Positive Behaviour Support Team Leader

Join us in this great and rewarding job, as our Team leader (known Internally as Positive Behavioural Support Team Leader). You'll manage our team and home to provide person-centred and strengths-based support to our customer (let's call him B) and help him reach him full potential. B has complex needs including a moderate learning disability and autism. He loves dogs, films and enjoys spending time at the seaside and the snooker club. B has some sensory processing difficulties and can react strongly to too much noise and to too many demands, and needs a resilient team to support him with this. Typical day as our Lead Support Worker

• Helping B overcome barriers and help him lead a fulfilling and meaningful life and reach him true potential.
• Recognising our customers' strengths and abilities and help them take the small steps at their pace, never losing sight of their dreams and aspirations!
• Supporting B using Positive Behavioural Support model to promote independence and social inclusion through person centred support.
• Monitoring our customers' mental and physical health to identify any signs of deterioration and take positive risk management to their health and wellbeing.
• Motivating, directing, guiding, coaching, and supporting your team to work with our customers.
• Managing all aspects of the home, care plans, risk assessments, Audits.
Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better. You'll do that here, working for one of the top 10 Great Places to Work in the UK! Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You'll do that here, working for one of the top ten Great Place to Work in the UK!,
• You'll work shifts through the week with every other weekend off. This will include 22.5 hours on shift, with 15 hours admin time for paperwork.
• You're able to use technology to update create and update support plans, communicate with colleagues and complete online learning.
• We'll make sure you have a fantastic induction with ongoing learning and support.
• You'll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.
• You'll be able to communicate with family to keep them updated and involved.
  
  Experience in CQC Regulated services, with a Level 3 Diploma in Adult Health & Social Care or equivalent or willing to work towards this after a successful probation period.
• Worked as a Senior Support Worker, leading support for people with complex needs, or behaviours of distress.
• A patient and calm approach, able to adapt your style to B's needs, as well as to the specific occasion and circumstances, even when they challenge us.
• Great people management and motivation skills, bringing colleagues together to share information, best practice and fostering creativity.
• Experience of positive risk management, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of customers and colleagues.
• To help B get out and about, you'll need to be able to drive. The great news is that we'll pay your mileage!
Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a "me day" to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We'll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you're ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
• Colleagues really matters to us, that's why we're the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
• Explore our benefits in detail on our website.