Senior Positive Behavioural Specialist

Role Description
Senior Positive Behavioural Specialist
You must hold a UK Driving licence to apply for this role.

Please note: If you require a Visa to work in the UK, SeeAbility is currently unable to support any sponsorship requests.

Location: Birchington-on-Sea, Kent
Salary: £28,743 per annum plus benefits. Sleep-ins are paid additionally at £50.00 per sleep.
Hours: Up to 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Sunday on a shift rota basis.
Employment type: Full-time, Permanent.

Are you a calm, caring person, who thrives on helping others to achieve?
Are you able to keep calm in a crisis, be proactive in your approach, and be resilient to behaviours that challenge?
It is essential you drive, hold a manual UK Licence and are willing to drive an automatic vehicle?
Do you live in the local area and have the Right to Work in the UK?

If you have answered yes to the above, you could be exactly what we are looking for. Be part of something extraordinary!
The Role
Supporting the Service Manager and Deputy Manager you will support a team of Positive Behavioural Specialists. You will provide extraordinary, forward-thinking person-centred support, which is safe and maximises choice, dignity, and independence.
Working in partnership with the person you will support, their family, our specialist support teams and external agencies. You will help to plan and implement professionally designed and person-centred support plans. You will support the improvement of quality of life every day.
You will function as a role model and mentor to the team, use sound judgment and give choice to achieve goals and explore new opportunities.
A natural leader with experience of providing extraordinary support, ideally to people with behavioural challenges and/or mental health support needs. You will be professional, patient and calm under pressure. You will be a strong team player with the ability to lead by example.
You will have a QCF in Health & Social Care level 2 Diploma (or equivalent) with willingness to undertake level 3. A sound knowledge of regulatory standards for supported/residential living and will take personal responsibility for the quality of care and support.
Furthermore, as Senior Positive Behavioural Specialist you will be responsible for:

• Can you deliver support in a non-traditional way, working alongside the person we support, doing things with them, rather than for them.
• Can you work along side the person, giving them options for their support, whilst giving them the space they need.
• Daily support in areas such as laundry; meal preparation; medication and administration.
• Getting to know the person you will support, being forward thinking to support them in their life choices.
• Taking personal responsibility for the quality of support, with an ability to be solution driven when dealing with daily life challenges.
• Safeguarding, whilst supporting positive risk tasking and promoting the welfare of the person you will support.
• Helping the people you will assist plan towards and achieve both short and long term aims.
• Planning and be in favour of activities, such as vacations, learning and social engagements always being creative and exploring new opportunities
• Assisting the people, you will assist to manage their personal affairs making, preparing for, and attending any appointments and supporting with finances and budget planning.
• Ensuring the person you support, and their families, are treated with respect, dignity, and equality.
• To work in accordance with SeeAbility’s values

We are looking for the people with attitude, who has an open mind, forward-thinking and a sense of humour. Full-time hours are up to 37.5 per week. You will be willing to work on a shift rota basis, covering mornings, evenings, and weekends. You will participate on an on-call rota and over-time shifts will be available.
If you are looking to make a positive impact in your workplace, this is the place for you!
For further information on Kent Positive Behaviour Support services, please click the link below:
Read more about Kent Positive Behaviour Support
Who will you be supporting?
I am a young man who you will be supporting in my own home. I am caring, loving, interesting and have a wicked sense of humour. I enjoy lots of different things including spending time with my pets including my snake, tarantula and other reptiles and insects. PS4, watching horror films and my big passions collecting fossils, animal skulls, precious and semi-precious stones, and Lego, going for long walks on beaches and woods.
I have autism and can get anxious at times which leads me to be angry & frustrated with the people around me. I have had some terrible experiences in the past with the people supporting me. This has let me down, so it may take a long time for me to be sure about you. But when I do, we will have so much fun.
I need people to help me who are kind, caring, have a sense of humour. You will need to be consistent and compassionate. When I am anxious you will need to be calm, and after a tough day, step into the next holding no grudges. Willing to work along-side and with me, giving me options and choices, and not telling me what to do!
It is essential that you can drive, and you must be willing to work as a team. You will work with me and my family and importantly you must like the things I like, especially animals.
Responsibilities

• Providing direct support when displaying behaviours to enable them to participate in a wide range of activities.
• Ensure good working practice including understanding and awareness of health and safety.
• To promote independence and develop skills whilst assisting with all tasks necessary to ensure positive life experiences.
• To work positively with other agencies, parents, carers, and other services to ensure person-centred support.
• Develop and contribute to the maintenance of records and support plans and function as a Keyworker when required.
• To support and maintain a clean-living environment appropriate to meet his individual needs.
• To participate in regular and ongoing training relevant to needs.

Our Benefits
Your rewards
Our colleagues at SeeAbility are extremely valued, and so everyone has access to a fantastic package of benefits.
Your work-life balance

• 28 days holiday (incl. bank holidays), increasing to 36 days with long service (1 extra day for each year of service).
• Life events – Time off when you need it most.
• Flexible working – We are up for anything that works for your team and the wider organisation.

Your money goes further

• Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants, and activities.
• Eligible for Blue Light Card discounts.
• Save 10% on monthly bus travel.
• Pay reviews and commitment to pay competitive rates.
• Employer contributory pension scheme – Support and tools to help you make the right decisions about your future.
• Refer a friend and receive £600.
• Paid DBS and renewals.
• Season ticket loans.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Discounted mobile phone options.

Your wellbeing counts

• Life assurance of two times annual salary
• Organisational Sick Pay Scheme after 6 months service starting at 2 weeks and increases with service up to 12 weeks at 3 years’ service.
• Free 24/7 employee assistance programme for advice and support.
• Free eye care vouchers.
• Discounted gym membership.

Training and Development
At SeeAbility, we fully support your training and development. You will start with an extensive Induction programme and throughout your probationary period you have face-to-face training, e-learning, and guidance to support you whilst in your new role.
Your continued development is important to us, therefore, SeeAbility offer the means to progress your career, your way! You will learn and have support in your role, and have the opportunity achieve professional qualifications – Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5, which are funded by SeeAbility!
Safer Recruitment and Diversity
SeeAbility safeguards and promotes the welfare of the young people and adults we support. Therefore, we collaborate with successful candidates to complete appropriate vetting checks prior to joining.
SeeAbility is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity, and embracing inclusion among our workforces. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support.