Positive Behaviour Support Worker

Applefields School; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Partners in Care Yorkshire in Scarborough is seeking a dedicated support worker to assist an individual with acquired brain injury living in the community. The role focuses on maintaining independence and quality of life through calm, professional, and consistent approaches.

You will work within a multi‑agency team, use de‑escalation techniques, support emotional regulation, and uphold professional boundaries. A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are required for this role.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are required.
• Experience and understanding of positive behaviour support and brain injury rehabilitation.
• Ability to work within emotionally demanding environments and multi-agency teams.

Responsibilities

• Delivering person-centred support within the home and community.
• Supporting emotional regulation and behavioural stability.
• Responding to behaviours that challenge.
• Maintaining consistency of approach across the team.
• Using de-escalation and low-arousal communication techniques.
• Supporting independence and daily living.
• Accurate recording and professional communication.
• Participating in reflective supervision and team development.
• Maintaining clear professional boundaries at all times.
• Support with Personal Care.

Skills

Emotional intelligence

Resilience

Professional boundaries

Reflective practice

Team collaboration

Driving licence

Job description

Location: Scarborough, Partners In Care Yorkshire

Salary: £13.00 per hour

Contract Type: Permanent

Partners in Care are developing a specialist support team for an individual with anacquired brain injury living within the community who requires a highlyconsistent, psychologically informed approach to support.

The successful candidate will support the individual tomaintain independence and quality of life while helping to reduce distress,conflict, and instability through calm, professional, and consistentapproaches.

This is a specialist position requiring emotionalintelligence and resilience, professional boundaries, reflective practice, and the ability towork collaboratively within a multi-agency environment.

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are required for this role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliveringperson-centred support within the home and community
• Supportingemotional regulation and behavioural stability
• Respondingappropriately to behaviours that challenge
• Maintainingconsistency of approach across the team
• Usingde-escalation and low-arousal communication techniques
• Supportingindependence and daily livingA
• ccuraterecording and professional communication
• Participatingin reflective supervision and team development
• Maintainingclear professional boundaries at all times
• Supportwith Personal Care
• Calmunder pressure
• Emotionallyresilient
• Strongboundary awareness
• Professionaland reliable
• Able towork within emotionally demanding environments
• Reflective and willing tolearn
• Experience and understanding of positivebehaviour support
• Background in mentalhealth
• Experience with braininjury rehabilitation
• Experience providing complexcommunity support
• Specialisttraining
• Stablelong-term package
• Smalldedicated team environment
• Clinicaland management support

*It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.*

*We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk*

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