Senior Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Practitioner - Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset

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Job Introduction

Summary

• Location: Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset
• Salary: £35,000 plus mileage
• Hours per week: 37.5 including travel time
• Required: A full UK driving licence with access to a vehicle and a willingness to travel across the area

A meaningful career starts here. Empower people to develop the tools they need to thrive .

As a Senior Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) practitioner, you will help young people and adults (16+) with learning disabilities, Autism and sometimes other support needs to transform their lives.

Using techniques built on the principles of inclusion, choice and participation, your support could be the difference between a locked door and an open path to independence.

Who will I support?

You will work with young people (16+) and adults to provide support that will significantly improve their quality of life and avoid admission to a General Adolescent Unit.

How will I make a difference?

• Your support will enable the people you support to stay in their current placements and access their communities
• You will take time to understand the lived experience of the person you're supporting. You'll help them build tools they will use for the rest of their lives to live great, independent lives
• You'll also support their families, carers and other professionals to apply and embed these steps for long lasting impact
• Line manage PBS Practitioners providing guidance and coaching to ensure PBS plan implementation

What qualifications do I need?

• You will need a Positive Behaviour Support practitioner accreditation - BTEC level 4 or equivalent - covering clinical, theoretical and practice elements

What benefits will I have?
We have a range of benefits that you can mix and match to suit you, such as:

• Care Friends - our employee referral and reward app. You'll receive points which can be exchanged for extra money.
• Wagestream - an app that gives you access to a percentage of your pay as you earn it, access to coaching, vouchers, discounts, cashback and more.
• Blue light card - we will reimburse your Blue Light Card membership which provides discounts in your favourite shops and restaurants
• Simply Health - Fully funded health cash plans giving you access to a 24-hour GP, money back on prescriptions, dental treatment, opticians and access to many more health benefits.
• Vivup - spread the cost of home and electronics items, or a bike to cycle to work through fixed salary reductions throughout the year.
• Buy and sell annual leave - transfer windows open twice a year.
• Pension and Life Assurance - you'll be enrolled into our Scottish Widows pension scheme and Life Assurance scheme.

If you are offered a role with us, you will need to complete an enhanced DBS check. We will submit your application and pay for your check.

We are a Disability Confident employer, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Positive Behaviour Support changes lives. Join us and help unlock new possibilities.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if sufficient applications are received.

Attached documents

• Senior PBS Practitioner Job Description & Person Spec 2024.docx