PBS Lead Coach

Location: Office base Medway but will oversee the Kent area (Canterbury, Faversham and Ashford)

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Contract: Permanent

Lead Exceptional Practice. Improve Lives. Inspire Others.

The Kent Autistic Trust is seeking an experienced and passionate Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Lead Coach to provide specialist PBS leadership across our services in Kent.

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled PBS practitioner who wants to combine direct support, coaching and assessment work with the opportunity to influence practice, develop teams and improve outcomes for autistic adults and people with learning disabilities.

Working closely with managers, support teams, families and external professionals, you'll play a key role in ensuring high-quality, person-centred and non-aversive support is embedded across your allocated area.

This is not a desk-based advisory role. You will be visible within services, coaching teams, responding to behavioural support needs and helping services navigate complex situations. The role requires flexibility to provide out-of-hours support, including evenings and weekends, when required to support services, behavioural crises, service transitions or other operational needs

Any additional hours worked will be managed through the Trust's Time Off In Lieu (TOIL) arrangements.

About the Role

As a PBS Lead Coach, you will combine hands-on Positive Behaviour Support practice with leadership responsibility across an allocated geographical area. You will undertake assessments, develop PBS plans, analyse behaviour data, coach staff teams and support managers to deliver outstanding support and positive outcomes.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and supporting PBS practice across an allocated geographical area (Across Kent)
• Completing behavioural observations, functional assessments and data analysis.
• Developing, implementing and reviewing person-centred PBS plans.
• Coaching, mentoring and supporting managers and staff teams.
• Supporting services during behavioural crises and following incident reviews.
• Promoting proactive, preventative and low-arousal approaches.
• Reducing restrictive practices and improving quality of life outcomes.
• Delivering PBS training, workshops and practical coaching to staff teams.
• Supporting assessments, transitions and admissions of new people joining KAT.
• Working collaboratively with families and multidisciplinary professionals.
• Supporting quality assurance processes and contributing towards CQC inspections.

Providing leadership and guidance within services when additional PBS support is required

Working Pattern

This role is primarily Monday to Friday, 9:00am
-4.30pm (37.5 hours per week).

Flexibility is essential as there may occasionally be a requirement to work evenings or weekends, particularly during periods of crisis, significant behavioural support needs or service transitions. Additional hours worked will be managed through time owed in lieu (TOIL), providing flexibility to take that time back at a later date.

About You

You will be an experienced PBS practitioner with the confidence to coach others, build strong relationships and drive high-quality practice across services.

• Experience working with autistic adults and/or people with learning disabilities.
• Willingness and ability to provide out-of-hours support, including evenings and weekends, where service needs require specialist PBS intervention.
• Experience supporting individuals who may display behaviours of concern.
• Strong understanding of Positive Behaviour Support principles and practice.
• Experience completing assessments and developing PBS plans.
• Experience coaching, mentoring or developing staff teams.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, restrictive practice and relevant legislation.
• Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• Good IT, report-writing and record-keeping skills.
• Full UK driving licence.
• Access to your own vehicle.
• Business-use vehicle insurance, or willingness to obtain it.
• Relevant PBS qualification or willingness to work towards one.
• Previous experience delivering training, workshops or staff development sessions.
• Knowledge of, or experience using,
  Studio III approaches.
• Experience working within a non-aversive model of support.
• Experience of multidisciplinary working.
• Experience contributing to service development and quality assurance activities.

Professional Development Opportunities

This role offers excellent…