About The Company
Ready to take the next step into Positive Behaviour Support?
We are looking for a PBS Practitioner (Level 1) who is passionate about understanding behaviour and supporting people to experience greater choice, independence, inclusion and quality of life.
Working in our Cornwall and Devon services, you will join our established and committed PBS team, you’ll develop your PBS practice while working directly with the people we support, families, operational colleagues and multidisciplinary professionals. You’ll help services understand PBS, develop proactive support and create environments where people can thrive.
What you’ll be doing
As a PBS Practitioner, you will:
Contribute to and complete functional behaviour assessments, using recognised PBS assessment tools to understand behaviours of concern, unmet needs, triggers and environmental factors.
Co-produce and review person-centred PBS Plans with individuals, families and staff teams.
Develop proactive strategies that promote communication, independence, skill development, emotional wellbeing and meaningful participation.
Provide coaching, modelling and practical support to staff teams to help embed PBS into everyday practice.
Monitor behavioural and quality-of-life information to evaluate progress and ensure support is achieving positive outcomes.
Support services to reduce restrictive practices and promote proactive, least restrictive approaches.
Work collaboratively with individuals, families, operational teams and multidisciplinary professionals to support placement stability and positive outcomes.
About you
You don’t need to know everything already. We’re looking for someone with relevant experience supporting autistic people and/or people with learning disabilities, a good understanding of person-centred approaches and a genuine commitment to developing within PBS.
You’ll bring strong communication skills, curiosity, compassion and the ability to build positive relationships with the people we support and the teams around them. You’ll also have the opportunity to work towards a recognised PBS qualification aligned with the PBS Competency Framework.
If you’re ready to develop your career in Positive Behaviour Support and want a role where you can make a meaningful difference to people’s everyday lives, we’d love to hear from you.
About The Role
We are recruiting for a PBS Practioner to join our Team: You will be based in Devon and Cornwall . Level 1 is Obligatory. You will need to be willing to deliver training or work alongside the PRICE training.
Benefits:
- £3,000 Car Allowance
- Competency Frameworks and Pay Scales
- Wagestream – where any day can be a payday
- Refer-a-Friend Scheme - Instantly earn points and cash rewards
- Canada Life, Group Life Assurance
- Blue Light Card
- Blink, our internal communications app
- Pension scheme
Scope:
To assist the Registered Manager and team members in maintaining and developing a high standard of care practice in accordance with Salutem’s philosophy, aims and objectives.
To Implement and deliver Positive Behavioural Support and person-centred planning, ensuring that the service operates to maximise service user’s quality of life and act as a liaison on behavioural matters between care and the behavioural forum.
Main Duties:
The person-centred plan defines what an individual ‘wants’ and the ‘My Plans’ define what an individual ‘needs’. All the plans together create a complete care plan to support an individual in having a fulfilled and healthy lifestyle. Each person’s plan is bespoke and designed using techniques, discussion, and observations appropriate to their individual needs.
Your role is to:
Be a practice leader and model for value-based services caring for autistic people and those who have associated conditions ensuring high standards and good practice;
Directly provide support to help develop and maintain high-quality Person-Centred Plans (PCP), ‘My Plans’ and Health Files which promote the best…