Lead Positive Behaviour Support - Full-time - Special Needs Position

Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy, Swanley

• Ref:KCC207-7164-120S
• Posted:10/11/2023
• Pay:£36,434 to £44,110
• Start Date:02/01/2024
• App Close Date:03/12/2023 at 23:45
• Interviews:11/12/2023

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Lead Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Practitioner Vacancy

NJC pay scale P01 to P03 (points 27 to 35 - All year round) £36,434 to £44,110 including fringe allowance of £689).

Term time considered (39 weeks) £32,258.10 to £39,054.31 including fringe allowance.                                                                                                  

Are you:

Conscientious and focused

 Energetic, enthusiastic, and hard working

Passionate about working around pupils who have special needs.

Committed to working collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Confident in dealing with children who may sometimes display challenging behaviours.

Parkwood Hall is a residential and day school for pupils aged 8-19 years with moderate to severe learning difficulties and other complex needs including autism and language difficulties. We are passionate about our Co-operative values of self-help, self- responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity.

Parkwood Hall aims to provide an outstanding and supportive learning environment which challenges students to achieve success. The core learning values, which are at the centre of the curriculum, focus upon developing the student’s resilience and ability to make informed life choices.

We are looking for an experienced and dedicated Lead Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Practitioner who is passionate about supporting positively and changing people’s lives for the better. Working with our dedicated Trans Disciplinary Team (TDT), the Lead PBS Practitioner will be responsible for supporting the implementation and maintenance of an organisation-wide system of Positive Behaviour Support

This is an exciting opportunity for individuals who have a MSc in Applied Behaviour Analysis and/or Positive Behaviour Support/ Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities or equivalent. Also has a minimum of 1 to 2 years working clinically with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and/or an autistic spectrum disorder including the application of Positive Behaviour Support.

Application forms and further information can be requested from contact@parkwoodhall.co.uk Please note that CVs alone cannot be accepted.

Parkwood Hall Co-operative Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our Candidate Privacy notice can be found on our website.

 In return, we offer a supportive team, employer who invests in training and development, health cash benefit which offers a great range of alternative therapies, discounted gym membership, free hot drinks, a recently refurbished comfortable staff room, LGPS pension scheme, free parking and based at a beautiful Victorian building. We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion. This position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and an enhanced DBS Disclosure is required.

Closing date: Midnight Sunday 3^rd December 2023

Interviews: Monday 11th December 2023

Information about the school

We are a specialist day school for children and young people aged 8-19 who have moderate to severe learning difficulties and autism. Many of our pupils have additional needs including ADHD, Downs Syndrome and language difficulties. All our pupils have Education, Health and Care Plans so all our referrals come via different local authorities across London and the South East, including Kent. We are extremely fortunate in having an amazing site where the children can access our seventy-eight acres of green and woodlands. We have a Forest School on site as well as purpose-built playground areas and sports areas. Our music and performing arts form an important part of our offer: we have a steel band as well as a Makaton Choir. Our Cooperative Values are important to us especially honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others. They underpin the way we do things at Parkwood Hall. We are committed to providing a learning environment and learning pathway that enables all our pupils to achieve the best they can and help prepare them for adult life so they can live as independent a life as possible. We have created our own bespoke curriculum which is differentiated to each pupil’s individual learning needs. We aim to make our curriculum engaging, relevant and exciting. The school is zoned in areas to accommodate Learning Pathway One which provides a pre-formal curriculum and Learning Pathway Two which provides a formal curriculum environment. The school also has a sixth form zone for post 16 students where the curriculum is about preparing for adult life with pupils focusing on core skills and independent living skills as well as work related learning. We have a highly skilled team of professionals including teachers, teaching assistants, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and school nurse. Our team work together positively to enable the absolute best outcomes for our pupils, who always remain at the heart of all we do.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Zoe moore
• Address:Parkwood Hall, Beechenlea Lane, Swanley, Kent, BR8 8DR
• Telephone: 01322 664441
• Email: contact@parkwoodhall.co.uk