Positive Behaviour Practitioner
Join Our Therapy Team as a PBS Practitioner
At Autism Unlimited, we’ve spent over 50 years supporting children, adults, and families living with autism. We’re now looking for a dedicated PBS Practitioner to join our multidisciplinary therapy team.
Working alongside speech and language and occupational therapists you will play a key role in supporting development and helping the people we support achieve positive outcomes. You’ll work closely with our Therapy and PBS Lead to deliver meaningful, person-centered support.
This is a full-time role (39 hours per week), with flexible or part-time hours considered for the right candidate.
The role offers variety, with opportunities to support both students and adults in the community—making a real difference to the people we support every day.
Duties would include:
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Delivering evidence-based Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) tailored to student needs, including functional assessments and person-centered intervention planning, implementation, and review.
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Working closely with classroom teams to ensure PBS strategies are applied consistently and effectively.
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Supporting and delivering PBS training to staff to build confidence and best practice across the team.
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Helping develop and strengthen our PBS service, contributing ideas to enhance and expand our current approach.
Our ideal applicant will need to have:
- An undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification relevant to the role e.g. Psychology, Child Development, Mental Health Nursing.
- Experience of implementing a positive behaviour support service.
- Knowledge of assessment tools and positive support processes including how to construct and implement a behaviour support plan.
- Experience of supporting autistic children/young people and/or those with learning difficulties.
- A driving license to enable travel between sites.
Why join us?
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If joining our incredible therapy team sounds like the right role for you, we’d love to hear from you.
You MUST complete the application form in order to be considered for this position, in line with keeping children safe in education.
To apply it couldn’t be simpler - just ‘apply’ to complete the application process.
If you have any questions and would like to discuss the role in more detail, please call the Talent Team on 01202 084834.
If you have any questions and would like to discuss the role in more detail, please call the Talent Team on 01202 084834.
Charley will be happy to help!
Closing Date: 20/03/2026
Interviews: Week commencing 23rd March 2026
Our commitment
We welcome applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this. Anyone with any form of disability will be provided with reasonable adjustments in order to participate in the job application or interview process. As part of our commitment to providing reasonable adjustments, please let us know if you require support to complete your application.
Autism Unlimited is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. Any vacancy we have will be filled based on qualifications and best fit without any reference to race, colour, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law. All successful candidates will be subject to disclosure and barring checks along with other relevant employment checks.