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Role Description

Interim PBS Practice Lead – Make Every Day Matter! 

Location:

Sittingbourne, Herne Bay and Birchington, Kent

Salary:

£28,000 per annum, plus benefits

Hours:

37.5 per week

Contract:
3-month Fixed Term Contract
 

Driving Licence:

Manual UK licence essential

Visa Sponsorships:

Not available


An exciting, new opportunity has arisen for a passionate and dedicated Practice Lead to work in our supported living homes in Kent, and to help the people we support to live, love, thrive and belong. You do not need to have a formal PBS qualification, and this may be a pathway to a formal qualification in the future.  We are looking for someone with an interest to learn more about positive behaviour support and have some experience with working with people who display behaviours that challenge.

What’s In It For You?

  • Highly competitive salary
  • Pension
  • Good management support
  • Career development

What You’ll Need

  • Strong English communication skills (spoken & written) and ability to produce written reports
  • Be resilient, confident and ready to take on any challenge
  • Confident engaging with diverse groups of people, family members and multi-disciplinary agencies
  • Experience in assisting with managing and assessments of new people to support
  • A valid manual UK driving licence
  • The legal right to live and work in the UK
  • Experience working directly with people who have learning disabilities, autism and mental health conditions, multi-sensory impairments and challenging behaviours

Candidates will receive clinical supervision as part of this role, which can include UKBA(cert) supervision if required. If candidates are currently undertaking a bachelor’s or master’s degree in an associated subject (e.g., PBS, ABA, psychology), support will be available.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Assist the service manager to ensure that everyone receives high quality support, the people we support and the team supporting them.  Including staff clinical supervisions, training new team members and supporting the team to complete support plans and risk assessments.
  • Support the implementation of PBS across an identified home.
  • Uphold and ensure a trauma-informed approach throughout your work and encourage this in the work of those around you.
  • Support the Behaviour Consultant with assessments and delivering interventions; ensuring both clinical and operational effectiveness for the people we support and their teams.
  • Deliver PROACT-SCIPr-UK® training to our support teams. 
  • Support the business development team with new referrals.
  • Work with the families of the people we support to continue to build open, honest, and transparent working relationships.

Who You’ll Be Supporting

Make a Real Difference Every Day

At Kent Positive Behaviour & Kent Support Services, we’re more than a home, we’re a place where adults with autism, learning disabilities and complex needs are supported to live life to the fullest.

Our purpose-built homes deliver truly personalised support, led by teams who are more than support workers, they’re champions. Positive, compassionate and consistent, they bring energy, heart and belief into everything they do.

You’ll support people with:

  • Autism and learning disabilities
  • Mental health needs
  • Physical and sensory disabilities
  • Complex and challenging behaviours

Ready to Apply?
If you’re looking for a role where you don’t just work, you thrive. Hit apply and let’s make a difference together.

 

#INSJS


 

Our Benefits

Why work for us?

At SeeAbility, we value your growth and well-being just as much as the support you provide, we can offer you:

  • Recognition & Rewards: From excellence awards to long service recognition, your hard work won’t go unnoticed.
  • Work-Life Balance: Enjoy up to 36 days of holiday with long service, flexible working options, and time off for life events.
  • Financial Benefits: Discounts, cashback, pension schemes, and more, to help your money go further.
  • Wellbeing Support: Access to a 24/7 employee assistance program, life assurance and sick pay.
  • Refer a Friend: Receive £600 (Support Workers to Senior Support Worker only)
  • Free Breakfast Club: Start your day right with a complimentary breakfast at our home, available every morning (January to March). It’s a great way to fuel up, connect with colleagues, and make mornings more enjoyable.
About us
 
Registered as The Royal School for the Blind, SeeAbility is one of the oldest disability charities in the UK. This year we are celebrating our 225th anniversary, having pioneered specialist support across multiple generations since 1799!
 
We specialise in supporting people who have learning disabilities, autism, complex needs, who may also have sight loss. Our support ranges from providing person-centred support across our many supported-living and residential care provisions. Furthermore, we provide specialist eye-care services to children and adults alike and assists people with a disability to find paid employment for the very first time.
 
SeeAbility provides the resources and expertise that make this possible, we support people to live ambitious lives and achieve things they never thought possible.

 

Safeguarding and Promoting Welfare

SeeAbility is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. We expect all staff to uphold this commitment and have a strong understanding of their roles and responsibilities in safeguarding. 

Safer Recruitment

As part of our safer recruitment procedures, we require the following checks for all successful applicants:

  • A criminal background check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (where appropriate).
  • Documentary evidence to confirm your identity, current address, and the right to work in the UK.
  • Health Declaration to ensure that you are medically suitable for the role you have been offered. 
  • References will be obtained to ensure satisfactory evidence of conduct in current or previous employment concerned with the provision of services relating to (a) health or social care, or (b) children or vulnerable adults. 

These checks will be carried out and completed prior offering a date to start employment at SeeAbility’ s expense.

Diversity

SeeAbility is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from individuals of all identities, including those from underrepresented groups and those who have a disability or neurodivergent condition. We are please to confirm that we are a Disability Confident employer.

We believe a diverse workforce drives innovation, creativity, and success. Everyone’s unique experiences and views are appreciated, and their opinion valued. We are happy to offer any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role itself to ensure a fair and equitable experience for all candidates.

In exceptional circumstances, the exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1) which provides for the application of a genuine occupational requirement.