Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

4 weeks ago

Wakefield, Wakefield, United Kingdom Affinity Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner to join our team at Affinity Trust. As a PBS Practitioner, you will play a vital role in supporting children and young people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge to live fulfilling lives.

Key Responsibilities
  1. Deliver high-quality Positive Behaviour Support to children and young people, their families, and other professionals, enabling them to continue living at home.
  2. Keywork an agreed number of children and young people, delivering PBS interventions and support in the home, community, school, and other support service settings.
  3. Develop meaningful relationships with children and young people, their families, and other professionals, based on trust, reliability, and professionalism.
  4. Support children and young people to increase independence, community involvement, develop skills, have meaningful occupation, and enhance their wellbeing.
  5. Work as part of a team of PBS Practitioners, providing cover for other team members as required.
  6. Respond to crisis situations by providing timely and specific support and interventions, with direction from the Senior PBS Practitioner.
  7. Conduct direct observations of children and young people at home, school, and other environments they frequent.
  8. Assist in the completion of assessments and the formulation of PBS plans.
  9. Attend and contribute to multi-disciplinary meetings and reviews, providing reports and feedback.
  10. Complete behaviour-specific paperwork and contribute to behaviour analysis reports on a monthly basis.
  11. Participate in professional supervision from the Senior PBS Practitioner, enabling accountability, effective service delivery, and continuous professional development.
  12. Work closely with schools, delivering direct support and guidance to school staff during the school day, via direct work with the child or young person and contributing to workshops.
  13. Produce high-quality and accurate records of work with children and young people, their families, and other professionals.
  14. Contribute to review meeting reports, outcome monitoring systems, and other reports as required.
  15. Ensure all relevant records in relation to the children and young people we support are appropriately maintained and up to date using the Nourish management information system.
  16. Contribute to effective multi-agency working practices by maintaining regular contact with key professionals, providing feedback and observations, and taking part in multi-agency meetings.
  17. Participate in specialist PBS and other learning and development to ensure quality of service delivery and continuous professional development.
  18. Undertake a work pattern structured around the requirements of the children and their families, which will include some non-office hours working.
  19. Be aware of and report any safeguarding and child protection concerns.
  20. Undertake research to ensure knowledge is up to date regarding best practice and new interventions, and to contribute to papers and research as appropriate.
Person Specification

Qualifications

  • Willingness and ability to undertake PBS-specific training and a range of other learning and development opportunities.
  • Good knowledge and understanding of child protection and safeguarding and the increased vulnerability of disabled children and young people.
  • Knowledge of physical, social, and emotional needs of children and young people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge and how these can be met.
  • Knowledge of the issues that affect the families of children and young people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge.
  • Knowledge of Neurodevelopmental Disabilities - Autism, ADHD, etc.
  • An understanding of effective multi-agency working.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of positive behaviour support theory and practice.
  • Knowledge and experience of using person-centred planning approaches.
  • IT literate, including client record systems.
  • Knowledge of learning difficulties.

Experience

  • Experience of working with children and young people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge.
  • Experience of multi-agency working and working alongside other professionals.
  • Experience of producing high-quality written records and other reports relating to service delivery.

Skills

  • Ability to deliver intensive support and interventions to children and young people, families, and other professionals.
  • Ability to develop positive professional relationships with children and young people, families, and a range of professionals.
  • Ability to work alongside colleagues in school settings and provide guidance and modelling.
  • Ability to fully engage with children and young people, families, and other professionals, providing guidance and support, gaining feedback, and challenging negative practice and attitudes.
  • Ability to produce high-quality records and reports.
  • Ability to use outcome monitoring tools.
  • Ability to contribute to a range of assessments and to individual Positive Behaviour Support plans.
  • Ability to identify problems and risks and take corrective actions.
  • Ability to participate in a range of meetings, including multi-agency meetings.
  • Ability to manage own workloads.

Competency & Values

  • Communication - verbal and written, accurate communication skills with attention to detail.
  • Confident and persuasive communicator.
  • Demonstrable questioning and listening skills.
  • Values - demonstrates company values, self-motivated, and enthusiastic to learn new skills.
  • Demonstrates an inclusive approach at work and supportive to colleagues.
  • Discrete and maintains confidentiality of information.
  • Safeguarding - demonstrates knowledge of child protection practices, awareness of abuse and neglect, and the increased vulnerability of disabled children and young people.

Other Specific Requirements

  • Good knowledge of business software Microsoft Office/365 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Sharepoint, OneDrive) and the ability to use in-house systems.
  • Committed to equal opportunities and diversity.
  • Available to work flexible hours.
  • To hold a UK driving licence with access to a vehicle for some travelling within the area and occasionally wider afield.

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