PBS Senior - Hesley Group

Integrated Care System; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Doncaster seeks a Positive Behaviour Support Senior to enhance the quality of life for adults with learning disabilities. You will engage with autistic individuals, implement evidence-based practices, and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team. The ideal candidate has an MSc in PBS/ABA and experience in behavioural assessments. This full-time role offers professional development opportunities and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Supervision from experienced professionals

Extensive CPD and training opportunities

Cycle to work scheme

Employee assistance programme

Free Parking

Qualifications

• Experience in working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Advanced skills in designing and implementing behavioural interventions.
• Ability to conduct functional behavioural assessments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct descriptive functional behavioural assessments.
• Develop and implement holistic behavioural interventions.
• Provide consultation and training to staff and families.

Skills

Engaging autistic individuals

Experience with intellectual disabilities

Collaborative approaches to behaviours of concern

MSc in PBS/ABA

Experience in behavioural assessments

Coaching and training staff

Education

Registered Behaviour Analyst certification

Clinical supervision training

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Do you have a compassionate approach to working with people? Are you committed to understanding peoples needs and using evidence-based practice to help people to flourish? We are looking for a Positive Behaviour Support Senior to join us to support the delivery of high quality, person-centred support to improve the quality of life of adults with learning disabilities. You will be a key part of the multi-disciplinary team within services and will also be part of ourTherapeutic Servicesteam, comprising of Applied Psychology, Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy.

This role is based out of our Meadow View site. Travel to our other sites may be required in this role.

This is a full time role (part time will be considered).

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit people who have:

• Enthusiasm for engaging autistic individuals and people with intellectual disabilities in planning their own futures
• Experience in working with autistic individuals and people with intellectual disabilities
• Experience in collaborative approaches to working with behaviours of concern and reducing restrictive practices
• MSc in PBS/ABA or equivalent, with an in-depth understanding of the principles and application of PBS
• Experience of carrying out behavioural and skills assessment and interventions, and in implementing PBS in MDT settings
• Experience in coaching, training and supporting staff

For any further information about the role please contact [e-mail]

About us

Benefits of working for us:

• Supervision from experienced BCBA's and psychologists
• Extensive CPD and training opportunities
• Cycle to work scheme
• Blackhawk Scheme
• Access to various discounts at a range of different retailers
• Access to an employee assistance programme which includes a confidential counselling service and physiotherapy
• Free Parking

Job responsibilities

Job Title: Positive Behaviour Support Senior

Service: Central Services

Responsible to: Consultant Clinical Psychologist / Applied Psychology Lead

Brief description of core values:

As a Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Senior you will take a compassionate approachto working with people, committed to understanding peoples needs and usingevidence-based practice to help people to flourish.

Brief description of key responsibilities:

Working within the PBS framework, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary teamto understand peoples needs holistically. You may work in a range of settings whichinclude residential, educational and vocational. You will work alongside colleagues toensure that services have the knowledge and skills to deliver high quality supportenvironments. Working together with the people we support, their support staff,families and other key people you will help people to identify and achieve their goals.You will work autonomously to carry out specialist assessment and intervention,coaching and motivating others to bring about meaningful change. As a PBS Senioryou will have the opportunity to support with service wide PBS initiatives and willsupervise the work of others implementing interventions.

Key Result areas:

Clinical

1. To conduct descriptive functional behavioural assessment and communicate thisto others in an accessible format.

2. To develop and implement multi-component holistic behavioural interventions.

3. To communicate effectively with other professionals in the multi-disciplinaryteam and attend multi-disciplinary meetings and reviews.

4. To produce professional reports.

5. To be involved, as appropriate, in pre-admission assessments and transitionplanning.

6. To provide specialist advice, direct coaching and consultation to support staff,families and professionals.

7. To manage highly complex information and sensitive situations related tobehaviours of concern.

8. To communicate information to others in a skilled and sensitive manner.

9. To monitor progress through the use of data collection.Training and supervision

10.To take part in regular professional supervision and appraisal.

11.To maintain an active engagement with current developments in the field ofPositive Behaviour Support.

12.To maintain an active engagement with current relevant legislation, guidanceand initiatives in relation to people with intellectual disabilities, those who areautistic and people who may at times present with behaviours of concern.

13.To maintain an active engagement with knowledge of restrictive practicereduction.

14.To continue to develop skills and knowledge through further training.

15.To provide clinical supervision for staff implementing PBS interventions orcompleting PBS training.

16.To provide line management supervision for Assistant Applied Psychologists.Research and service evaluation

17.To implement evidence-based practice in individual work with the people wesupport.

18.To undertake research activities.

19.To contribute to service/organisation wide initiatives and evaluation.Information technology

20.To use information technology systems to facilitate communication withmultiple key people.

21.To conduct data entry and analysis using Excel.

22.To use Word for the recording of all information related to assessment andintervention, including clinical case notes and report writing.

23.To use Powerpoint for the development and delivery of training activities.

24.To maintain professional registration with the appropriate governing body, ifappropriate.To be noted:

This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the postholder may be required to undertake other duties which fall within thegrade of the job, in discussion with the manager.

This job description will be reviewed regularly in the light of changingservice requirements and any such changes will be discussed with thepost holder.

The post holder is expected to comply with all relevant Hesley Grouppolicies, procedures and guidelines, including those relating to EqualOpportunities, Health and Safety and Confidentiality of Information.

Health & Safety

In carrying out the tasks in this job description you have a duty (under Health &Safety legislation) to take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself andthat of others. This implies taking positive steps to understand the hazards in theworkplace, to evaluate and take action to reduce the risks. It is expected that youcomply with safety rules and procedures and to ensure that nothing you do, or fail todo, puts yourself or others at risk.

Contribution of this role

The way in which this role is carried out will have a direct and highly significant effecton the quality of the service and Hesley Group as a whole, and bear directly on howwell-equipped staff feel to carry out the jobs they are employed to do.

You will, therefore, be making a very important contribution to other employees, tomatters affecting people who use our services and their experience of school, and tothe reputation and achievements of the service and Hesley Group as a whole.

This organisation is committed to the protection and safeguarding of childrenand adults at risk, and promoting their welfare. Hesley Group, therefore,expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is subject to an enhanced level DBS Disclosure and Barring Check,including a check against the Barred List in respect of the Adults/ChildrensWorkforce.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• equivalent.
• 2. Registered as a Board Certified Behaviour
• Analyst (BCBA) or UK Behaviour Analyst, UKBA
• (cert).
• 3. Evidence of continuous professional
• development.
• 1. Training in clinical supervision
• 2. Registered member with the UK Society of
• Behaviour Analysis (UK-SBA),

Experience

• 1. Excellent interpersonal skills, able to work
• collaboratively with key people.
• 2. Advanced skills in collecting and analysing complex
• data and communicating this effectively to others.
• 3. Advanced skill in carrying out functional behavioural
• assessment.
• 4. Advanced skills in designing and implementing
• holistic multi-component behavioural interventions.
• 5. Skilled in communicating information to a broad
• range of people in a sensitive, appropriate manner.
• 6. Advanced skills in leading by example, able to coach
• and motivate others to implement interventions.
• 1. Experience of working within a PBS informed service
• 2. Experience of working as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• 3. Experience of developing and delivering PBS
• training to groups, including introduction and
• 4. experience of coaching and mentoring key
• people, including support staff and service managers.
• 1. Ability to identify and contribute to improvements in
• the quality of the service delivered.
• 2. Ability to self evaluate and reflect in and on practice
• 1. Experience of supervising others.
• 2. Experience of supporting service-wide initiatives

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.