Positive Behavioural Practitioner

Community Integrated Care is currently seeking a skilled Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) Specialist Practitioner within our South Scotland area. This includes Glasgow, Edinburgh and the Lothians, Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders. With a flexible location, the PBS Specialist Practitioner will work with and support the Strategic PBS Lead in coordinating a whole-organisational approach and strategy to enable this to be effective, and to quantify the impact both in terms of reduced behaviours and improved quality of life and developing and implementing a Positive Behaviour Culture.

This role is full time (37.5 hours per week), Monday - Friday (4 day working week can be discussed). You must be a driver with access to your own car as the role covers the South of Scotland, with occasions where travel elsewhere in Scotland may be required.

We are seeking applications from those with the following relevant experience:

• Level 5 PBS Qualification is essential and willingness to work to level 6/7 or ABA qualification with a minimum of one year working PBS experience.

In return, we offer you a rewarding role with the opportunity to develop your skills and future career in a rewarding and enriching environment. We also offer the following:

• Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing learning and development.
• Holiday purchase scheme.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Access to a free app offering retail discounts, leisure savings and holiday and travel discounts.
• Tools and support to help you lead an easier (financial) life.
• Employee of the month and other recognition schemes.
• Employee Assistant programme - available 24/7.
• Wellbeing Fund.
• Employee Voice - GameChangers.

Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:

We are seeking applications from those with the following relevant experience:

• Extensive experience of working with people with Learning Disabilities and/or Autism who display behaviours of concern.
• Experience of carrying out Behaviour assessments within a Positive Behaviour Support Framework.
• Experience of reducing the use of restrictive practices; including restrictive interventions.
• Experience of delivering training, workshops and/or teaching adult learners.
• Experience of leading individual/team de-briefs.

Community Integrated Care supports individuals with a wide range of needs and in many cases, people whose needs and histories mean that individuals can reasonably be predicted to present with behaviours that challenge. The organisation’s current approach to significant behaviour is to use the least restrictive practices to support the individual through stressful episodes and as such the relevant colleagues are trained in the MAPA (Managing Actual and Potential Aggression) model of interventions (licensed through the Crisis Prevention Institute). However, the aspiration is for the organisation to adopt the recovery model approaches of Active Support and Positive Behavioural Support which advocate a more proactive approach to prevention and reduction of behaviours that challenge and overall improvement to quality of life outcomes.

The successful candidate will possess excellent writing skills, as well as strong verbal communication skills. Furthermore, the candidate should also possess strong computer skills (e.g., formatting Word documents, creating Excel spreadsheets), and should have experience in conducting research. Additionally, the candidate should have knowledge of care standards and social care legislation. A knowledge of Microsoft SharePoint is preferable but not essential as this can be trained. You will have experience working with multi-disciplinary teams and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with internal and external agencies. Given the nature of this role, there will be a requirement to be flexible in working hours and travel on a regular basis.