Halton Borough Council (Hybrid)
Contract, Full time, Flexible hours
No DBS check required
£40,221 - £43,421 pay award pending
37 hours
Our Story:
Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester, as well as close proximity to both Liverpool John Lennon and Manchester Airports.
Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.
We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.
Our Team:
We are looking for 2 x Senior Behaviour Analysts, Positive Support Service – to start February 2025 – Fixed term for 12 month to cover for Maternity.
PBSS is an award winning service with an excellent National reputation for delivering high quality Positive Behaviour Support to individuals within their local community, offering support to people who engage in behaviours that challenge services. Typically the service works with people who have a Learning Disability or who are Autistic. PBSS is staffed by Board Certified Behaviour Analysts, assistant behaviour analysts and behaviour practitioners and was the first of its kind in the UK to be developed within the context of a Local Authority. Within the service there are 4 core domains:
Technical Support: full functional assessment, development of a person centred intervention plan, supported intervention and exit and maintenance criteria.
Crisis prevention: skilling up of mainstream services through training opportunities.
Early Intervention: behaviour analytic support within education settings.
Placement development: supporting people to move out of hospital or back to their local areas from out of borough placements.
PBSS has a team of dedicated Assistant Behaviour Analysts and Behaviour Practitioners who support the Behaviour Analysts to complete assessments and deliver intervention. There is an emphasis on team work.
Your Contributions:
As this role involves regular travel across the borough and sometimes further afield, a driving license and access to a vehicle are essential requirements. Where appropriate, reasonable adjustments will be made in accordance with the provisions of the Equality Act.
Our Offer:
Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:
Next Steps:
At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact the duty manager on 0151 511 8444
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 11th December 2024 at Runcorn Town Hall, Runcorn
At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk
Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.
We look forward to receiving your application!
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