PBS Coaching in Practice Programme

Target Audience 

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

 Programme 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