Southwark Council
Location
Central London | United Kingdom
Job description
Positive Behaviour Support Worker
Reference number: SC06409
Location: London
Schedule: Part-Time
Salary Range: £40,005 - £46,053
Contract Type: Fixed Term
The role
We are looking for a Part Time Positive Behaviour Support Worker to join the All Age Disabilities, Positive Behaviour Support Team, 3 days a week for a fixed term.
The All Age Disabilities, Positive Behaviour Support Team deliver specialist outreach support within the family home or support settings with the aim of increasing independence and quality of life for young people and supporting families or carers to develop skills and understanding in supporting people with needs related to learning disabilities, autism and challenging behaviour.
The aim of this support is to support parents and family carers to develop confidence and understanding in implementing behaviour and communication strategies at home. We will do this by offering functional behavioural assessment, consultation and direct work within the home or locality family hubs and making recommendations for behavioural/communication interventions.
The team also deliver training to families and professionals.
About you:
We are looking for candidates with experience of working with children, young people and/or adults with a learning disability and/or autism who display behaviours that challenge. Good communication and interpersonal skills are important for this post as you will be required to work with a range of professionals as well as families/carers.
Knowledge of disabilities and their impact, as well as knowledge of and experience in using Positive Behaviour Support or Applied behaviour Analysis interventions is important.
We are keen to hear from people with enthusiasm for working with people with disabilities and with the required experience and skills.
Additional details
Part Time, 21 hours over 3 days per week (exact working pattern to be agreed with service).
The role is fixed term for 12 months. Any internal staff would need to gain agreement from your substantive line manager if considering this is as a secondment opportunity.
Please note a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required at enhanced level.
As a frontline role and service, candidates will be expected to work in borough. This includes attending the office and visiting families and placements.
For more information about this role, please contact Sophie Simpson by email at [email protected]
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
Recruitment timetable
Closing date: 18 March 2024 at 23:59.
Interview date: 22 March 2024.
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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£40.01k - £46.05k per annum
