Pathway ManagerinNewcastle Upon TyneinNewcastle Upon TynePUBLISHED WED 15 JAN 2025

The Intensive Positive Behaviour Support Team (IPBS) is a highly specialist multi-disciplinary team which provides intensive support for children and young people up to the age of 18 years who are at risk of a hospital admission due to risks around behaviours of concern. The team covers a wide geographical area within the North East and North Cumbria (NENC) area, working with Children and Young People's locality teams in each area, offering both a consultation model and intensive clinical input where necessary.

The IPBS Team provides support in three pathways; Children and Young People who have a learning disability, Autistic Children and Young People, and Inpatient (Ferndene). The team works as an integrated multidisciplinary CYPS Specialist team providing intensive Positive Behavioural Support to young people who are displaying complex behavioural presentations of concern. This includes carrying out observations and assessments, consultation to community teams, implementing skills development and other specialist interventions based on the needs of the young person. IPBS provides an enhanced assessment and implementation pathway in addition to core assessments carried out within CYPS locality teams, and is an active member of the CNTW CYS PBS Clinical Network, as well as excellent links with other IPBS teams within the NENC region.

Whilst the Pathway Manager post can be a busy one, it is also a highly rewarding one, ensuring services are as effective, safe and responsive as they can be. The post holder will need to be flexible in their approach to supporting the day to day operational management and clinical support of the service and staff well-being.

The successful candidate will be fully supported by the collective leadership team in relation to any development requirements including training, supervision, appraisal and coaching/mentoring.

This is an exciting time for the team, as it is in the process of expansion, following a successful period of piloting a clinical pathway for Autistic Young People. This is now going to become an integrated part of the IPBS offer within this CYPS Specialist Service and will involve the development of innovative practice and continuous service development. There are two strands of service development planned over the next year; integrating with local Education provision, and developing an earlier PBS parent support offer, giving opportunities to develop the service through the Learning Disability and Autism Provider Collaborative workstream, within the NENC Learning Disability, Mental Health and Autism Partnership in the region.

About us

The Pathway Manager is responsible and accountable for providing safe, effective care and efficient services to service users and their carers. Key aspects of the role include monitoring the performance and quality of the service the team delivers. They will also provide clinical leadership and effective day to day management of the team, commitment to promoting the service and fulfil wider management responsibilities as required by the organisation.

Provide day to day management of the team including recruitment, selection and induction of staff, conducting appraisals, developing individuals, managing performance and absence, ensuring statutory and mandatory training is completed, and dealing with grievance and disciplinary cases.

Monitor and manage the performance of the service, including engaging the team in performance management, and conducting clinical audits, providing reports to managers as required and discussing performance with the team on a regular basis.

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 15th January 2025

Closing date : 5th February 2025

We welcome your application.