore the post requires:

- Recent experience working directly with people with SEND/Disabilities’ including evidence of working with distressed behaviour
- Experience of working within multi-agency settings and/or across teams to draw on the strengths of professionals to improve outcomes for individuals and families
- Experience in reviewing and assessing needs and drawing up comprehensive support plans for children and young people with Disabilities/SEND
- You must prove that you have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to relate to a diverse group of service users and professionals
- A relevant Level 3 professional qualification related to working with children, young people and families and evidence of on-going training and CDP
- You must be able to demonstrate evidence of a general, broad-based education. Level of literacy to write clear and accurate notes
- The ability to remain calm but assertive when faced with extreme behaviours
- You will be required to work on your own initiative as a substantial part of the role is based out in the community
- The post involves lone working and working as a part of a team
- Must be able to work out of hours including evenings, weekends, early mornings etc
- Must hold a current driving licence unless a disability prevents this

An enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service will be undertaken for this post.

**Further information**

**Employee Offer**

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**Equal Opportunities**

We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee directly or indirectly on the grounds of gender, marital status, gender re-assignment, pregnancy, sexual orientation, disability, race, colour, ethnic background, religion or belief nationality or age. And, as an equal opportunities employer, the Council strives to employ the best qualified people from a diverse range of applicants.

The RESPECT Allyship Programme is available to all staff, which offers the opportunity to learn more about the diverse communities & groups and provides added benefits and resources to its members.

**CCST Specialist Practitioner**:

- **Salary**£33,366.00 - £37,938.00 Per Annum
- **Frequency**Annual
- **Job Reference**bradfordmbc/TP/1089/1074
- **Contract Type**Permanent
- **Working Hours**37
- **Closing Date**31 August, 2025
- **Job Category**Childrens
- **Service**SEND & Inclusion
- **Location**Shipley Town Hall, Kirkgate, Shipley, Bradford, United Kingdom
- **Additonal Payments**Not Applicable
- **Posted on**14 August, 2025