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ROLE: Behaviour Analyst
LOCATION: HMP Millsike
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Behaviour Analyst who will play a fundamental role in establishing a restorative, rehabilitative culture at HMP Millsike. This new position will support both staff and prisoners by applying behavioural science to help individuals develop new skills, reduce challenging behaviours, and engage positively with the prison regime.
Role Responsibilities:
1. Apply principles of learning and behaviour to support individuals in making meaningful, measurable changes.
2. Identify behavioural goals and implement evidence‑based interventions tailored to individual needs.
3. Work with prisoners displaying disruptive, harmful, violent, or self‑harming behaviours, including those associated with personality disorders (diagnosed or undiagnosed).
4. Support operational staff in understanding the function of specific behaviours and in developing effective strategies to reduce or mitigate them.
5. Collaborate closely with the psychology team to inform behaviour‑management planning and staff practice.
6. Develop behaviour‑support plans and strategies that increase engagement with the prison regime.
7. Participate in multi‑disciplinary work, providing specialist input into case discussions and planning.
8. Provide training and guidance to operational staff to enable consistent implementation of care plans.
9. Contribute to safer custody processes, including risk assessment, behavioural reviews, and support of complex cases.
10. Maintain professional records, documentation, and reports aligned with operational and clinical standards.
11. Support a rehabilitative environment built on safety, respect, and positive personal development for prisoners.
Required Qualifications:
Applicants must meet the below defined requirements for the role.
12. Registration and certification with a recognised professional body (e.g., UK‑SBA or BCBA).
13. MSc in Applied Behaviour Analysis, Behaviour Analysis and Therapy, or a recognised equivalent.
14. Completion of UK‑SBA Supervision and Competence Standards (preferred).
15. Relevant experience working in custodial, secure, or challenging‑behaviour environments.
16. Strong communication skills with the ability to co‑create behaviour‑support plans with staff and partner agencies.
17. Skilled in risk assessment and multi‑disciplinary working.
18. Ability to train, coach, and upskill staff in behaviour‑support practices.
19. Experience developing and implementing plans to encourage positive behaviour.
20. Ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities within a dynamic operational environment.
21. Commitment to ongoing CPD to maintain professional certification.
What's in it for you?
22. Opportunity to play a transformative role in a pioneering rehabilitative prison environment.
23. Full training provided where required.
24. Supportive and inclusive working culture, welcoming candidates from diverse backgrounds including social care, behavioural support, education, and clinical environments.
25. Access to a virtual GP for you and your household.
26. Financial wellbeing support via Salary Finance, including early pay access and competitive loans.
27. Flexible lifestyle benefits through our Choices platform, including extra holidays, insurance, dental care, and tech products.
Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,!
Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Christian Kalugin at .