Practice Development Manager

Key and our subsidiary, Community Lifestyles, provide person-centred support to over 2,000 disabled people, across 17 Scottish local authorities, to enable them to lead full, active lives in their own homes and communities. The people we support have a wide range of life experiences and needs including young people still at school, adults and older people living in their own homes. Our approach is to work with each person, the important people in their life and multi-agency partners, to build flexible, responsive support which is focused on them achieving what they want from life.

We have a track record in planning and providing individualised services for people with complex support needs moving out of institutional care and coming back from out of area placements, far from their families and original communities. We are committed to Positive Behaviour Support as our approach to supporting people with complex support needs and aim to ensure inclusion, choice, participation and equality of opportunity for all.  

Working closely with our Learning and Development Team, operational managers, housing colleagues and team of specialist behaviour support instructors, you will:

·      Promote the highest standard of person-centred, outcomes-based support.

·      Lead on the delivery of our Positive Behaviour Support and Trauma-Focused strategies.

·      Provide supervisory guidance and development support to our team of behaviour support instructors and together oversee a Community of Practice for our Practice Leaders.

We are looking for someone who has:

·      Managed and led a team delivering person centred social care support.

·      Experience in the use of Practice Leadership to support staff, role model good practice, and lead on the implementation of Positive Behaviour Support.

·      Successfully supported individuals with very complex support needs to live good lives in the community.

·      A good grounding in PBS practice with experience of undertaking functional behavioural assessments, developing PBS plans, and leading on the implementation of these plans in practice.

·      Led practice development and training in relation to positive behaviour support within a human-rights and person-centred approach.

·      Knowledge and understanding of current social care policy and practice environment including the Scottish Government Coming Home agenda.

·      Well-developed leadership, interpersonal and written skills.

·      A recognised social care or relevant professional qualification and while a recognised PBS/BILD qualification would be advantageous, this is not essential as we will offer support to attain this.

Based in Glasgow, the role will involve travel across Scotland working closely with the people we support, managers, complex support need instructors, and staff.

If you think you’re the person we are looking for, and you’d like to discuss the role further, please contact Sheila Hanney, Head of Staff Development, Policy and Practice by email sheila.hanney@key.org.uk

Closing date for receipt of applications is 7th October 2024 with interviews expected to take place on 23rd October2024 in Glasgow