What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Community Integrated Care is currently seeking a skilled Regional Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) Specialist Practitioner. Salary - up to £35, pa + £3, Car Allowance With a flexible location covering Central England and Yorkshire, the PBS Specialist Practitioner will be the Regional Lead in the high quality Positive Behavioural Support and be key to monitoring the Increase of Quality of life for the people we support. In return, we offer you a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in a rewarding and enriching environment. We also offer the following;
1. Comprehensive induction and commitment to on going learning and development
2. Holiday purchase scheme
3. Contributory pension scheme
4. Access to a free app offering retail discounts, leisure savings and holiday and travel discounts
5. Tools and support to help you lead an easier (financial) life
6. Employee of the month and other recognition schemes
7. Employee Assistance programme - available 24/7
8. Wellbeing Fund
9. Employee Voice - GameChangers
Community Integrated Care is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.
We’re really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level.
In our Colleague Engagement Survey, 59% (nearly 3,) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of .
The Employee Net Promoter Score is a measure of how willing our colleagues are to recommend us as a good place to work to their loved ones – and a score of is considered a Very Good score when compared to global benchmarks set by hundreds of other organisations.
Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:
Community Integrated Care supports individuals with a wide range of needs and in many cases, people whose needs and histories mean that individuals can reasonably be predicted to present with behaviours that challenge.
The organisation’s current approach to significant behaviour is to use the least restrictive practices to support the individual through stressful episodes and as such the relevant colleagues are trained in the MAPA (Managing Actual and Potential Aggression) model of interventions (licensed through the Crisis Prevention Institute). However, the aspiration is to for the organisation to adopt the recovery model approaches of Active Support and Positive Behavioural Support which advocate a more proactive approach to prevention and reduction of behaviours that challenge and overall improvement to quality of life outcomes. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Shaping Positive Behavioural Support in services through coaching and mentoring
Reinforcing the importance and implementations of Behaviour Support Plans
Integrating other evidence-based interventions and approaches to meet the individual’s needs
Liaising with other clinical specialists
Undertaking functional assessments
Working alongside teams to develop and evaluate intervention plans
Providing advice and guidance to managers, advanced support workers, support workers and families.
Keeping up-to-date with best practice through literature reviews, attendance at conferences and relevant forums
Leading on the development and implementation of restrictive intervention reduction plans
Identifying instances where more extensive PBS training would be beneficial
Working with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure high standards of practice
To provide bespoke PBS and Active support training to service.
Given the nature of this role there will be a requirement to be flexible in working hours and travel on a regular basis.
Your values:
What essential skills and experience is needed for the role? Key Requirements Qualifications
Essential level 5 Qualification relevant to PBS and willing to work to level 6/7.
Experience
Extensive experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism who display behaviours of concern. Experience of carrying out Behaviour assessments within a Positive Behaviour Support Framework
Experience of reducing the use of restrictive practices; including restrictive interventions
You will have experience working with multi-disciplinary teams
Experience of delivering training, workshops and/or teaching adult learners
Experience of leading individual/team de-briefs Skills / Abilities
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with internal and external agencies
Ability to travel, primarily across the Region but occasionally further afield.
Naturally it is important too that you share our company values - We Include; We Deliver; We Aspire; We Respect; We Enable, which are at the heart of everything we do and ensure that we deliver high quality, consistent care and support. People's values are important to use, so we look for people with:
Patience
Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
A strong work ethic
Reliability
Honesty
Determination A problem solver Resilience