Positive Behaviour Support Professional

1 month ago

Newark on Trent, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner

Location: YMCA Newark and Sherwood
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000 per annum
Hours: 40
Department: Children's Residential Care
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type: Permanent

YMCA Robin Hood Group is expanding its Children and Young People’s Residential Therapeutic Service to include a brand-new Positive Behaviour Support team.

We are looking for a Positive Behaviour Support Professional to work as part of this brand-new team, working with the children, young people and staff teams in our service.

We aim to promote, protect and safeguard the physical, emotional and safety needs of children and young people. The Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) team will act as mentors and trainers to our residential care teams, fostering positive behavioural support knowledge transfer to practice.

Here at the YMCA, we believe that all children and young people deserve prompt holistic individualised clinical assessment, intervention and care. Therefore, all the homes adopt a psychologically informed approach to caring for children with trauma lived experiences within a home environment and the community. Our approach has been designed in collaboration with our Consultant Forensic Psychologist, therapists, residential care specialists and wider delivery team, to provide a unique step-down and prevention service from Tier 4 CAMHS; Psychiatric Intense Care Units; secure children’s homes; those awaiting therapeutic placements post hospital admissions for a mental health assessment or are stepped up from generic children’s homes to prevent hospital admission.

Job Role

As a Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner, you will work as part of a peripatetic rapid response team to provide additional support to a staff team and the child when children become dysregulated.

In conjunction with the above, part of your role will include:-

• Supporting with the design, development and delivery of induction training including but not limited to, the areas of safeguarding; positive behaviour support; risk management; recording and reporting; ligature and TeamTeach
• Encourage continuous professional development in the above training area
• Foster positive behavioural support knowledge transfer to practice
• Support the design and delivery of proactive and reactive key working
• Facilitate reflective debriefs
• Utilise a risk reduction approach to audit, analyse and evaluate the use of TeamTeach within service

As this is a 24/7 service, flexible working hours on a rota basis, which includes weekends is required. As is travel to all homes throughout the regions in which the children’s homes are located.

About You

As one of the founding member of our new PBS team, you will be an experienced professional ready to share your skills and experiences to make a real difference to the life of the children and young people in our care.

The following skills are essential:-

• Substantial experience of working in a residential care and/or similar environment
Either: (Essential)
• a qualification in PBS OR
• Undergraduate level in Psychology or related field OR
• Substantial residential experience, with a portfolio of evidence for positive behaviour support skills in practice
Plus one of the following;
• Level 4 in residential childcare (or equivalent)
• Registered Mental Health / Learning Disability Nurse
• Diploma level qualification in related field of Psychology / Behaviour
• Working towards / ability and desire to achieve one of the above
• Experience of designing, developing and delivering training
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including assertive listening
• Reflective and responsive practitioner
• Proficient in risk assessment, risk management and harm reduction
• Dealing with risk behaviours including hostility; verbal and physical aggression; violence; self-harm and suicidal ideation, thoughts, verbalisations, behaviours and or actions of intent to take own life
• Thorough, concise and accurate record keeping and report writing skill
• Able to manage professionals boundaries and containing personal anxiety in challenging circumstances.
• Full UK driving license

As an expanding service, there will be future opportunities for your career development and we are very supportive of your learning and development through additional study and qualification.

We offer the following benefits from day 1 of your employment with us:

• Equivalent of 23 days annual leave (plus bank holidays) increasing 1 day each year for your first 5 years
• Workplace pension with Royal London (3% employer contribution, 5% employee contribution)
• 4 x Life Insurance/Death in Service whilst in the pension scheme
• Reduced school holiday childcare places at YMCA Camp Williams Nottingham & Newark
• 10% off in our hospitality venues including the Malt Cross and the Café at our Activity Village in Newark.
• Pastoral support
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Excellent opportunities for development and progression
• Support for further study up to post-graduate level 7 courses to support your development
• £500 refer a friend scheme applicable across the Group
• Regular ongoing inhouse training
• Eligible to join the Blue Light Discount scheme
• Staff events and annual celebrations

On passing your probation, you can select from one of the following additional benefits:

• Private medical and dental cashback scheme with Westfield Health and access to Westfield Rewards for high street discounts
• £120 cash annual contribution towards either:
• Travel costs or;
• Childcare costs or;
• Private gym membership

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