Behaviour Support Lead; Bridge College

Position: Positive Behaviour Support Lead (Bridge College)
# Positive Behaviour Support Lead (Bridge College)## Job Introduction Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same:
To champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support - they are at the heart of everything we do. We stand by them and we work together for change.

Alongside an incredible team of like-minded peers, you’ll be working behind-the-scenes to support our staff, volunteers, families, and supporters. You will be helping our work happen across the charity; enabling us to care for and champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support.
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* Hours:

37.5 Hours per week
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* Contract:

Full Time
**** Salary: £43, 753.38 prorated to 41 weeks
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* Location:

Bridge College, Openshaw Manchester
** The Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Team Lead is responsible for overseeing the implementation of PBS across Bridge College. This role involves working collaboratively within a multi‑disciplinary therapeutic team to assess student needs and support their transitions into, within, and out of the College
** Responsibilities
* ** Ensure students are treated with dignity and respect at all times
* Communicate in ways that promote partnership and reflect each student's needs, background, understanding and preferred communication style
* Lead the day-to-day delivery and line management of the PBS service
* Provide line management, supervision, and appraisal to PBS team members
* Contribute to collaborative risk assessment and management for young people with complex needs
* Support admissions through behavioural information gathering analysis and written reporting
* Design, implement, evaluate and adapt individual recording systems tailored to each student
* Monitor and evaluate PBS interventions using key performance indicators
* Provide coaching, mentoring and practice supervision to staff and professionals supporting individuals with behaviours of concern
* Stay up to date with national best practice relating to learning disabilities, neurodiversity, restrictive practices and behaviours that challenge using this to guide service development
** About You
*** A masters level qualification in applied behaviour analysis, positive behaviour support or other relevant discipline such as psychology
* Significant experience delivering PBS within a relevant setting
* Experience of working across a wide service setting including the following areas: children's services, learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, emotional and behavioural disorders (EBD), profound and multiple learning disabilities(PMLD), and individuals with complex health needs
* Sound knowledge of working within Ofsted's social care common inspection framework and the care quality commission inspection framework
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Experience in directly supporting young people who present with challenging behaviour
* Ability to writ individual behaviour plans for young people
* Good computer literacy skills including use of word and Power Point
* willing to become a PROACT-SCIPr
* Knowledge of mental capacity act (2005)
* Positive attitude, mindset and solution focused.
** Benefits**
* ** Annual Leave
** 27 day holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years
* ** Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit**, up to 7% company pension contributions initially rising with length of service and up to 6 x basic salary death in service benefit.
* ** Occupational sick pay
** and family friendly policies including
** enhanced
* * maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
* ** Reward and Discount platform
** offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
* ** Cycle to work
** scheme* Eligibility to apply for
** Blue Light card
*** Proud to be a
** real living wage employer**
* ** Refer a friend scheme**, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
* Comprehensive
** training and development opportunities**, including apprenticeship qualifications
* ** Long service awards
** including cash gifts and extra holiday.
* Promotion of
** Wellbeing
* * across the organisation including Mental…