Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Worker (Learning Disability): Sponsorship Available

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

This is a rare opportunity to join our friendly Community Learning Disability Team in North Tyneside. Our team is a large well established and supportive multi-disciplinary team offering holistic health care support to children and adults who have a learning disability living in North Tyneside.

We are looking for staff who are passionate in providing support to people who present with complex physical/mental health issues and behavioural histories. To work within our Positive Behaviour Support Team in CLDT.

The ideal candidate will have an understanding of National and Local Policies relating to the management of working with people who present with behaviours that challenge as well as experience of working within a PBS framework.

Main duties of the job

In North Tyneside the CLDT is part of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. It is a multi-disciplinary team managed along with services provided by the Local Authority.

Building on the current CLDT provision, this post will facilitate the provision of children and adult specialist service offering assessment, intervention, and training for people who have a learning disability, complex behavioural/and or mental health needs.

This post involves a range of clinical activities, including supporting senior nurse with monitoring of behavioural case load, assessments and interventions and managing risk in the community. Liaising and working in collaboration within the multi-disciplinary work force.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about working in collaboration with service users, their family, carers and professional colleagues in order to enhance health and well-being, and to prevent or reduce behaviour that challenges.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ 3 or the equivalent level of knowledge and skill gained through experience and theoretical knowledge to diploma level equivalent

Essential

Essential

  • Experience of working with people who have learning disabilities and challenging/offending behaviours
  • Knowledge and understanding of care procedures and policies appropriate for this level

Desirable

  • Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
  • Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

Other Requirements

Essential

  • It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 16 December 2024

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