Pay: £33,000.00 per year

Job Description: Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Practitioner

Children’s Residential & Adult Supported Living Services

South West England, Full-Time, Flexible Working Available

We are looking for a passionate and values-driven PBS Practitioner to join our growing children’s residential and adult supported living services. This is an exciting opportunity to make a genuine difference in the lives of people with autism, learning disabilities, trauma backgrounds, and mental health needs.

You will play a key role in improving quality of life, reducing restrictive practices, supporting teams through coaching, and embedding a proactive, person-centred PBS culture across our services.

About the Role

As a PBS Practitioner, you will work closely with registered managers, support teams, families, and multidisciplinary professionals to develop and implement effective Positive Behaviour Support strategies.

You will support both:

• Children in residential care settings
• Adults in supported living environments

The role combines direct clinical-style support, staff coaching, behavioural analysis, training delivery, and quality assurance.

Key Responsibilities

• Complete functional behaviour assessments
• Develop and review PBS plans and risk assessments
• Support reduction of incidents, restraints, and restrictive practices
• Coach and mentor staff teams in trauma-informed and PBS approaches
• Analyse incident data and identify behavioural trends
• Deliver PBS training and reflective practice sessions
• Attend MDT meetings, professionals meetings, and reviews
• Support managers with Ofsted/CQC quality standards
• Promote person-centred approaches and quality of life outcomes
• Support debriefs following incidents and develop learning actions
• Ensure services operate in line with BILD, Ofsted, and CQC guidance

What We’re Looking For

Essential:

• Experience working within:
• Children’s residential care, supported living, or specialist education
• Autism, learning disabilities, trauma, mental health, or behaviours of concern
• Knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support principles
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and restrictive practice reduction
• Ability to build positive relationships with staff and people we support
• Excellent communication and report-writing skills
• Full UK driving licence

Desirable:

• Level 4 or above qualification in PBS, Psychology, Health & Social Care, or related field
• Experience delivering training/coaching
• Understanding of Ofsted and/or CQC frameworks
• CPI training knowledge
• Experience supporting forensic, SEMH, or CCE-linked presentations

What We Offer

• Career progression opportunities
• Ongoing PBS and leadership development
• Clinical supervision and reflective practice support
• Flexible working opportunities
• Pension scheme
• Employee wellbeing support
• A chance to genuinely influence service quality and outcomes

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Benefits:

• Canteen
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Work from home

Experience:

• PBS: 2 years (required)
• Ofsted and/or CQC frameworks: 1 year (required)
• Children’s residential care, supported living, or SEN: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person