Positive Behaviour Support Worker Waking Nights

Northyorks; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pluxee discounts platform

Free counselling sessions

CPD Accredited training

Robust Induction

Life cover

Cycle to work scheme

STREAM

Job summary

Northyorks is seeking a Positive Behaviour Support Worker for waking nights in Scarborough. You will support individuals with learning disabilities or autism, promote independence, and use PBS techniques to manage behaviours of concern. Previous care experience and an enhanced DBS are required.

Join a forward‑thinking team with values based interviews. You will work across Scarborough and surrounding areas, maintain records, assess risk, and collaborate with families and other professionals to

Qualifications

• Previous care experience.
• Enhanced DBS required.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct support to individuals who exhibit complex and challenging behaviour.
• Provide companionship and emotional support to help individuals apply coping strategies.
• Manage behaviour to enable participation in therapeutic and social activities.
• Be involved in risk assessment and follow risk assessments.
• Use PBS to identify causes of distress and respond per PBS plan.
• Record incidents and contribute to team discussions on incident analysis and strategies.
• Work with other agencies, families and services to ensure quality provision of care.
• Maintain records relating to good practice, health, safety and regulatory requirements.
• Support personal finances and ensure compliance with policies and procedures.
• Encourage health checks and regular health promotion.
• Promote independence in daily activities and general housekeeping.

Skills

Active listening

Communication

Team player

Job description

Positive Behaviour Support Worker Waking Nights

Location: Scarborough, Happy Futures

Salary:£15.00 per hour

Contract Type:Permanent

Do you have a passion for promoting independence, Are you a team player, energetic, have a can do attitude, confident in your ability to encourage and engage with people?

We improve the lives of children, young people and adults who live with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviours of concern by using Positive Behaviour Support.

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our dynamic and forward-thinking team across Scarborough and surrounding areas on a full-time basis.

Previous care experience and an enhanced DBS are required for this role.

About Happy Futures:

Happy Futures has been expanding for 10 years and we achieved Outstanding from the Care Quality Commission. We are leading the way in the North of England in complex care for individuals with learning disabilities, mental health and complex needs. We are also specialists in autism and Positive Behaviour Management. Our focus is to ensure the individuals we support have happy futures. All our interviews are values based.

• Pluxee discounts platform
• Free counselling sessions
• CPD Accredited training
• Robust Induction
• Life cover
• Cycle to work scheme
• STREAM

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide direct support to individuals who exhibit complex and challenging behaviour
• Provide companionship, emotional support to help individuals use techniques for managing their anxieties and behaviour through coping strategies
• Manage the behaviour and to enable them to participate in a wide range of therapeutic and social activities.
• Be involved in the assessment and management of risk and follow risk assessments consistently.
• Use positive behaviour to identify the cause of distress and respond in line with PBS plan
• Have active listening skills and the ability to use positive, calm and clear communication.
• Record all incidents and contribute to team discussions around incident analysis and strategies.
• Work positively with other agencies, parents, Support Workers, and other services to ensure a quality provision of care for individuals.
• Maintain appropriate records relating to good practice, health, safety and statutory requirements.
• Support individuals with their personal finance arrangements and ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements and company Policies and Procedures.
• Encourage health promotion, such as regular health checks, dentist and doctor’s appointments and health screening checks.
• Promote independence with daily activities, such as personal care, cooking, finance management where appropriate, and general housekeeping.
• Support individuals build and maintain confidence

Additional Duties:

It is the nature of the service we provide that tasks and responsibilities are in many circumstances variable and unpredictable. All staff are therefore expected to work flexibly when the need arises, so that tasks that may not be covered in this job description are undertaken. These additional duties will normally be to cover unforeseen circumstances or changes in work and they will normally be compatible with the regular type of work. Also, individuals supported may display challenging behaviours, in which case training will be provided to minimise these behaviours.

Our Commitment toEquality, Diversity and Inclusion

Happy futures is an inclusive employer that actively welcomes applicants from all backgrounds who holds the right to work in the UK. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of your recruitment process. Any adjustments will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis and will be treated with sensitivity and confidentiality.

*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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Positive Behaviour Support Worker Waking Nights