Positive Behaviour Support Worker

4 weeks ago


Kent, United Kingdom Look Ahead Housing and Care Full time

**Job profile**:

- The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
- **Job details**:
**Job details**:

Job reference
- REQ004741
- Date posted
- 23/05/2023
- Application closing date
- 15/06/2023
- Location
- Kent
- Salary
- £25,857 per annum
- Package
- 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
- Contractual hours
- 37.5
- Basis
- Full time
- Job category/type
- Blank
- **Positive Behaviour Support Worker**:

Job description
- **We’re looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Positive Behaviour Support Worker to join our Learning Disabilities service in Gravesend, Kent.**

**_We will be running a Recruitment Open Day for this role on 20th June 2023 in Gravesend, Kent. Please ensure you are free for learning more about the role and an interview on this date._**
£25,857 per annum, working 37.5 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
Want to feel like you’re making a difference? You’ll feel at home here._
Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren’t token gestures - we’ve thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
- **_This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation._**
Positive Behaviour Support Workers are responsible for supporting people with autism, learning disabilities and behavioural needs to live full lives, develop skills and maintain their wellbeing.
- The Pelham Road Service will be 5 new self-contained flats, for customers with learning disabilities, Autism and Complex needs, and we are looking to build a staff team with an excellent value base to support the customer to build their new life and develop their skills as an independent person.
- Positive Behaviour Support Workers will need to be flexible and shifts will require some mornings, afternoons/evenings and weekends.
- **What you’ll do**:

- Supporting the customer to undertake a full timetable of preferred activities including sport and leisure activities, attending community groups, visiting local amenities, and introducing them to new activities to expand their horizons and networks;
- Developing the customer’s independent living skills and involving them in all aspects of maintaining and developing their home, including cooking, shopping, cleaning and decorating;
- Enabling the customer to keep up with the important people in their life and to meet new people with shared interests;
- Supporting the customer to communicate their wants and needs, and communicating with them in a person-centred way;
- Supporting the customer to manage their anxieties and frustrations, using Positive Behaviour Support and Autism-specific approaches;
- Collating a range of behavioural data and essential paperwork to be analysed within our local management structure;
- Driving the customer to activities using the customer’s vehicle, in rotation with the wider team;
- Communicating with family members and a range of other key stakeholders including social work, psychology and commissioning teams;
- Acting in accordance with the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care & Support plus those specific to the service including any statutory requirements;
- Consistently reviewing the customer’s life goals and their progress towards achieving them, in partnership with them and those important to them;
- Supporting the customer with personal care;
- Reporting any observations relating to customer welfare;
- Maintaining records as required at the project;
- Participating in team meetings/reviews, support planning, risk management and the general development of the service;
- Undertaking any other duties as requested by management

**About you**:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour

**What you’ll bring**:
**Essential**:

- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years of experience working with customers with Autism/Challengi



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