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Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Practitioner (9 month FTC) - Wakefield & Leeds

Job Introduction

Summary

Location: Wakefield and Leeds
Salary: £26,363.57 plus mileage (pro rata FTC)
Hours per week: 37.5 hours, including travel time
Required: Full UK Manual driving licence and access to a vehicle and willingness to travel. Previous experience working with Children and young people with learning disabilities and Autism.
Sponsorship is not available for this position

Positive Behaviour Support changes lives. Join us and help unlock new possibilities.

As a Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) practitioner, you will help children and young people with learning disabilities, Autism and sometimes other support needs to transform their lives.

We are looking for someone to join our team working across the Wakefield and Leeds area.

Who will I support?

You will work with children and young people who may not be accessing education and may be at significant risk of entering specialist residential care.

How will I make a difference?

Every young person we support will benefit from different strategies and interventions to help them flourish in a safe environment.

You will take time to understand the lived experience of the young person, and support them, their families, carers and other professionals to learn and apply the appropriate positive behaviour support techniques.

Your support will enable young people to stay in their current placements, access their communities and build tools they will use for the rest of their lives to live great, independent lives.

Using techniques built on the principles of inclusion, choice and participation, your support could be the difference between a locked door and an open path to independence.

You will receive regular clinical supervision from experienced professionals to ensure you feel confident and supported in your role.

This is a fixed term contract covering maternity leave for 9 months, with potential extension.

To find out more about becoming a PBS Practitioner watch our video on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/8YY1c0FzeKs

Our Benefits

Buy & sell annual leave
Access pay as you earn via Stream - https://stream.co/en
Wellbeing scheme
Fully funded health plan via SimplyHealth (GP, dental, optical)
Blue Light Card reimbursement
Pension & Life Assurance

An enhanced DBS check is required (paid for by us).

We review applications as they are received, so may close this advert early if sufficient candidates are shortlisted for interview, so don't delay, Apply today!

Interviews will be held in person on August 14th 2026, in Wakefield.

We’re committed to being Disability Confident and we guarantee to interview all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.

If you require any assistance to find out about current vacancies, making an application, or need any recruitment related documentation in a more accessible format please send an e-mail to: Recruitment@affinitytrust.org

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