Positive Behaviour Support Team Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

To maintain clear and comprehensive clinical records detailing direct work with service users, their families and other relevant parties.

To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of Positive Behavioural Interventions by ensuring data in recorded against key performance indicators.

To anticipate barriers to communication and take positive action to overcome them.

To support service users in a manner this reflects their wishes, preferences and personalities.

To provide practice supervision to a variety of professionals involved in supporting people who present challenging behaviour.

To attend, contribute to and facilitate service user review meetings. To ensure all parties are working towards shared person centred goals.

To write clear and comprehensive reports which detail the assessments and interventions conducted for a referred person.

To conducted comprehensive functional analysis assessment using the principles of Applied Behavioural Analysis.

To lead the development of Positive Behavioural Support Plans in partnership with service-users and other key stakeholders.

To ensure that Positive Behavioural Support Plans focus on improvements in quality of life as both an intervention and an outcome.

To provide mandatory training on Positive Behavioural Support and Active Support.

To provide bespoke packages of training relating to Positive Behavioural Support and related themes.

To provide training to family members and charitable/ voluntary organisations on Positive Behavioural Support.

To act as a mentor or assessor to staff undertaking training relating to Positive Behavioural Support.

To act as a mentor or supervisor for students on placement.

To attend and contribute to workshops, training courses, conferences and meetings as required by HSC some of which may be off-island.

To work with the Team Managers for Community Learning Disability, Child Development and relevant Service Managers to identify opportunities for service development

To lead service development indicatives in relation to Positive Behavioural Support.

To be involved in strategic planning groups where appropriate, to consult on issues relating Positive Behaviour Support.

To take responsibility for ones own continuing professional development.

To work with the Community Learning Disability Team Manager to evaluate own knowledge and skills to identify areas of development.

Provide coaching and training opportunities to enable others to develop their knowledge and skills.

To keep up to date with national best practice about services for people with learning disability and challenging behaviour. Use this information as evidence to guide local service developments.

To provide information about the future behavioural support needs of children and young people.

To promote good communication between all relevant parties to ensure effective partnership working.

To clinical supervision to members of the team undertaking a variety of behavioural assessments and interventions.

To provide line management supervision and appraisal to other member of the team.

To manage referral criteria and pathway for the Positive Behavioural Support Team.

To manage a caseload and waitlist in a manner that ensures efficient and effective use of resources.

To have awareness of budgetary issues that relate to the Positive Behavioural Support services.

To attend, contribute to and facilitate staff meetings as appropriate.

To attend and contribute at service management meetings when appropriate.

To record and monitor staff annual leave and sickness to ensure policy and procedures are followed.

To manage the security of confidential information in accordance with HSC policy.

To manage incident/ accidents and complaints as delegated by Team Manager and in accordance with HSC policies and procedure.

To lead or contribute to the review of service policy, audit and procedures relating to supporting people who present challenging behaviour.

To work in accordance with HSC policies, procedures and standards.

To work have detailed working knowledge of Child Protection and Adult Safeguarding procedures.

To maintain sound administrative practices in line with HSC policy and professional standards.

To take all possible steps to safeguard the welfare and safety of service-users, colleaguesand self, in accordance with Health and Safety at Work (General Ordinance, Guernsey 1987).

To follow appropriate moving and handling techniques in the work area whilst maintaining health, safety and security of others.

To identify any actual or potential risks involved in working practice.

To take positive steps to reduce risk whilst maximising service-users opportunities to gain broad life experiences.

To comply with principles contained in the Data Protection Law (Bailiwick of Guernsey 2001)

To ensure compliance with policies established for the Health and Safety of the service users and staff.

To report and manage untoward occurrences, accidents and complaints as delegated Team Manager.

To undertake any other duties as may reasonably be required from time to time by management.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised relevant Health and Social Care Qualification.
• UKSBA, BCBA or Equivalent Professional Registration
• Degree in Positive Behaviour Support or related field
• Teaching/mentoring qualification

Desirable

• Management Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Understanding of and ability to promote HSCs strategic priorities.
• Clinical experience of conducting functional assessments, developing Positive Behaviour Support Plans and monitoring outcome data
• Excellent communication skills
• Empathetic and caring nature
• Good computer skills including Word, Excel and Electronic Patient Records
• Ability to working in partnership with people with learning disability or autism, their families and other key stakeholders

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

States of Guernsey

Address

Princess Elizabeth Hospital

Le Vauquiedor

St. Martin

Guernsey

GY4 6UU

Employer's website

https://www.gov.gg/ (Opens in a new tab)