Careers

Jigsaw prides itself on having an incredible team of highly committed, motivated and caring staff across the entire Trust. All staff, including the dedicated team of administrative and Trust Shared Services staff, Governors and Trustees, share a common goal; that Jigsaw will improve the lives of every single autistic child or adult that walks through its doors.

The quality of Learning Support offered to autistic adults at JigsawPlus is underpinned by the training and development programme available for all staff.  Learning Support staff are required to work through an initial training programme as well as undertake an ongoing schedule of learning to understand the principles of behaviour analysis and be able to apply this within their Learning Support role.  Additionally, JigsawPlus supports continual learning through  further certification in Learning Disabilities, Understanding Autism, core care industry qualifications and entry level behaviour analysis certification up to senior certification available from the CABAS Board and BACB (Behaviour Analyst Certification Board). Please see tabs below for further details.

If you are interested in working at JigsawPlus, please visit the Careers section on our main Jigsaw Trust website: https://jigsawtrust.co.uk/current-vacancies/.  Here you can view all current vacancies with full job descriptions and gain an insight into what working as a Learning Support Worker is like by visiting the ‘Day in the Life of…’ pages.

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The Care Certificate is based on the standards set by Health Education England, Skills for Social Care.  Staff complete the 15 workbooks relating to the 15 standards in order to be assessed as having achieved the required level of skills and knowledge to be awarded the Care Certificate.

This NCFE CACHE Level 3 Adult Care Diploma helps develop the knowledge needed to work in the healthcare sector, covering fundamental topics and subjects alongside gaining practical work experience.

Further information on Behaviour Analysis can be found on the downloadable About Behaviour Analysis leaflet.

Jigsaw also supports certification programmes with the Behaviour Analyst Certification Board (BACB) to achieve Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) status.  More information about this Board can be found at BACB.com

Jigsaw also supports certification programmes with the Behaviour Analyst Certification Board (BACB) to achieve Registered Behaviour Technician (RBT) status.  More information about this can be found at BACB.com/rbt/.

Jigsaw is also proud to support a number of full time staff to complete a distance Masters Degree in High Incidence Disabilities and Behaviour Analysis from Nicholls State University, New Orleans, USA.

Click here for a brief overview of the training and development pathways available at JigsawPlus.  Further details on all vacancies, training and other benefits can be found on our careers pages on our main Jigsaw Trust website (visit via blue link button at top of page).

 

Useful Links

To find out more directly from the CABAS website, please click on cabasschools.org
 

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Jigsaw staff (teaching and non teaching) also have the opportunity to join UK-SBA (UK Society for Behaviour Analysis) – a forum for behaviour analysts for accreditation, professional development, continuing education and networking, and serves as an advocate body in public debate on issues relating to behaviour analysis.

The UK-SBA promotes the ethical and effective application of the principles of behaviour and learning to a wide range of areas including education, rehabilitation and health care, business, and the community and is committed to maintaining the availability of high-quality evidence-based professional behaviour analysis practice in the UK.  The Society also promotes and supports the academic field of behaviour analysis within the UK both in terms of university-based training, research and practice.   Visit:  uk-sba.org  for more details.