Team Leader - High-Acuity Support & Behavior Management

Linkit Recruitment; Derby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Linkit Recruitment is seeking TEAM LEADERS / DEPUTY MANAGERS for a leading healthcare provider across the Midlands. The role combines shift leadership with operational management, ensuring safe delivery of care plans and PBS strategies for individuals with complex behaviours in 3:1, 4:1, and 5:1 settings.

You will supervise staff, review records, and support safeguarding and escalation procedures. Applicants should have substantial complex care experience, PBS knowledge, and a track record of

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in complex care and high‑risk behavioural services.
• Experience leading 3:1, 4:1 or 5:1 staffing packages.
• Experience managing behaviours that challenge and aggression.
• Practical de-escalation and crisis prevention experience.
• Experience with physical intervention/restraint.
• Experience leading staff during incidents.
• Experience implementing PBS plans and risk assessments.
• Knowledge of DoLS and safeguarding.
• Strong incident reporting and escalation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the staff team during shifts and ensure appropriate allocation and deployment within enhanced staffing arrangements.
• Maintain oversight of risk and ensure staffing arrangements remain appropriate to the individual's presentation.
• Ensure staff understand triggers, early warning signs, preventative strategies and escalation protocols.
• Lead staff responses during significant behavioural incidents.
• Ensure de‑escalation is the primary response and that restrictive interventions are only used as a last resort where lawful, necessary, proportionate and authorised.
• Ensure only appropriately trained and competent staff participate in physical interventions.
• Coordinate responses to aggression, violence, absconding, self‑injury, environmental destruction and other high‑risk behaviour.
• Ensure appropriate emergency escalation where risks cannot safely be managed by the care team.
• Conduct shift briefings and handovers.
• Review daily records, behavioural observations, incident reports and other documentation for accuracy and completeness.
• Ensure incidents and restrictive interventions are escalated appropriately.
• Participate in post‑incident reviews and identify learning or changes required.
• Monitor staff practice and immediately address unsafe or inconsistent care.
• Support staff supervision, competency assessments and performance management.
• Identify training and development requirements.
• Support implementation and review of PBS strategies and behavioural risk assessments.
• Liaise with the Deputy Manager, Service Manager, clinical team and external professionals.
• Promote safeguarding, dignity, independence, human rights and least restrictive practice.
• Ensure staff understand and comply with DoLS conditions and other legal restrictions applying to individuals.

Skills

Leadership

Behaviour management

PBS expertise

DoLS knowledge

Risk assessment

De-escalation

Staff supervision

Incident reporting

Safeguarding

Communication

Job description

Linkit Recruitment is seeking TEAM LEADERS / DEPUTY MANAGERS for a leading healthcare provider across the Midlands. The role combines shift leadership with operational management, ensuring safe delivery of care plans and PBS strategies for individuals with complex behaviours in 3:1, 4:1, and 5:1 settings.

You will supervise staff, review records, and support safeguarding and escalation procedures. Applicants should have substantial complex care experience, PBS knowledge, and a track record of