Specialist Behavioural Support Worker

4 weeks ago


Hertfordshire, 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
- REQ004613
- Date posted
- 06/04/2023
- Application closing date
- 05/05/2023
- Location
- Hertfordshire
- Salary
- £24,856.00 per annum
- Package
- Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
- Contractual hours
- 40
- Basis
- Full time
- Job category/type
- Blank
- **Specialist Behavioural Support Worker**:

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

**£24,856.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. **_Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, _**_staff discounts,_**_ _**_healthcare and career progression._**

Want to feel like you’re part of one team? 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._

**What you’ll do**:
Specialist Behaviour Support Workers are responsible for supporting people with learning disabilities and behavioural needs to live full lives, develop skills and maintain their wellbeing.

We are looking for a team of skilled, creative and experienced support workers to support one customer in her own home in Hemel Hempstead. The customer is currently living in a hospital setting and we are looking to build a new team to support her make a successful move to her new home. This team must have an excellent value base to support the customer to build their new life and develop their skills and passions as an independent person.

**About you**:
Your role will include:

- Supporting the customer to lead a full and active life and do things they enjoy, sensitively and persistently trying to new things to open new opportunities for the customer.
- Developing the customer’s independent living skills and involving them in aspects of maintaining and developing their home, including cooking, shopping, cleaning, and decorating.
- Supporting the customer in their sensory routine, trialling and testing new sensory experiences.
- Supporting the customer to communicate their wants and needs and develop new ways of doing this, communicating with them in a person-centred way.
- Supporting the customer to manage their anxieties, 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’s (manual) vehicle to support them to go about their daily life.
- Communicating with 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.

**What you’ll bring**:

- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in with the hobbies and interests of the customer and can facilitate connections with new people and places.
- Has a reasonable level of physical fitness and is able / likes to participate in active pursuits such as running and swimming.
- Is confident enough to try new things and take positive risks on a regular basis.
- Exudes a warm friendly and fun presence.
- 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 persistent and determined in adverse circumstances.
- 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.

**Essential**:

- NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years of exper



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