PBS Coaching in Practice Programme

Description

Our 4-day PBS Coaching in Practice Programme equips managers, team leaders and PBS practitioners with the knowledge, skills and confidence to coach others in delivering high-quality Positive Behaviour Support. Combining evidence-based PBS principles with practical coaching techniques, participants learn how to embed person-centred approaches, improve team practice, and support sustainable culture change within their services, using an extensive PBS toolkit.

Target Audience

Service managers of teams, team leaders, senior support workers, PBS practitioners, PBS leads.

Course Contents

Definition and context of PBS
Key elements of PBS, Quality of life & ‘Capable Environments’
PBS Toolkit: assessments of service capability and needs of people supported
Functional behaviour assessment and how to contribute to this process
Key PBS interventions: Ways to increase service capability & meet support needs
Active Support as a key intervention
Guidance for creating quality PBS plans
Practice Leadership: motivating staff and using key coaching techniques
Supporting staff well-being: models of stress and incident debrief
Service based project using tools and interventions from the programme

Learning Outcomes

Through completion of the course, delegates will be able:

To apply their knowledge of PBS and confidently communicate essential information to those they lead or manage
To use and analyse a range of assessment tools and checklists
To describe interventions which increase quality of life through the development of capable environments
To demonstrate and lead interventions that increase the capability of their service to meet the needs of those people supported
To develop and write clear PBS plans for staff teams to follow and evaluate the quality of PBS plans
To explain the role of functional behaviour assessment and to ensure that they and their teams can present appropriate information for this assessment
To create a clear action plan for developing and embedding PBS in their service
To define the practice leadership role and demonstrate competence in the use of specific coaching skills
To discuss the impact of stress on staff wellbeing and be able to identify signs of stress and burnout in their teams