Behaviour Support Practitioner

Position: Behaviour Support Practitioner
Location: Regional - travel essential; overnight hotel stays essential
Contract type: Full Time, 40 hours, Monday-Friday
Rate: Up to £27,648 + £3,000 car allowance
Interviews: Will be conducted at the Exemplar Health Care Support Centre in Sheffield, 17 Europa View, Sheffield Business Park, S9 1XH

Join us as our new Behaviour Support Practitioner
In this role, you’ll play a key role in supporting people who display behaviours of concern and the colleagues who care for them. You’ll develop, deliver, and evaluate training programmes from both psychological and physical perspectives. You’ll also support our care home-based colleagues to develop behaviour support plans, review behaviour records, and role model effective management of behaviours of concern.

About Exemplar Health Care
Exemplar Health Care is one of the country’s leading nursing care providers for adults living with complex needs. We have over 52 care homes across England that support adults living with complex mental health needs, dementia, neuro-disabilities, and physical disabilities. As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop, and progress.

About The Role
As a Behaviour Support Practitioner with Exemplar Health Care, you’ll provide training and visit our homes to offer effective behaviour support based on people’s identified needs. This is an exciting opportunity to use your training, coaching, and positive behaviour support skills to make a real difference. No two days will be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Assisting in the development, delivery, and evaluation of training programmes
• Supporting our care homes to organize and deliver training to ensure company targets are met
• Using excellent presentation skills to present a range of new and unfamiliar concepts to staff at all levels, managing varying levels of understanding
• Measuring and evaluating learning outcomes to include how learning is embedded in practice
• Supporting clinical teams in reducing the frequency, severity, and impact of violence and the use of restrictive interventions
• Providing support to colleagues around managing behaviour during difficult times, such as when someone’s mental health is deteriorating
• Reviewing incident statistics and evaluating incident reports in individual homes, providing support and additional training where required.

About You
Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success, and teamwork.

You’ll Also

• Have a valid driving licence & own a car
• Have a level 2 health and social care qualification or equivalent in a relevant discipline
• Be an excellent presenter, able to deliver information to people with varying understanding
• Have a caring and sensitive nature
• Have a keen eye for detail, able to spot areas for improvement
• Know how to treat people with compassion, dignity, and respect
• Be an excellent team player
• Be able to communicate with a range of people, including those who use communication aids.

When you start, you’ll receive a full induction with support from our Advanced Behaviour Support Practitioners to learn all you need to know about the role.

What We Offer
We offer great rewards and perks including:

• Excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities, and career prospects
• 25 annual leave days plus bank holidays
• Retail and lifestyle discounts
• Free DBS check
• Electric car salary sacrifice scheme
• 24/7 counselling and support
• Blue Light Card eligibility.