Senior Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

Senior Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner
Location: Balham / Ealing & Working from home (hybrid)
Application Deadline: Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Salary: £38,788 per annum
Region: Balham
An exciting opportunity to join Certitude as a Senior Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner as we continue to grow as London’s leading adult social care provider.
Salary: £38,788 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours
Job Type: Permanent - Full time
Department: Operations
Location: Balham / Ealing & Working from Home (hybrid working)
Benefits
- A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
- 25 days annual leave + bank holidays & enrolment onto a pension scheme
- 24-hour Employee Assistance
- Paid Enhanced DBS
- Eye care vouchers & Perkbox (employee benefits platform - for wellbeing and discounts)
- Salary sacrifice schemes available: Travel to work loan, Cycle to work Scheme, Gym Membership & Tech Purchase
About the role
This is a great opportunity in our Specialist Support Team to make a real difference to the lives of the people we support. We are looking for an experienced and qualified Senior PBS Practitioner with proven experience of skilling up local teams to use Positive Behaviour Support approaches to improve people’s quality of life and wellbeing.
You will need extensive experience in designing, implementing and embedding person-centred assessment and intervention in line with Positive Behaviour Support approaches. Your energy, enthusiasm, drive for quality, excellent communication skills and track record of getting things done are needed. You will in return get a rewarding career opportunity in an organisation that prides itself on allowing people to live the life they want as well as being a highly regarded London provider.
Duties will include:
- To role model and act as an organisational resource on best practice in supporting people using a Positive Behaviour Support framework across Certiude.
- To support the PBS Lead in the development of training and resources to build local competency across Certitude.
- To carry out robust person centred functional assessments, analyse data, develop PBS strategies and plans and develop a plan for implementation based on robust mediator analysis.
- To support the development of Certitude’s local offer (building capability and competency) through mentoring, supervision and coaching in PBS.
- To assist in the development of Certitude’s offer to supporting people who are at risk of exclusion from universal services and at risk of being admitted to hospital.
About you
To be a Senior Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner at Certitude, the following are essential:
- Hold a post graduate qualification in Positive Behaviour Support, Behaviour Analysis or Autism/Learning Disability or equivalent.
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism who have complex and challenging support needs across a range of settings
- An understanding of the needs of people with learning disabilities and autism including those with complex health needs, additional mental health needs and complex support needs
- Significant experience of completing person centred functional assessments and developing PBS strategies
- Experience of delivering training and developing resources for skilling up teams to use PBS approaches
- Experience of completing bespoke assessments to support people moving including those moving from hospital into their own home.
To read more about the role and the full person specification, please click on the tab at the top of this advert, titled 'Job Description and Person Specification’.
About the Organisation
We have a passion for life and make it our mission to support people in living the life they desire, whatever that may be. We care about the people we support and the work we do, and we would love for you to join us at Certitude.
Read more about us on our website and visit our Work for Us page. You can also learn about us through our Values and Behaviours.
Do you want to be a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner at Certitude? Select the apply button, complete an application form and someone from the Recruitment Team will be in touch! A job description and person specification is attached to this advert.
All our posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure as well as a full employment history and employment references. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and the support provided and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We reserve the right to close vacancies before the date stated when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.
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