Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Worker (Learning Disability) inNewcastle upon Tyne inNewcastle upon Tyne PUBLISHED 2 DEC 2023

Band 4: £26,530 to £29,114 a year per annum  PERMANENT 
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust.

  • Implementation of Positive Behaviour support (PBS) plans to provide support to patients, carers and care providers to reduce or prevent challenging/offending behaviour and reduce admission to in-patient units
  • Offer early/timely intervention when there is deterioration in a patients condition by working with staff and the patient within their home offering assessment and intervention, including practical hands-on support.
  • To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style whic

(a) engages, enables and empowers others

(b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and

(c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries

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.

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.

  • Implementation of Positive Behaviour support (PBS) plans to provide support to patients, carers and care providers to reduce or prevent challenging/offending behaviour and reduce admission to in-patient units
  • Offer early/timely intervention when there is deterioration in a patients condition by working with staff and the patient within their home offering assessment and intervention, including practical hands-on support.
  • To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style whic

(a) engages, enables and empowers others

(b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and

(c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries

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.

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.



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