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Job description

Positive Behaviour Support Worker- Portadown Bespoke Services The Portadown Bespoke Services is an incredibly challenging but equally rewarding service to work in. It is a supported living setting that facilitates a bespoke placement for individuals with complex needs which includes, ill mental health, learning disability, and autism coupled with behaviours that challenge. Using the principles of positive behaviour support, as a team we have been able to actively support and positively improve the lives of the individuals we support. The service user is at the centre of everything that we do, ensuring that all care and activities are personally centred to them. In line with supported living values, practitioners will model and support in all areas of daily living including personal care, meal preparation, medication management and administration, cleaning and laundry, money management and other activities such as community outings. The practitioner’s role is to respond with support appropriate to the skill level of the individual and promote skill acquisition and development. Working in partnership with the local commissioning trust, our team record and collate data to assess and implement bespoke positive behaviour support plans to improve the lives of individuals we support. Each Positive Behaviour Support Worker will work as part of a dedicated team to provide a consistently high quality support service within a caring environment, ensuring that service users are treated with dignity and respect. Through a key worker system and use of advanced positive behaviour methodologies, support staff will be responsible for implementing individual programmes of support. You will be champions in the positive behaviour support approach, and Praxis Care will support you to attain competence through formal qualifications and experience and expect 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..

Responsibilities

• To work in partnership with the Positive Behaviour Support Leads, Service Management, the Multi-Disciplinary Team
• To be responsible for reporting to the Positive Behaviour Support Leads, MDT and Management the outcomes or progress made by the Service user
• To demonstrate an ability to understand what service users are communicating about their needs and preferences and responding appropriately
• To develop an understanding of the theoretical basis of PBS and apply it to a range of work procedures and practices in order to have a positive outcome for the service user
• To exercise professional judgement in assessing options when faced with an immediate need to assess and address complex and challenging behaviours
• To remain calm and composed in an aggressive or potentially violent situation and be able to understand and deploy the prescribed physical techniques appropriately as required
• To act in the best interests of the Service User at all times, including taking timely action and raising an alert if the service users well-being is jeopardised.
• To provide personal care to service users appropriate to their level of need and capability

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• QCF / NVQ / RQF 3 in Health & Social Care or willing to complete RQF 3 on successful completion of probationary period in the timescales set by the organisation.
• 1 years paid experience providing care and support to Individuals with Autism, Learning disabilities, complex needs and/or behaviours that may challenge.
• Full driving licence
• Good interpersonal skills; Good oral and written communication skills; Excellent organisational skills and physically capable to fulfil the requirements of the role. Good computer skills
• Ability to make low-medium level decisions within clearly defined parameters as defined by PBS Lead & Management.
• Can put forward suggestions and recommendations to Positive Behaviour Support Lead regarding areas of improvements within scheme and also suggestions for variations within service users care plans.