Positive Behaviour Support Team Leader - Social Care

Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw) working on a rota basis
Pay £26,164 per year and great benefits including Health Cash Plan
This post is open to female applicants only, as being female is deemed to be a genuine occupational qualification under Section 29, Schedule 3 7 (27-7) of the Equality Act 2010.
Home, a place where you belong
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 her V) and help her reach her full potential.
V has complex needs including a mild learning disability and autism. She loves food, films and enjoys spending time with her sister and going out to coffee shops and the pub sometimes.
V 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 her with this.
Typical day as our Lead Support Worker

• Helping V overcome barriers and help her lead a fulfilling and meaningful life and reach her 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 V 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, Staff Rota's, 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!
You have

• Experience in CQC Regulated services, with a Level 3 Diploma in Adult Health & Social Care or equivalent.


• 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 V'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 V to get out and about, you'll need to be able to drive / a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we'll pay your mileage!


• Ideally got Makaton, but that's not a deal breaker!

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.
Our team
You'll join our growing PBS team in Norfolk, which includes our Registered Manager, Glen, who joined us last year. His first career was as a goldsmith creating famous pieces including F1 racing trophies, and a silver pointy hat for Jamiroquai! You'll also join our other Team Leaders and PBS workers, and our wider team. We're really proud of how we're setting up our new care services in Norfolk and are continuing to grow over the next few months.
Job details

• 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.

A place where you belong
Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!
What's in it for you?

• 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.

Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see the PBS Team Leader Job Description, find out about us and help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don't delay applying or you might miss out.
Finally, do let us know if there's anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk

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