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Job Description

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, LE3 8RA

Salary: Grade 11 - £39,939 - £42,699 per annum (pro rata for part-time) (pay award pending)

Working Hours: 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Secondment (internal candidates) or Fixed Term (for external candidates) - 12 month contract

Closing Date: 23rd July 2026

Interview Date(s): 30th July 2026

Are you passionate about the delivery of high-quality adult social care and Positive Behaviour Support?
Could you support and challenge our contracted providers to improve the quality of support to people with behaviour of concern?
Could you work with individuals who have behaviour of concern to help them improve their outcomes and quality of life.

The successful candidate will provide specialist support and advice to providers about Positive Behaviour Support

About the Role

We are looking for a temporary, full time, Positive Behaviour Support Worker to join our team, whose role is to:

• Build a good working relationship with providers
• Support providers to improve practice and performance
• Promote best practice in relation to positive behaviour support
• Provide a service focused on delivering innovative solutions
• Support providers to achieve positive outcomes for people with behaviour of concern
• Address the risk to each individual and other people using the service and support the provider to implement strategies to reduce risk
• Reduce the use of restrictive practice.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

• Relevant degree/professional qualification or an equivalent level of relevant experience

• Experience of implementing Positive Behaviour Support in a social care setting. Including using the Positive Behaviour Support competence framework, implementing this into services and embedding the approach.

• Delivering learning and development within a complex organisation and specifically within the social care sector

• Understanding of safeguarding people at risk of harm and the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR.

• Analytical skills and the ability to use data and balance risk to provide clear recommendations and evidence-based decisions and solutions.

• Excellent communication and presentational skills including written and oral and the ability to communicate in an appropriate way to suit the audience.

• Sustains and develops collaborative relationships with partners, whether internal or external, ensuring all stakeholders are engaged and informed. Ensuring outcomes are met and continually improved for the people of Leicestershire. Ability to recognise good performance and address poor performance with provider by working collaboratively with providers and using their knowledge and expertise to develop an outcome-based solution.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and to delivering accessible and inclusive services which meet the needs of all of our residents. You will be asked to demonstrate your understanding of these commitments as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability. We are a Disability Confident Employer.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are open to discussions about flexible working, which may include part time working, job sharing, term-time working, flexible start and finish times, and hybrid working, depending on the requirements of the role and the service. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below.

For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:

Heather Dalby – Provider Support Manager

Telephone: 0116 305 3201

Email: Heather.Dalby@leics.gov.uk

How to Apply

At Leicestershire County Council we’re looking for top talent from all walks of life. Whoever you are, wherever you’re from, and whatever your background - we care about what you bring to our organisation, not just what’s on your CV. That’s why we’ve designed a recruitment process that’s fair, accessible, and focused on potential. And with benefits that support people at every age and stage of life, we make sure you can thrive - both personally and professionally.

If you share our passion to make a difference for the people of Leicestershire, we’d love to hear from you. Click the apply button to submit your application, ensuring that you upload a supporting statement that explains how you meet the criteria listed in the ‘About You’ section above. Without this information, we won’t be able to assess your suitability for the role, and your application will be rejected. For tips on how to write your statement, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support.

By applying for this post, you agree to our Terms and Conditions.

About us

About Leicestershire County Council

At Leicestershire County Council, we're committed to making a real difference in people's lives. Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone.

Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire. Whether you're starting your career or looking for your next challenge, you'll find a place with us where your ideas are valued, and your work has purpose.

For further information on what it’s like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

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