Positive Behaviour & Engagement Officer in Birmingham

As a member of the Positive Behaviour Support Team, and the wider multidisciplinary team at the college, you will work collaboratively with students, staff, parents/carers, and outside agencies, organising meetings and promoting collaboration to meet students' needs in a person-centred way.

You will use different methods of data collection to track, monitor, and analyse behaviour as part of the functional assessment process, which will be used to support the development of proactive interventions as part of Positive Support Plans and Student Safety Plans.

Through your day-to-day working, you will uphold the college values, promote, and support others through modelling best practices in person-centred support to meet the needs of students. Your primary location will be the college's main campus, but may also require working at our satellite sites.

• Support in the assessment, planning, and implementation of appropriate support for students pre and post entry.
• Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team to assess level of need using pre-entry information and internally collected data, to identify appropriate person-centred interventions that promote inclusion.
• Provide advice, guidance, and specialised expertise in creating Positive Behaviour Support and Student Safety Plans.
• Collaborate with staff to identify key behaviours for tracking as part of the functional analysis process, and help understand the underlying reasons for the behaviours.
• Uphold a Person-Centred Risk Approach, taking necessary steps to minimise and manage risk.
• Support the Positive Behaviour and Engagement Officer to analyse and evaluate data as part of ongoing monitoring processes to ensure that support in place is effective, and appropriate changes are made as and when required.
• Offer ongoing practical support to staff, helping them develop techniques and strategies appropriate to the student and setting using modelling where appropriate.
• Build effective relationships with staff and students, promoting positive behaviour and communication throughout QAC.
• Establish effective relationships with staff and students, acting as a key point of contact, that helps to promote positive behaviour support and communication throughout QAC.
• Support student engagement through a trauma-informed approach that helps create trust-based relationships to reduce the need for negative behaviours.
• Utilise empathy and active listening skills to provide reassurance and help reduce frequency and severity of challenging behaviour.
• Provide support to staff as part of the urgent response team, promoting de-escalation techniques for students who display crisis behaviour, reducing the need for physical intervention or exclusion.
• Respond to serious incidents in a timely and appropriate manner, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of those involved.
• Adopt a reflective approach to working practices, willingly engaging in 360-degree feedback and actively seeking ways to improve and enhance working approaches.
• Promote the College's values and commitment to development.
• Encourage a culture of listening to students among all staff, considering their wishes and feelings in any safeguarding measures implemented by the College.
• Share the College's commitment to safeguarding, ensuring up-to-date training and creating an environment where the wishes and feelings of children and vulnerable adults are heard and taken into account.
• Respond appropriately and professionally when undertaking difficult and challenging conversations with staff, students, parents/carers, and external agencies.
• Support the Positive Behaviour and Engagement Officer in developing policies to promote Positive Behaviour Support and reduce the need for physical intervention techniques.
• Use data to monitor incidents, and provide timely recommendations to senior managers when there is an increased ongoing risk.
• Stay updated on laws, regulations, and training related to Positive Behaviour Support.
• Undertake additional training as needed to fulfil the duties of the role as directed by the Positive Behaviour and Student Engagement Officer.
• Perform any other duties appropriate to the post as determined by senior management.

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification attached.

• Access to on-site car parking.
• Use of QAC Fitness Centre (subject to opening hours).
• Cycle to Work Scheme (Salary Sacrifice).
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme Helpline (BHSF).
• Access to Education Support Free Helpline for Teachers & Education Staff.
• QAC Mental Health First Aiders & activities to support health and wellbeing.
• BHSF Benefits Package including Healthcare Plans, discounted shopping/services.
• Annual Flu vaccination/voucher.
• Access to other benefit/discount schemes (which may be subject to charge) e.g. Blue Light Card, TOTUM (NUS), Charity Worker Discounts, Discounts for Teachers.
• Dell Advantage programme - a free programme that offers savings to students, parents and all staff at QAC - up to 20% off.
• Health and Wellbeing Services (Occupational Health/Counselling).
• Free Tea/Coffee and Staff Room facilities.
• Dining Room facilities with hot/cold food (free meal provided for those supporting students at mealtimes).
• Additional discretionary concessionary/closure days as part of leave entitlement (including closure over Christmas/New Year period).
• Reward and Recognition Policy – Living the Values Awards (team & individual) and long service.
• Enhanced/Occupational paid leave e.g. maternity/paternity (subject to qualifying criteria).
• Occupational sick pay (based on length of service).
• On-site wellbeing activities (e.g. yoga, meditation).
• Support for training/CPD (either by way of study leave and/or funding).
• Flexible working arrangements including Flexible Working Policy Agreements, Time Off in Lieu (TOIL) in prior agreement with line manager.

This list is not exhaustive and may be subject to review and/or change.

The College's Safeguarding Policies are available.

Under Section 7 of SVGA 2006 it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

As part of our commitment to safer recruitment, and in line with updated guidance published in September 2022, we will carry out an online search of all shortlisted candidates. This search may enable us to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and publicly available for review online, which we may wish to explore with you in further detail during the interview process.

As part of your application, we have asked you to provide the account names, usernames and/or handles for any social media platform that you use, as well as the names of any websites that you own, post on, or contribute to. A Google search will also be conducted. These checks will only be conducted if you are shortlisted for interview. Please see our safer recruitment and selection policy for further information.