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Permanent

Specialist Behavioural Support Worker

Look Ahead Care and Support
West Ham
money-bag £31116/annum Annual Leave, pension
Posted: 31 July 2026 (Today)
Closing date: 30 August 2026
Ref: 225438841

We''re looking for a hardworking and Specialist Behavioural Support Worker to join our Learning Disabilities service located in Newham. No experience or personal care required, just the right values.

-31,116.80 per annum, working 40 hours per week.

Our benefits include:

  • Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
  • A generous pension - we will contribute up to 8% and life assurance cover up to 3x Pensionable Salary (T&Cs apply)
  • Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway- and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

Specialist Behavioural Support Workers are responsible for the customer''s emotional, psychological wellbeing as well as providing support to help them develop the life skills they require to meet the assessed needs. At Stratford Road, this will include providing physical, emotional, domestic, and social care. They will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.

What you''ll do:


This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

Behaviour Analysis:

  • You are liable to observing and monitoring the customer''s behaviours, the duration, the intensity,
  • and the damage, as well as factors that may alleviate or trigger the behaviour.
  • You are responsible in planning appropriate intervention to modify and resolve the behaviour.
  • You require superb interpersonal and relationship skills and must have the capacity to handle
  • psychologically behavioural changes.

Other Responsibilities:

  • If a need arises, deliver all aspects of support to enable a customer to develop independent living skills as appropriate to the individual needs of the customer. In some services, this will include delivering personal and physical care as appropriate.
  • Enable customers to make full use of community facilities by providing support as directed.

About you:

  • Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement.
  • Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour.
  • Prefers working as part of a group or team.

What you''ll bring:

Essential:

  • NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
  • Minimum 2 years of experience working with customers with Autism/Behaviour that challenges and Diabetics.
  • Good IT skills
  • Drivers License

Desirable:

  • Experience with PBS Approach

About us:

al purpose and we live and work by our values:

  • We focus on Excellence and innovation.
  • We are Caring and Compassionate.
  • We are Inclusive and Trusted.
  • We work in Partnership and are One-Team.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

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