Clinical Behavioral Specialist - London, United Kingdom - East London NHS Foundation Trust

East London NHS Foundation Trust
East London NHS Foundation Trust
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2 weeks ago

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We are a dynamic Community Learning Disability Health Team looking to recruit a permanent 1.0 WTE Clinical Behaviour Specialist. 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 WTE Clinical Behaviour Specialist, 1 WTE Assistant Clinical Behaviour Specialist & 0.6 WTE Art Therapist, 2 WTE Assistant Psychologists and 0.4 WTE Clinical 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.


  • To provide a range of assessment and interventions in line with the Positive Behavioural Support approach. When indicated to undertake functional assessment of behaviours that challenge for clients eligible to the Newham Health Team for Adults with Learning Disabilities.
  • To work alongside clients, families, support workers and professionals to enable others to better understand and respond to behaviours that are challenging in line with PBS principles, Positive &

Proactive Care:
reducing the need for restrictive interventions and NICE Guidance (including NG11 & NG93).

  • Interventions will include working across a variety of settings, including residential and day services and this will involve working with the multidisciplinary team.
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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