Job summary
We are excited to offer a permanent opportunity for a motivated Positive Behavioural Support Practitioner to join an established and progressive Community multi-disciplinary team Learning disability team, covering the South of Lincolnshire, including the areas of Spalding, Sleaford and Grantham. This post provides the opportunity for someone with post qualification experience, who has an interest in working with adults with learning disabilities and complex challenging needs.
The Positive Behaviour Support Teamwork as part of a delivering a high quality and specialist services to individuals with Learning Disabilities, where you will receive regular clinical supervision from the experienced PBS Clinical Lead, and in addition to this you will have access to attend regular formulation meetings, for complex cases you will have access to Clinical Psychology. There will be opportunities to actively contribute to service developments, future planning and improvement within the Learning Disability services.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will support the provision of Positive Behaviour Support Practitioner for adults with Learning Disabilities across 3 core pathways: mental health, positive behaviour support and physical health pathway. The role includes clinical assessment, care planning and appropriate clinical decision-making skills. Being a compassionate, organised, team player with excellent communication skills and effective time management skills are key, as well as being accountable for the PBS caseload management and being able to identify interventions which you will joint work with staff within the team to deliver. Enthusiasm and motivation are just as important as your experience for this role, as full training can be provided for a successful applicant with the relevant qualifications
About us
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!
We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.
This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities include:
Providing clinical and managerial supervision to the PBS assistants.
Delegating appropriate work to the PBS Assistants; this can include undertaking observations and assessments.
Taking full responsibility of overseeing the PBS caseload and working directly with adults with a learning disability, their family, and carers in the community.
Developing clinical risk assessments following a comprehensive and systematic approach.
Undertaking comprehensive specialist assessment of the persons needs, health comorbidities and pain, likes, dislikes, culture, sex, gender, race, religion, and their lived experiences.
Assessment of a persons physical and mental health needs and how this relates to their presentation.
Review and identify any previous interventions, what they entailed and whether they were successful, and if not why not.
Defining behaviours of concerns and understanding data and how this applies to formulation of a functional analysis.
Utilising assessment skills and understanding data to what the adult with a learning disability needs to inform their care such as seeking support from the MDT and Multi agencies.
Delivering training on the persons needs and implementation of the Positive Behaviour Support Plan.
Evaluating and reviewing the Positive Behaviour Support Plan prior to discharging
Job description
Job responsibilities
Duties and responsibilities include:
Providing clinical and managerial supervision to the PBS assistants.
Delegating appropriate work to the PBS Assistants; this can include undertaking observations and assessments.
Taking full responsibility of overseeing the PBS caseload and working directly with adults with a learning disability, their family, and carers in the community.
Developing clinical risk assessments following a comprehensive and systematic approach.
Undertaking comprehensive specialist assessment of the persons needs, health comorbidities and pain, likes, dislikes, culture, sex, gender, race, religion, and their lived experiences.
Assessment of a persons physical and mental health needs and how this relates to their presentation.
Review and identify any previous interventions, what they entailed and whether they were successful, and if not why not.
Defining behaviours of concerns and understanding data and how this applies to formulation of a functional analysis.
Utilising assessment skills and understanding data to what the adult with a learning disability needs to inform their care such as seeking support from the MDT and Multi agencies.
Delivering training on the persons needs and implementation of the Positive Behaviour Support Plan.
Evaluating and reviewing the Positive Behaviour Support Plan prior to discharging
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1 st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent, in nursing, OT, social work or other relevant clinical profession.
- Currently Registered with the appropriate professional body (eg NMC, HCPC or Social Work England)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice.
Desirable
- Management training
- Leadership Training
- Training in PBS approaches
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of working with adults with a Learning Disability.
- Experience of working with people with behaviours that challenge.
- Evidence of continuing professional development demonstrating a higher level of clinical practice within this specialist field
- Evidence of supervising more junior colleagues/ staff
Desirable
- Evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both community/in-patient
Skills
Essential
- Sound knowledge of national agenda regarding Learning Disabilities including NICE guidance and the Transforming Care agenda.
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
- A sound knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, Best interest process and Deprivation of Liberty Guidance.
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
- Highly developed communication skills.
- Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate.
Desirable
- Analyse and interpret data and/ or information
- Budget management.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 1 st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent, in nursing, OT, social work or other relevant clinical profession.
- Currently Registered with the appropriate professional body (eg NMC, HCPC or Social Work England)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice.
Desirable
- Management training
- Leadership Training
- Training in PBS approaches
Experience
Essential
- Relevant experience of working with adults with a Learning Disability.
- Experience of working with people with behaviours that challenge.
- Evidence of continuing professional development demonstrating a higher level of clinical practice within this specialist field
- Evidence of supervising more junior colleagues/ staff
Desirable
- Evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both community/in-patient
Skills
Essential
- Sound knowledge of national agenda regarding Learning Disabilities including NICE guidance and the Transforming Care agenda.
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
- A sound knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act, Best interest process and Deprivation of Liberty Guidance.
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
- Highly developed communication skills.
- Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate.
Desirable
- Analyse and interpret data and/ or information
- Budget management.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
