Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)

Join a Positive Behaviour Support team making a real impact

At Priory, our Positive Behaviour Support team empowers individuals to live safely and happily within their community setting, providing person-centred, proactive, and respectful support that fosters skills development and independence.

We’re looking for professionals who are not only skilled in Positive Behaviour Support approaches, but also empathetic, resilient, and driven by purpose to improve the lives of the people we support.

You’ll have the opportunity to bring compassion and empathy to work in an environment where you have a real and positive impact on people’s lives.

Explore PBS opportunities with Priory

Considering a career with us? Let us share some of the incredible stories from the people we support at Priory:

Before moving to Priory, Miles lived at a service over 200 miles from his family home. In this story, we followed Miles’ journey to Ebbsfleet House where our positive behaviour support (PBS) team developed a fully tailored transition resulting in a seamless move into his new home.

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Tom is an autistic man who also has a learning disability and epilepsy. His dedicated team at Bedborough House provide person-centred support, promoting independence, daily living skills and access to the community, helping to improve Tom’s quality of life. In this story, we learn how Tom’s personalised PBS plan was developed and achieved a positive outcome.

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Julie is an autistic woman who also has a learning disability and Tourette’s syndrome. After experiencing numerous placement breakdowns, Julie was supported by with a structured transition from a secure hospital to Priory’s Apple Mews residential home.

Read Julie’s story

"There is no other team I would want to be a part of, truly. The PBS team are a really supportive and proactive group of humans who celebrate one another and the people we support continuously." Zoe, PBS Practitioner

PBS Practitioners

Our PBS Practitioners lead the implementation within their service, supporting residents, patients and colleagues to implement positive approaches to improve quality of life for those we support, while reducing restrictive practices.

Essential requirements: A formal qualification in PBS or a related field, and experience conducting behavioural assessments and developing interventions for people presenting with challenging behaviour.

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Senior PBS Practitioners

As a Senior Practitioner, you’ll lead the delivery of PBS across a region, providing direct support and empowering teams to implement approaches that enhance the wellbeing of those we support. This role involves guiding our practitioners and delivering PROACT-SCIPr-UK® training.

Essential requirements: You must be qualified or willing and able to work towards Instructor Level of PROACT-SCIPr-UK®.

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We’re looking for passionate PBS practitioners with the following skills:

Supporting people with autism, learning disabilities or challenging behaviour
Conducting behavioural assessments and developing, implementing, and evaluating interventions
Leadership
Delivering PBS training
Reducing the use of restrictive practices

Plus, a formal qualification, such as:

BSc in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
MSc in Applied Behaviour Analysis
MA or MSc in Autism Studies
PBS/ABA Graduate Diploma
PBS BTEC Level 5 (advanced professional Diploma)

"PROACT-SCIPr-UK® has had a profoundly positive impact on colleagues by fostering a culture of safety, respect and collaboration in challenging environments." Service manager

PROACT-SCIPr-UK® training

Our PBS team work to ensure that PBS-informed practices are embedded within the support we provide across all of our services. PROACT-SCIPr-UK® is a values-based model of physical intervention and is BILD ACT approved. The model emphasises proactive work to reduce behaviours of concern, alongside the correct managment of incidents when they occur.

If you’re a qualified PROACT-SCIPr-UK® instructor or are willing to work towards the role, we’d love to hear from you.

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Nationwide opportunities

As we continue to grow, so do the opportunities available within our close-knit support team. Our skilled practitioners deliver Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) across our nationwide network of community-based services, including residential homes and supported living environments. We are now expanding our team to support bespoke therapeutic placements within our Healthcare division.

Apple Mews is a residential home which provides care to people with learning disabilities, autism and complex physical disabilities. Take a look around our home, and hear from the service’s deputy manager and positive behaviour support (PBS) practitioner.

At The White House, our team provides support for adults who are autistic or have a learning disability, including those with behaviours which require a positive behaviour support (PBS) approach. In this video, take a look around our home and meet our service manager, and two of our residents.

Priory are looking for PBS Practitioners ready to make a difference in our service regions across the UK. View our vacancies using the button below, or get in touch with our hiring team today at

vacancies@priorygroup.com

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