Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Lead

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Lead

Ref: 700000426

Location: Cornwall

Salary: £43,742 - £50,056

Closing Date: 17/03/24

The Service & Team:

Passionate about outcomes for children?

Enthusiastic about making a difference to the lives of children with disabilities via an innovative new service?

Then we want to hear from you.

‘Cardinham Barns’ is set in 8 acres of woodland, adjacent to Cardinham Woods, an area of outstanding natural beauty, just outside Bodmin, Cornwall. This newly created service offers a safe haven for disabled children providing them with time-limited specialist residential care and outreach, to help them recover from traumatic experiences and/or crisis situations.  

Grounded in evidence-based practice, the service links with national academic institutions and specialist trainers who specialise in behavioural work to inform recovery and reunification. We follow a trauma informed, low arousal model of support to enable transformation of children’s lived experiences. Our main aim is to care for children and young people, and support their learning and development, so that they can have fun, achieve their ambitions and live in a permanent home after our involvement has ended.

Our community outreach support programme complements the residential service to ensure that wherever possible and appropriate, children are supported to be cared for by their families who are able to give them the best opportunity to experience an ordinary and fulfilling childhood.

Operating within the Disabled Children & Therapy Service you will be part of a supportive team of Registered Managers and Area Team Managers. If you have the skills the children need, and the ambition they deserve, then in return we offer a competitive salary, pension, a generous relocation package, continuing professional development and opportunities for progression.

We are an Outstanding Children’s Service, which is innovative, child-centred and solution-focused, Our shared aim is achieving the best outcomes for disabled children and young people, so if you are passionate about working with disabled children and want to make a difference, then give us a call.

This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.

The Role:

The Positive Behaviour Support Lead will have experience of working directly with children and young people who have learning disabilities and/or Autism and who present with behaviours that challenge.  They will be familiar and fluent with the use of Positive Behaviour Support and able to devise ways that are simple but effective in baseline assessment and on-going review to evidence progress and outstanding outcomes for children and young people. 

You will have skills in leadership, communication, and experience of working with children with complex needs who may engage in behaviours that challenge and/or who are Trauma experienced. 

This is a public/customer-facing role, where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.               

This position will be subject to an enhanced criminal record disclosure check.
What you will need to succeed:

You will hold a Batchelors degree in a relevant subject such as Psychology and ideally qualified in applied behaviour analysis.