PBS Practitioner

PAY AWARD PENDING AT 3.3% salary will increase to £34,237- £37,563 per annum/pro rata for part time.

Are you passionate about working with people to promote independence and are dedicated to making a difference?

We are recruiting for a Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Practitioner to take up a full‑time role within our Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) team. Although located at Shire Hall in Gloucester, the role will entail work outside of normal working hours and at locations across the county, including in our Locality, Hospital and Learning Disabilities teams. If you are looking for your next career move within Adult Social Care, then we would love to hear from you!

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is a person‑centred approach for providing long‑term support to people with learning disabilities and autism, including those with mental health conditions, who display, or may be at risk of developing, behaviours of concern. The PBS Practitioner works in partnership with individuals to understand their life circumstances including physical and emotional needs, with the aim of developing physical and social environments that are supportive and capable of meeting people’s needs.

The PBS Practitioner achieves this by working in partnership with other health and social care teams across Gloucestershire.

UK (Cert)/BCBA supervision provided as necessary.

To find out more about working in Gloucestershire, visit our “Meet the Teams” webpage.

As a PBS Practitioner, you will have the chance to make a real positive impact on people’s lives, utilising your excellent communication and interpersonal skills to build strong relationships with a range of stakeholders. Using your significant knowledge of the PBS framework and experience of working with vulnerable adults, you will utilise your professional judgement to undertake Functional Assessments and to develop BSP’s.

You will contribute to the development of the service and be able to work as part of a team and on your own initiative. You will embrace new ways of thinking and working as well as take up opportunities for professional and self‑development. For further information on the role please see the attached Job Description.

As a PBS Practitioner, we understand the work you do on a daily basis and provide the support you need to make a difference to the people of Gloucestershire. To join us, you must:

• Have a professional Diploma in Positive Behavioural Support (QCF4) or equivalent (Applied Behavioural Analysis), or currently working towards with significant experience with the field of PBS.
• Registered as a member of the UKSBA or willingness to register
• Have working knowledge of the legislative and Positive Behaviour Support frameworks, theory and practice; including the PBS competencies outlined by the PBS academy
• Be highly organised with a solution focused, logical and innovative approach to challenges
• Be able to prioritise, using a risk based approach

Read about ourvalues – these are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about.

If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.

Gloucestershire County Council Adult Social Care practise the Three Conversation approach, a model that re‑emphasises focus on people, their strengths and the networks and community around them.

Our Adult Social Care Practitioners do all they can to make the difference to local communities in Gloucestershire. Here are some of the benefits we offer in return…