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Steve Blackmore

PBS Specialist

I’m Steve, and I have worked in social care for 24 years in various roles. It was never meant to be a long-term career, but I soon found I loved it. Every day was different, often challenging as well as joyful.

I began as a support worker in residential and education teams before moving to behaviour support roles in 2011. I also studied at the University of Kent from 2012 to 2016 while working.

I have experience in multidisciplinary working, needs assessment and complex transition planning., as well as supporting people to get the life they want and deserve through person-centred approaches and positive risk-taking.

At home, I love spending time with my partner, 12-year-old son and our rescue dog. I live on the coast in Devon and love playing outdoors, exploring, and camping with friends and family.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities 2016 – Practice-based qualification divided to three years of study, including person-centred planning and needs assessment, positive behaviour support & applied behaviour analysis.
  • Studio III Instructor – Managing challenging behavior. A BILD-accredited course in theory, breakaway and physical interventions to support people who display behaviours of concern. Not currently registered
  • Pro-act Scip® registered instructor – 1 year qualified

Expertise

  • Individualised physical intervention planning
  • Restrictive practice reduction
  • Mental Capacity Act & capacity assessments
  • Complex behaviour support planning
  • In-depth functional assessment
  • Human rights of neurodiverse and socially disadvantaged
  • Person-centered planning and approaches
  • De-institutionalisation
  • History of social care and psychology
  • Transition support for people with high support needs
  • Autism (16 years working for the National Autistic Society)
  • Life story work
  • Relationships and sexuality
  • Practice leadership

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