Job summary
Were all about possibilities. Are you?
Are you passionate about supporting children and young people with learning disabilities and Autism? Are you creative and committed?
Become a PBS Practitioner
What will you do?
You will be supported by a Senior PBS Practitioner to deliver the highest quality and standards of Positive Behaviour Support to children/young people.
Keywork an agreed number of children/Young people, delivering PBS interventions in their home, school, in the community and other support service settings, including directly supporting the child/young person, modelling good practice and providing guidance to their parents, teachers and a range of other professionals.
If you want to empower the children and young people we support, and you share our values Apply to become a PBS Practitioner today.
Main duties of the job
We are recruiting a Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Practitioner to join our team in Wakefield, where we are supporting Children and young people with learning disabilities, autism and behaviours that challenge on a 1 to 1 basis with the aim to increase the child/young persons quality of life through using positive behaviour support strategies and interventions.
The child/young person you will be supporting will be living at home but at significant risk of entering specialist residential care. A key part of this role is to support the child/young person to stay living at home, going to a local school and remain in their community by working in very close partnership with and alongside their, parents, teachers and other professionals to ensure consistent implementation of the PBS strategies.
Holding a full UK driving licence and having access to your own vehicle is essential and you should be prepared to travel across the area for this role.
This is a fulltime position and you will need to work flexibly across the week and occasional weekends.
So, if you think you can be a positive role model, who brings our values to life and shares our passion and commitment to always strive to find creative ways to enrich the lives of those we support then this is the place for you.
Ability to commute/relocate: To WF1 - You must be able to reliably commute for shift start times or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
About us
What will we do?
We provide a package of benefits that make it that bit easier to be your best and we can also support you to achieve Positive Behaviour Support training at diploma level.
We offer Wagestream - a money management app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it, access to coaching, vouchers, discounts, cashback and more.
You will be entitled to annual leave with the ability to buy additional leave.
Fully funded health cash plans giving you access to a 24 hour GP, money back on prescriptions, dental treatment, opticians and access to many more health benefits.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Title: PBS Practitioner
Reports To: Senior PBS Practitoner
Job Purpose
To enable a young person with learning disabilities, Autism, social, emotional and mentalhealth needs and behaviours that challenge to stay at home and to improve the quality oflife for the young person and their family.
This will be achieved by delivering a PositiveBehaviour Support (PBS) service in accordance with legislation, regulatory standards andcontractual requirements, ensuring the achievement of Affinity Trust quality andperformance objectives.
Key Responsibilities
1. Deliver the highest quality and standards of Positive Behaviour Support to youngpeople, their families and a range of other professionals, enabling the child/youngperson to continue to live at home
2. Keywork an agreed number of children/Young people, delivering PBS interventionsand support in the home, in the community, school and other support servicesettings, including directly supporting the young person, modelling good practice andproviding guidance
3. Develop meaningful relationships with the young person and the family that is basedon trust, reliability and professionalism thus enabling effective support andinterventions
4. Support the young person to increase independence, increase their communityinvolvement, develop a range of skills, have more meaningful occupation andenhance their wellbeing
5. To work as part of a team of PBS Practitioners, including providing cover for othermembers of the team as required
6. With direction from the Senior PBS Practitioner respond to crisis situations byproviding timely and specific support and interventions
7. To conduct direct observations of the young person at home, school and any otherenvironments they frequent
8. To assist in the completion of a range of assessments and the formulation of PBSplans
9. To attend and contribute to appropriate multi-disciplinary meetings and reviews,providing reports and feedback
complete behaviour specific paperwork and contribute to/complete behaviouranalysis reports on a monthly basis
in partnership with children, families and a range of other professionals to seekfeedback and input into service delivery. With direction from the Senior PBSPractitioner, effect any changes required arising from the feedback
12.Present fair, balanced feedback/support to staff and family members. Recognise andchallenge areas of poor practice and institutionalised culture
13.Actively engage in professional supervision from the Senior PBS Practitioner, thusenabling accountability, effective service delivery and continuous professionaldevelopment
closely with schools including delivering direct support and guidance to schoolstaff during the school day, via direct work with the young person and contributing toworkshops
15.Produce high quality and accurate records of work with the young person, theirfamilies and other professionals. Contribute to review meeting reports, outcomemonitoring systems and other reports as required
all relevant records in relation to the young person we support areappropriately maintained and up to date using the Nourish management informationsystem
17.Contribute to effective multi-agency working practices by maintaining regular contactwith key professionals such as social workers and school staff, providing feedbackand observations both verbally and in writing and taking part in a range of multiagency meetings
18.Actively participate in specialist PBS and other learning and development to ensurequality of service delivery and continuous professional development
undertake a work pattern structured around the requirements of the children andtheir families which will include some non-office hours working
be aware of and report any safeguarding and child protection concerns
21.Undertake research to ensure knowledge is up to date re best practice/newinterventions, and to contribute to papers and research as appropriate
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Willingness and ability to undertake PBS specific training and a range of
2. other learning and development opportunities
3. Knowledge
4. Good knowledge and understanding of child protection and safeguarding and the increased vulnerability of disabled children and young people
5. Knowledge of physical, social and emotional needs of children and
6. young people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge and how these can be met
7. Knowledge of the issues that affect the families of children and young
8. people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge
9. Knowledge of Neurodevelopmental Disabilities - Autism, ADHD etc
10. An understanding of effective multiagency working
Desirable
11. Knowledge of positive behaviour support theory and practice
12. Knowledge and experience of using person centred planning approaches
13. IT Literate including client record systems
14. Knowledge of learning difficulties
Experience
Essential
15. Experience of working with children and young people with learning
16. disabilities and behaviours that challenge
17. Experience of multi-agency working and working alongside other
18. professionals
19. Experience of producing high quality written records and other reports
20. relating to service delivery
Desirable
21. Experience of consultation with children /young people and families
22. Experience of contributing to assessments, positive behaviour support plans and risk assessments.
23. Experience of undertaking consultation with children and young people and families to gain feedback
24. Experience of working within an outcomes focused service
Skills
Essential
25. Ability to deliver Intensive support and interventions to children and
26. young people, families and other professionals
27. Ability to develop positive professional relationships with
28. children and young people, families and a range of professionals
29. Ability to work alongside colleagues in school settings and provide guidance and modelling
30. Ability to fully engage with children and young people, families and other professionals- providing guidance and support, gaining feedback and challenging negative practice and attitudes.
31. Ability to produce high quality records and reports.
32. Ability to use outcome monitoring tools
33. Ability to contribute to a range of assessments and to individual Positive Behaviour Support plans
34. Ability to identify problems and risks and take corrective actions
35. Ability to participate in a range of meetings including multi-agency
36. meetings
37. Ability to manage own workloads
Competency & Values
Essential
38. Communication
39. verbal and written Accurate communication skills with attention to detail.
40. Confident and persuasive communicator.
41. Demonstrable questioning and listening skills
42. Values
43. Demonstrates company values. Self-motivated and enthusiastic to learn new skills.
44. Demonstrates an inclusive approach at work and supportive to colleagues.
45. Discrete and maintains confidentially of information
46. Safeguarding
47. Demonstrate knowledge of child protection practices awareness of abuse and neglect and the increased vulnerability of disabled children and young people
Other Specific Requirements
Essential
48. Good knowledge of business software Microsoft Office/365
49. (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Sharepoint, OneDrive) and the ability to use in-house systems
50. Committed to equal opportunities and diversity
51. Available to work flexible hours
52. To hold a UK driving licence with access to vehicle for some travelling
53. within the area and occasionally wider afield