PBS Practitioner

The Methodist Church in Britain; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel costs covered

Home working

Healthy work-life balance

Job summary

Turning Point is recruiting a PBS Practitioner to offer PBS input to people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs. The role is home-based with travel to visit individuals and their teams.

You will manage your own caseload and diary, support behaviours of distress and mental health needs, and help influence best practice across the service. Occasional evening and weekend referral support and nationwide travel are expected.

Responsibilities

• Provide PBS input to people with learning disabilities, autism and associated complex needs.
• Support individuals with behaviours of distress, mental health conditions and risk of contact with the criminal justice system.
• Visit individuals and their teams, with some travel
• Manage own caseload and plan own diary
• Influence best practice across the service
• Provide referral support, occasionally in evenings and part of weekends
• Travel nationwide occasionally

Job description

Turning Point's Learning Disability and Mental Health Service is recruiting a PBS Practitioner to offer PBS input to people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs. The work covers behaviours of distress, mental health conditions and risk of contact with the criminal justice system, with the aim of influencing best practice. The post is home-based with travel to visit individuals and their teams, and the postholder manages their own caseload and diary, with occasional evening and weekend referral support.

What the job involves

• Provide PBS input to people with learning disabilities, autism and associated complex needs
• Support people presenting with behaviours of distress, mental health conditions and risk of contact with the criminal justice system
• Visit individuals and their teams, with some travel
• Manage own caseload and plan own diary
• Influence best practice across the service
• Provide referral support, occasionally in evenings and part of weekends
• Travel nationwide occasionally

What’s offered

• All travel costs covered
• Home-working with flexible diary planning
• Support for a healthy work-life balance