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Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Practitioner - Preston

Job Introduction

Summary

Location: Preston
Salary: £26,363.57 plus mileage
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 Preston 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.

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

https://youtu.be/8YY1c0FzeKs

How will I develop?

If you do not already hold a BTEC Level 4 in Positive Behaviour Support you will be enrolled onto this course and supported throughout your studies while you work with us, on completion you will receive a salary increase to £28,325
You will receive regular clinical supervision from experienced professionals to ensure you feel confident and supported in your role.

We will continue to invest in your professional growth within our CYP Division by fully funding everything required to maintain your UK SBA professional registration, including your annual UK SBA fee, DBS, safeguarding training and liability insurance. As a registered APD provider, we will also support your ongoing development with a minimum of 6 APD provided in house each year, so you can focus on delivering outstanding practice while we fully support your professional career

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).

Please note we are holding in person interviews on 30 April 2026 in Preston.

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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