Positive Behavior Support Lead | Lisburn PBS

Each Positive Behaviour Support Lead will work as part of a dedicated team to provide a consistently high quality active support service within a caring environment, ensuring that both service users and staff are treated with dignity and respect. The Lisburn PBS service is a challenging but equally rewarding service to work in. It is a supported living setting that facilitates a bespoke placement for individuals with complex needs that includes mental health issues, learning disabilities, and autism coupled with behaviours that challenge.

In Lisburn PBS, the service user is at the centre of everything that we do, therefore the role of PBS lead is very bespoke to the service users' needs. The PBS lead role is very much hands-on, where the lead will have a high level of active engagement with service users in all areas of their daily lives. In conjunction with Positive Behaviour Support practitioners, this will include personal care, medication management and administration, meal preparation, cleaning and laundry, money management, activity planning, facilitating appointments, assisting with family visits, and setting future goals. Service users are often at different levels of independence with these skills and tasks.

The PBS lead will model and provide advice on approaches on a daily basis to quality assure practitioner application of bespoke PBS plans and consistency in care. Staff ratios are dependent on the level of need and associated support required, ranging from 1:1 to 3:1. Through a key worker system, the use of positive behaviour methodologies, and liaising with the multidisciplinary team (MDT) including Intensive Support Service, social workers, speech and language therapists, and clinical psychologists, the Positive Behaviour Support Leads will be responsible for overseeing programmes of support and coordinating the delivery of these by fully immersing themselves in their application and actively supporting the team of Positive Behavioural Support Practitioners and service users on a daily basis.

You will be champions in the positive behaviour support approach, and Praxis Care will support you to attain competence through training and formal qualifications and experience, expecting that you contribute to the dissemination of understanding of PBS across the organisation. As an organisation of excellence, Praxis Care will continuously evolve and improve practice, undertaking research to support its aim to be a world leader in this field.

Key Accountabilities:

• To support the manager with the day-to-day operational running of the scheme including rota management and creation, supervision, and appraisal of staff.
• To provide active support in relation to the physical, emotional, and personal needs of Service Users, ensuring that work within the scheme is Service User focused and upholds the principles of respect, privacy, dignity, fulfilment, independence, and choice.
• To plan, coordinate, and implement the safe transition of new Service Users into the service and community where necessary in consultation with the MDT.
• To liaise with Service User families and relevant members of multi-disciplinary teams, community groups, and voluntary bodies with the aim of promoting the Service User needs.
• To coordinate the planning, development, and implementation of individual care and support plans to enhance and maximise the capabilities and independence of the Service Users.
• To ensure that adequate records are created and maintained and necessary reports, including untoward/critical incidents, are produced and reported in line with organisational policy and statutory requirements.
• To take the lead in challenging and complex situations and ensure the safety of service users and staff through the appropriate management of violence and aggression.
• To act in the best interests of the Service User at all times, including taking timely action if the service user's wellbeing is jeopardised.
• To ensure that medication is held, stored, and administered in accordance with Praxis Care's Medication Policy and current statutory and legislative procedure.
• To provide effective leadership, supervision, and management to a team of Positive Behaviour Support Practitioners.
• To complete any mandatory training identified as necessary by the Organisation whilst identifying and addressing personal development opportunities for both the post holder and those managed by the post holder.
• To actively participate in research and in-house training as required.
• To participate and speak at conferences and staff development training to ensure that good practice is disseminated appropriately.

Requirements of the Role:

• To participate in the Company’s performance management 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 carry out additional duties of the role and all other required duties as and when necessary.
• The service is staffed 24/7. Our leads complete a mixture of both admin shifts and shifts in scheme. Sleepover shifts are also required within the role.
• All staff are required to transport service users as part of the role and will be required to use their own vehicle and the scheme vehicle when required.
• An AccessNI Enhanced Disclosure Check will be required for this position.

Criteria:

• Essential: 2 Years paid employment in a learning disability or mental health setting and a Degree in Psychology OR 2 Years paid employment with supervisory experience and a level 5 diploma in Leadership and Management for health and social care.
• Understanding of mental health/learning disabilities/autism and a professional qualification in Nursing, Social Work, Allied Health Profession, Foundation degree in Health and Social Care, BTEC Level 5 HND in Health and Social Care, QCF Level 5 Diploma in Leadership for Health and Social Care or equivalent, BTEC Level 4 HNC in Healthcare Practice/Social and Community Work, Masters in Behavioural Analysis, Special Educational Needs, or Teaching Qualification.
• *Candidates must be prepared to complete QCF Level 5 within 18 months of employment.*

Skills & Competencies:

• Communication skills both verbal & written.
• Report writing skills.
• Assessment skills.
• Evaluation skills.
• Computer skills.
• Risk Assessment skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Organisational skills.
• Time management skills.

Attributes:

• Team Player.
• Understanding of diversity.
• Available to work flexibly.

About The Company:

Praxis Care provides a wide variety of services to vulnerable adults and children, supporting individuals with mental ill health, learning disabilities, autism, and dementia. Our staff teams are essential to ensuring the provision of these services. As a new member of the team, you can expect to be trained and supported in a structured fashion to achieve the high standards expected by the people we support and mandated by our regulators.

Company Culture:

Our core values include compassion, integrity, teamwork, innovation, and resilience. We also ensure that kindness and respect are integral to every role within Praxis Care, and these values are fundamental to the provision of care we deliver to the people we support.

If you are interested in a role that is rewarding, varied, and positively impacts the lives of those we support, then we want to hear from you.

Company Benefits:

• Great Work Environment: Compassionate, supportive, and inclusive team culture.
• CARE for Your Physical & Mental Health: Access to occupational sick pay, a confidential counselling service, and employer-funded healthcare schemes.
• Financial Benefits: Competitive salary, pension plan, and refer-a-friend bonuses.
• Career Development: Continuous professional development with opportunities to gain recognised qualifications, such as QCF3/5, and clear career progression pathways.
• Work-Life Balance: Paid annual leave which increases with length of service, and flexibility in working hours.

Salary: £29,243.76 - £37,112.40 per year.