Positive Behaviour Support Worker

Global Healthcare Jobs, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Positive Behaviour Support Worker to work up to full time based in Portadown, Northen Ireland.

The salary for this permanent job is up to £23,554 – £26,543

The Portadown Bespoke Services is an incredibly challenging but equally rewarding service to work in. It is a supported living setting that facilitates a bespoke placement for individuals with complex needs which includes, ill mental health, learning disability, and autism coupled with behaviours that challenge. Using the principles of positive behaviour support, as a team we have been able to actively support and positively improve the lives of the individuals we support.

The service user is at the centre of everything that we do, ensuring that all care and activities are personally centred to them. In line with supported living values, practitioners will model and support in all areas of daily living including personal care, meal preparation, medication management and administration, cleaning and laundry, money management and other activities such as community outings. The practitioner’s role is to respond with support appropriate to the skill level of the individual and promote skill acquisition and development. Working in partnership with the local commissioning trust, our team record and collate data to assess and implement bespoke positive behaviour support plans to improve the lives of individuals we support.

Each Positive Behaviour Support Worker will work as part of a dedicated team to provide a consistent

high quality support service within a caring environment, ensuring that both service users and staff are

treated with dignity and respect. Through a key worker system and use of advanced positive behaviour

methodologies, PBS Workers will be responsible for implementing individual programmes of support. You will be champions in the positive behaviour support approach, and our client will support you to attain competence through formal qualifications and experience and expect that you contribute to the

dissemination of understanding of PBS across the organisation.

Key Accountabilities

• To work in partnership with the Positive Behaviour Support Leads, Service Management, the Multi-Disciplinary Team, including the Trust Intensive Support Service and Clinical Psychologist in preparing and implementing individual and group support programmes and activities
• To be responsible for reporting to the Positive Behaviour Support Leads, MDT and Management the outcomes or progress made by the Service user in response to any programme or activity implemented
• To demonstrate an ability to understand what service users are communicating about their needs and preferences and responding appropriately
• To develop an understanding of the theoretical basis of PBS and apply it to a range of work procedures and practices in order to have a positive outcome for the service user
• To exercise professional judgement in assessing options when faced with an immediate need to assess and address complex and challenging behaviours where persuasive, negotiating, empathetic, and reassurance skills are required. This includes situations where potential or actual aggression is encountered
• To remain calm and composed in an aggressive or potentially violent situation and be able to understand and deploy the prescribed physical techniques appropriately as required
• To act in the best interests of the Service User at all times, including taking timely action and raising an alert if the service user’s well-being is jeopardised. This includes having a working knowledge of Safeguarding procedures and acting accordingly if concerns arise
• To be responsible for helping with the procurement and maintenance of all assets belonging to the service user and to be accountable for expenditure within the allocated budget for each service user
• To ensure that residents’ medication is held/stored and administered in accordance with our client’s Care’s Medication Policy and provide advice to the service user which contributes to their care, wellbeing and education, including health promotion.
• To provide personal care to service users appropriate to their level of need and capability. This includes every day domestic tasks such as bathing, washing, cleaning, laundry, assisting with meal preparation. These tasks may be completed with the service user while providing encouragement and advice or in certain situations may require the PBS Worker to complete for the service user
• To be familiar and comply with all administration requirements of the scheme, ensuring relevant and important information is recorded and logged according to the schemes reporting guidelines
• To comply with all policies and procedures in place within the service
• To actively participate in research and in-house training as required, which may include specialist training to work with individual service users
• To complete a vocational or professional qualification as prescribed by the organisation when necessary
• To participate in and promote a team approach with positive and constructive working relationships at all times
• To work with other team members to promote a safe working and living environment
• To participate in the data collection/collation/analysis as agreed with the MDT and attend the in house clinical group to discuss current and potential future approaches
• To contribute to risk assessments and action plans for service user activities
• To complete/contribute to weekly/monthly reports, recording Debriefs and reflective practice

Requirements of the Role

• To participate in the company performance and staff review process
• To adhere to and model the company values, behaviours and competencies at all times
• To carry out all duties of the post in accordance with Praxis Care’s rules, regulations and policies
• To participate in formal supervision
• To work the necessary work patterns to meet the needs of the scheme. The service is staffed 24/7
• At PBS Worker level there is a mix of 8am-8pm, 10am-5pm, 2pm10pm shifts and PBS Workers also complete a minimum of 1 sleepover shift per month
• Currently our PBS Workers complete 3 weeks of day shifts and 1 week of night shifts in a 4 week period
• As our service diversifies and expands, we continue to adapt to the needs of the service users and ensure that the care and support is truly shaped around them

Contact:

This job is advertised by Sam Kittle if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications within a residential or supported living setting from care home managers, deputy managers, care coordinators, key workers, childcare workers and more as we might have other roles applicable to you.

Due to the high volume of applications, we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.