POSITIVE BEHAVIOURAL SUPPORT PRACTITIONER (PBS) JOB OVERVIEW

• Location: Maidstone, Kent. Some travel to Tunbridge Wells and other offices/events required
• Salary: from £22,750 to £27,300 pro rata,(full time equivalent £34,125)
• Employment type: Permanent, Part time, from 25 to 30 hours per week
• Schedule: Monday to Friday, with some flexibility to be available at the weekend
• Reports to: Senior Clinical Manager
• Department: Clinical
  The role will typically work within Monday to Friday, with some flexibility to be available at the weekend or evening if required.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Level 4 PBS qualification
• NAPPI UK trained up to Level 3 (beneficial but training can be arranged)
• Full UK driving licence essential as you will be required to drive from Maidstone to Tunbridge Wells and other offices/events

EXPERIENCE/ SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Minimum 2 year’s experience within the Health and Social care sector
• Understanding of MCA/DoLS, restraint reduction, human rights, creating capable environments, trauma informed care, positive behaviour support and supporting behaviours of concern
• Excellent interpersonal, prioritisation and communication skills, both verbal and written
• Understands the use of functional assessment and intervention
• Communicates complex and sensitive information effectively
• Have proven experience of working with people who display behaviours of concern and their teams
• Be willing to train in physical intervention
• Can maintain appropriate and accurate records of all documentation, making timely submissions of the planning outcomes achieved, and to evaluate all risk management plans
• Can make ongoing adjustments and recommendations to ensure the plan of care is of a consistently high standard and that the needs of the individuals are being met, with all risks reduced as far as possible.
• Can maintain your own continuous professional development (CPD) by attending and participating in identified meetings and learning opportunities, to enhance your own skills and knowledge
• Is confident with teamwork, leadership and effective communication skills, self- motivation, and the ability to use own initiative, excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Is well presented, punctual, reliable, and professional at all times

ABOUT THE ROLE OF POSITIVE BEHAVIOURAL SUPPORT PRACTITIONER (PBS)

Continuity of Care Services (CCS) provides a safe, nurturing environment and tailored support to enable people with disabilities to live happy, fulfilling, and independent lives. Our promise to the service users is to deliver personalised care and support to meet their needs, and as a PBS Practitioner, you will be key to ensuring the support teams are able to contribute to that high standard of care, through the implementation of Positive Behaviour Support.
Reporting to the Senior Clinical Manager, you will work flexibly to meet the PBS needs of the individual you support.
As a PBS Practitioner, you will be passionate about improving the quality of life for those living within their services and achieving improved outcomes. You will achieve this through providing high-quality PBS advice, training, and implementation across the tiers of support. You will play a key role in supporting teams to create enabling environments and reducing behaviour-based barriers to progression.
You will ensure that the service meets the physical, environmental, social, and emotional wellbeing of each individual person in a way that respects the dignity of the individual and promotes independence and wellbeing.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Providing PBS guidance and support to the services
• Providing coaching, training, reflection and mentoring to the teams
• Supporting the embedding of Active support, creating capable environments, human rights, trauma informed care, restraint reduction and focused based support
• Conduct individual assessments, including for those displaying behaviours of concern
• Support the teams to Implement PBS and restraint reduction plans
• Provide guidance with pro-active strategies of support and risk management plans
• Represent the PBS support team as part of MDT meetings, as required
• Monitor and analyse behavioural data, and create reports evidencing behavioural incident reduction
• Attend and facilitate best practice meetings
• Lead team meetings and training sessions
• Take part in the on call rota
• Ensure care compliance is up to date
• Carry out team supervisions and appraisals
• Carry out de-brief meetings as and when required
• Attend ongoing training as part of the role