PBS practitioner

Job Title: PBS Practitioner

Location: Bridgend and surrounding area

Salary: £28,000 Per Annum

Driving Requirement: A full driving licence is essential

We’re one of the largest adult social care providers in the UK today – and we plan to keep growing and benefiting more lives. Our support is dynamic, person-centred and fulfilling, so people can enjoy a flourishing life. We deliver care and support with energy, passion and positivity.

We're very proud to be recognised as one of the best organisations to work in by ‘The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024 & 2025'.

Reporting to the Head of Therapies and PBS Team Lead you will work as part of the PBS team to implement and monitor PBS interventions across the region.

• support adults with complex needs including learning disabilities, autism, ABI and mental health needs, ensuring the people we support to flourish in a place they call home and empower them to be ambitious and live fulfilled lives, by driving implementation of Tier 1 supports
• ensure you follow our Quality Framework and the ‘I’ statements that set out the way we deliver care and support
• work to uphold ivolve values and ensure this is demonstrated in all that we do, delivering our strategy and embracing change, taking responsibility for managing resources and working positively with stakeholders
• support the reducing restrictive practices group wide strategy
• assess and inform PBS interventions and support operational colleagues to implement effectively and consistently to improve the quality of life
• support with pre-admission assessments and transitions for new referrals
• provide person specific PBS training, Tier 1 and practice leadership training
• ensure you participate in continuous professional development relevant to your role
• work to relevant professional codes of practice

Our approach is all about co-production with the people we support. We work with them to design and plan things – so we can create the best experiences together, ensuring this is involving people in their PBS assessment and planning:

• work alongside the people we support and our colleagues to understand a PBS framework/approach
• be responsible for supporting people with lived experience engage within co production colleagues within the region
• undertake relevant audits and reviews of individualised PBS plans and service wide action plans
• collect person centred data to inform clinical practice and quality assurance

• assess and develop function-based PBS interventions and Skill building programmes
• use behavioural measurement systems to measure and track behavioural trends, analyse data and present this back to key stakeholders in an accessible/meaningful way.
• deliver induction and refresher training for all colleagues. Also deliver person specific PBS training around individualised plans and practice leadership training and other relevant Tier 1 training.
• review and monitor restrictive interventions in place.
• responsibility for setting the pace, energy and skills required to engage staff teams in relevant PBS interventions.
• work within agreed clinical pathways, PBS, mental health, dementia, forensic etc

• work closely with colleagues in internal/external MDT/ Positive Behaviour Support team to deliver on the group wide PBS strategy
• ensure effective multi-disciplinary working within the internal MDT and build excellent working relationships with families and external MDTs
• facilitate de-briefs and reflective practice sessions
• ensure effective partnership working with operational colleagues that supports implementation and change within individual services and the wider group. Identifying any operational barriers and supportive solutions to overcome this

• participate in effective team working and the development of productive working relationships. You will ensure communication is effective, respectful, professional and clear, allowing you to communicate with the people you support as well as families, professionals, and our colleagues to achieve positive outcomes for the people we provide…