Positive Behaviour Support Team Lead

Job Description

Job Category : Social & Health Care Qualified
Location : Queens Road 1, Southwark Council
Hours Per Week : 21.60
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £27.79

The post holder will provide team leadership and supervision and line management of the 4 Positive Behaviour Support Workers. The role will involve working in partnership with the social care team, NDS CAMHS and other partner agencies. It will involve both leadership and direct work with CYP and their families.

Alongside supervision/ line management support of the specialist support workers the post holder will complete initial assessments and manage and screen referrals to the team. The post holder will use their skills and expertise to support the Positive Behaviour Support Workers to plan and develop interventions in the family home aimed at reducing behaviours that challenge and will support the production of accessible behaviour support plans and other relevant documents. There is also opportunity for the post holder to use their skills to deliver direct interventions in line with team and client need.

The post holder will input into the development of training delivered to families, support providers and social care staff.

The post holder will need to have a adaptable and collaborative approach to work recognising and supporting with the priorities of the social care team.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Providing leadership to PBS team. Including line management of 4 support workers.
2. Have oversight of team work; screening referrals in collaboration with social care and partner agencies, completing initial assessments, and reviewing time scales of input.
3. Working in partnership with the social car team, NDS CAMHS, and other partner agencies.
4. Promoting the AAD PBS service within the social care team and provide consultations with social care practitioners.
5. Supporting the delivery of training within the social care team and potentially other agencies.
6. Collaborative working with other agencies delivery PBS in borough ( CAMHS)
Collecting and reporting on KPI’s

Knowledge, including educational qualifications:

• Post Graduate qualification in Positive Behaviour Support or equivalent and documented evidence of continuing professional development.

• 2:1 Degree or recognised equivalent qualification (i.e. Psychology, Nursing, Applied Behaviour Analysis, Positive Behaviour Support, Autism, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy).
• Post qualifying experience of working with clients with learning disabilities and/or autism whose behaviours challenge.

• Understanding of the Mental Capacity Act/Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
• Knowledge of current local and national legislation, guidance and policies for people with a Learning Disability and/or who display behaviour that challenges.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and safeguarding procedures for children and young people.

Experience:
• Experience of implementing a positive behavioural support approach/strategies.
• Experience/ understanding of social care for children with disabilities.
• Experience of working with people who display behaviour that may challenge.
• Ability to complete specialist functional behavioural assessments and undertake functional analysis of data.
• Experience in multi-agency working.
• Experience of service improvement and development.
• Experience in planning developing and presenting training to other professionals, service users, and support networks
• Experience as supervisor( clinical and management supervision)

Aptitudes, Skills & Competencies:

• Excellent interpersonal and relationship management skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, and numerical skills.