Behaviour Support Specialist (Nuneaton Campus)

Join us as a Behaviour Support Specialist – empower our Nuneaton Campus students to learn, connect and succeed.

Start Date: As soon as possible

Salary: £35826.93

Contract: 37 hours a week/ 52 weeks a year

Closing Date: Friday 30th May, 2025 at 12:00am

Apply for Behaviour Support Specialist (Nuneaton Campus) vacancy.

This is your opportunity to join a dedicated therapy team and deliver wrap-around support that helps students access learning, grow in confidence, and prepare for meaningful futures.

Behaviour Support Specialist (Nuneaton Campus)

Overall Purpose

To work within the Therapy Team to provide a wrap-around service of support that enables students to access education and acquire the most important skills that they need for their future lives. Gaining behavioural skills that will enable them to live inclusively in society, develop and maintain meaningful relationships and be able to access day activities, for example work and/or further learning. and in accordance with our organisational values:

Equality Empowerment Respect Sustainability

Job Description
Person Specification

Core Duties

The post-holder will be involved in developing and conducting assessment activities related to the need for behavioural interventions and designing, implementing and monitoring behaviour analysis data.
Undertaking functional behaviour assessments and developing intervention plans with a focus on skill development.
Working with students and staff to develop interventions that are shared (with consent) with the students’ families/carers and groups.
Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of behavioural interventions in order to evidence progress reports and summaries.
Providing advice, education, information and training to students, staff, families, carers, on best practice behavioural interventions.
To support colleagues through coaching and training to develop their own practice.
To develop policy and practice that enables a culture of positive behaviour management.
To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programmes.
To update student records.
To attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings as requested.
To work with various staff teams to ensure maximum positive impact.
Liaising with other parties such as social worker, parents, outreach, psychiatrists etc.
Contributing positively to a high quality care, teaching and learning environment.
Analyse individual and system wide data to inform decision making and targeted intervention
Support, supervise and mentor Behaviour Support Assistants.

General Responsibilities for all Staff:

Ensure that all beneficiaries are treated with dignity and respect.
Empower students and day service users to maintain their personal independence and confidentiality.
Contribute positively to a high-quality teaching, learning and caring environment.
Comply with health & safety and safeguarding regulations.
Any other reasonable duties commensurate with role as required.

Education and Qualifications

Attribute	Criteria	Evidence
MSc or BSc (Hons) (2:1) in Behaviour Analysis / PBS or Learning Disability Nursing profession	Essential	Certs
Positive Behaviour Support Level 5 qualification if RNLD registered / qualified (current registration not required)	Essential	Certs
Level 2 or above English and Maths	Essential	Certs
Professional registration (either BACB, UKSBA, NMC)	Essential	Certs
Meets the UKSBA registration from 2026	Essential	Certs

Experience, Knowledge and Abilities

Attribute	Criteria	Evidence
Experience of Functional Behaviour Assessments and writing Behavioural Support Plans	Essential	App Form and Int
Experience of working with people with learning disabilities, Autism and mental health difficulties	Essential	App Form and Int
Experience of working within a Multi-disciplinary Therapy team	Essential	App Form and Int
Experience of working in an education setting	Desirable	App Form and Int
Experience of working independently within a setting	Desirable	App Form and Int
Experience of delivering training to staff teams.	Desirable	App Form and Int

Interpersonal Skills and Qualities

Attributes	Criteria	Evidence
Effective communication skills both written and verbal in order to write reports, deliver presentations and represent the organisation externally	Essential	App Form and Int
Ability to analyse and interpret individual and system wide data using it to inform decision making and targeted support	Essential	App Form and Int
Ability to manage conflicting priorities	Essential	App Form and Int
Ability to use office 365, and data recording systems	Essential	App Form and Int
Ensures that safeguarding of the students is prioritised.	Essential	App Form and Int
To be a reflective practitioner who uses acquired learning to ensure a consistent approach to maintaining high standards and ensuring mistakes are not repeated.	Essential	App Form and Int
Ability to work seamlessly within a team whilst maintaining objectivity to ensure unbiased assessments and interventions	Essential	App Form and Int

Note: This job description and person specification is not an exhaustive description – it is a guide and will be subject to review to meet the service/business needs