Positive Behaviour Support Team Leader

Positive Behaviour Support Team Leader

Pay £13.98 per hour (£27,338 per annum) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Temporary (9 months contract), full time (37.5 hpw), 2 admin days in service and 22.5 hours a week on rota.

Ashford

We can't offer a CoS for this role

Home, a place where you belong

Join us in this great and rewarding job, as our Positive Behavioural Support team Leader. You'll manage our team to provide person-centred and strengths-based support to our customer (S) and help them reach their full potential.

S has complex needs including a moderate learning disability, autism, Non-Verbal, some sensory processing challenges. They are early 20s and are outgoing, cheeky and enjoys being outside in the garden.

S has some sensory processing difficulties, and likes to touch items, moving them between their hands to meet the needs, firm favourites are socks, sand and bubbles.

What you'll do

• You'll manage a team of PBS Support Workers centred around a customer with complex presentation.

• You and your team will support customers with any aspect of their day-to-day living. You'll work in a person-centred, strengths-based and psychologically informed way, so they can enjoy the best possible quality of life

• You'll be in regular contact with your manager updating, escalating and reporting on all aspects of the service delivery.

• You'll be responsible for planning and overseeing complex support working with customers who display behaviours of concern and may require personal care working alongside Home Group's local multi-disciplinary team

• Motivating, directing, guiding, coaching and supporting your team to work with our customers.

Why join us

This is more than a job, it's a place where you feel valued. You get great training, support from friendly colleagues and a chance to make a real difference every day. Be part of one of the UK's top 10 Great Places to Work

You have

• Experience in CQC Regulated services, a Level 4 Diploma in Adult Health & Social Care or equivalent or prepared to work towards it.

• Worked as a Senior Support Worker, leading support for people with complex needs, or behaviours of distress.

• A patient and calm approach, able to adapt your style to X's needs, as well as to the specific occasion and circumstances, even when they challenge us.

• Great people management and motivation skills, bringing colleagues together to share information, best practice and fostering creativity.

• Experience of positive risk management, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of customers and colleagues.

• To help S get out and about, you'll need to be able to drive a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we'll pay your mileage

• Ideally got Makaton, but that's not a deal breaker

Stronger together

We do our best work when we're ourselves. That's why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work

The practical bits

• Able to use technology to update create and update support plans, communicate with colleagues and complete online learning.

• We'll make sure you have a fantastic induction with ongoing learning and support.

• You'll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.

What's in it for you?

• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a "me day" to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, and time off for volunteering too

• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We'll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.

• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.

• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course), when you're ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us

• Colleagues really matter to us, that's why we're the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see the PBS Team Leader Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Roles can close early, so don't wait.

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