Our Positive Behaviour Support and Non-Restrictive Practice Training course is designed to provide care staff with essential skills and strategies for managing conflict and behaviour that challenges. This face-to-face training equips staff with effective communication methods and techniques, empowering them to provide respectful and non-restrictive support to individuals. By the end of the course, your team will be equipped to manage difficult situations while maintaining the dignity and autonomy of the individuals they support.
This course is ideal for care staff and teams who work with individuals exhibiting behaviour that challenges, whether in residential, supported living, or community settings.
Please Note:
We partner with a 3rd Party Provider who is BILD registered and accredited to deliver this training, ensuring that it meets Skills for Care and CQC regulatory requirements.
Course Description
Our Positive Behaviour Support and Non-Restrictive Practice Training course provides staff with practical techniques to effectively manage challenging behaviours while promoting dignity, respect, and independence. By completing this course, your staff will gain the skills to:
- Understand Policies and Procedures
Learn to follow organisational policies and procedures effectively to ensure compliance with best practices and regulatory standards in managing challenging behaviours. - Recognise the Difference Between Conflict and Behaviour that Challenges
Understand the distinction between conflict and behaviour that challenges, allowing for more appropriate and tailored interventions that focus on prevention and support. - Follow Behaviour Support Plans
Learn how to create and implement effective behaviour support plans, ensuring individualised care that promotes positive outcomes and reduces the likelihood of challenging behaviours. - Use a Range of Communication Methods and Techniques
Develop a toolkit of communication strategies, including verbal, non-verbal, and assistive techniques, to engage individuals and de-escalate potential conflict. - Overcome Communication Barriers
Gain skills to identify and address communication barriers, ensuring that individuals are understood and their needs are met without the use of restrictive practices. - Promote High-Quality Care and Support Environments
Understand the principles of creating positive, proactive, and supportive care environments that reduce the incidence of challenging behaviours and enhance individuals’ quality of life.
Compliance and Quality Assurance
Our Positive Behaviour Support and Non-Restrictive Practice Training course is developed in line with recognised frameworks to ensure the highest standards of care, professionalism, and compliance. For this course, we align with the following frameworks:
- Care Quality Commission (CQC) Single Assessment Framework
This framework ensures that our training supports safe, effective, and person-centred care while promoting best practices and regulatory compliance. It reflects our commitment to helping your organisation meet CQC standards and maintain credibility in care delivery. Learn more (opens in a new tab). - Core Capabilities Framework for Supporting People with a Learning Disability
We integrate the principles of this framework to equip care staff with the skills to meet the needs of individuals with learning disabilities. This ensures compassionate and person-centred approaches that foster inclusion, independence, and improved quality of life. Learn More (opens in a new tab). - Core Capabilities Framework for Supporting Autistic People
Our training incorporates this framework to help care staff deliver respectful, effective, and tailored support to autistic individuals. By focusing on strengths-based care, we promote wellbeing, autonomy, and inclusion for those on the autism spectrum. Learn more (opens in a new tab). - Local Government Association Guidance for Ensuring Quality Services for People With Behaviour that Challenges
Our training incorporates guidance for the support the commissioning of high quality and safe services which meet the needs of children, young people, adults and older people with learning disabilities and/or autism who display or are at risk of displaying behaviour that challenges, together with the needs of their families, throughout the life course. Learn more (opens in a new tab) - Positive Behavioural Support Competence Framework
Our training incorporates this framework for delivering best practice PBS to people with learning disabilities who are at risk of behaviour that challenges. Learn more (opens in a new tab). - Skills for Care Statutory and Mandatory Training Guidelines
Our training integrates the key learning outcomes outlined in Skills for Care’s statutory and mandatory training guidelines. This ensures your staff are equipped with the essential knowledge and competencies required to deliver safe, effective, and compliant care. Learn more (opens in a new tab). - Skills for Health Guidance for a Positive and Proactive Workforce
Our training incorporates guidance for workforce development for commissioners and employers seeking to minimise the use of restrictive practices in social care and health care settings. Learn more (opens PDF document in a new tab).
Why Compliance and Quality matter:
- Compliance with Regulatory Standards: Training content is developed in line with CQC and other relevant frameworks, helping your organisation maintain compliance and demonstrate excellence.
- Promoting Best Practices: Framework-aligned training ensures your team applies evidence-based methods, fostering a culture of professionalism and respect.
- Continuous Improvement: We embrace the principles of continuous improvement encouraged by these frameworks, incorporating them into our training to promote reflective practice and ongoing development.
Delivery of the Training
This course will be delivered by an expert trainer in this field at a date and time of your choosing. Training can be hosted at our own premises, which can comfortably accommodate up to 12 individuals, or at your own premises if feasible and required. We are flexible on start times to help accommodate all shift patterns, including evenings and weekends.
Customisation and Relevance: We can adapt the content of this training to include your organisation’s core values, mission, policies, and procedures. By incorporating examples of documents used within your organisation, we ensure that the training is relevant and clear to your staff.
Expertise and Support: Delivered by expert trainers with extensive experience in the field, our courses provide comprehensive knowledge and skills to your team. To help your team stay updated and compliant, we can provide additional refresher courses designed to ensure that staff remain proficient in best practices. These refresher courses can be scheduled as needed to maintain high standards of care.
Please use our enquiry form or contact us by telephone if you have any queries about this training course or would like to express an interest to schedule your training. A member of our team will be happy to answer any questions.
Course Materials and Certification
All course materials will be provided, and refreshments are included. Certificates will be issued upon completion of the course, and you will receive copies of completed evaluation forms for your records.
Our Facilities
- Disability access building
- Ground flood training facilities (at request)
- Comfortable classroom lecture/study environment
- Toilet & Washrooms inc. disabled access
- Refreshments provided
- Location: Our training centre is based in Middleton, Manchester, UK. For precise directions, click here to view us on Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Pricing and Duration
- Time required: One full day
- Accommodates: Up to 12 people
- Price: £650
Suggested Refresher Frequency
To ensure ongoing competence and performance:
- Monitor and assess staff performance regularly.
- Provide additional learning and development opportunities as needed, with mandatory refreshers annually.
Benefits of Our Training
Why Choose Us?
- Expert Trainers: Learn from experienced professionals who are passionate about care.
- Comprehensive Content: Our training covers all essential aspects of each topic, ensuring your staff are well-prepared to provide high-quality care and support in their specific area of practice.
- Quality Assurance: Our courses meet the highest standards, ensuring compliance with all relevant frameworks, guidelines, and legislation specific to each course, including Skills for Care recommendations and CQC standards.
- Flexible Delivery: Choose from face-to-face sessions at our training centre or your premises, with training available at times to suit all shift patterns.
- Customisable Training: Tailor the course to reflect your organisation’s unique values and requirements.
- Refresher Courses: We offer refresher courses to keep your team proficient in up-to-date and best practices.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- What is Positive Behaviour Support and Non-Restrictive Practice Training, and why is it important?
Positive Behaviour Support and Non-Restrictive Practice Training teaches care staff how to effectively manage challenging behaviours while maintaining the dignity and autonomy of individuals. This training is crucial for promoting respectful, non-restrictive support and for helping staff manage conflict through effective communication techniques, which ultimately improves the quality of care.
- Who should take the Positive Behaviour Support and Non-Restrictive Practice Training course?
This course is designed for care staff who work with individuals exhibiting behaviour that challenges, whether in residential, supported living, or community settings. It’s ideal for staff looking to enhance their skills in managing difficult behaviours with dignity and respect.
- What will I learn in the Positive Behaviour Support and Non-Restrictive Practice Training course?
By completing this course, participants will gain the skills to understand policies and procedures, differentiate between conflict and behaviour that challenges, create and implement behaviour support plans, use a range of communication methods, overcome communication barriers, and promote high-quality care environments. The course also covers compliance with key regulatory frameworks, ensuring staff are equipped to manage challenging behaviours in line with best practices.
- How long is the Positive Behaviour Support and Non-Restrictive Practice Training course?
The course lasts one full day, offering an intensive yet manageable timeframe for learning essential skills and strategies for managing challenging behaviours.
- Can the Positive Behaviour Support and Non-Restrictive Practice training be customised to meet our organisation’s needs?
Yes, we can tailor the content to reflect your organisation’s values, mission, and specific policies and procedures. By incorporating examples from your organisation’s documents, we ensure the training is relevant and clear for your staff.
- Do you offer any follow-up or refresher training?
Yes, refresher courses are available to ensure your team remains up-to-date with best practices and compliant with current standards. We recommend refresher training at least every two years to maintain proficiency in managing challenging behaviours.
- Where can the Positive Behaviour Support and Non-Restrictive Practice training be delivered?
The training can be delivered face-to-face at our training centre in Middleton, Manchester, or at your premises, depending on your preference. We offer flexible start times to accommodate various shift patterns, including evenings and weekends.
- What is the maximum number of participants in a training session?
Our face-to-face training sessions can accommodate up to 12 participants, ensuring that everyone can engage effectively and receive individual attention from the trainer.
- Will I receive a certificate after completing the Positive Behaviour Support and Non-Restrictive Practice training?
Yes, certificates will be issued to all participants upon successful completion of the course. These certificates are a valuable record of your team’s commitment to improving care standards and complying with relevant regulations.
- How often should my team refresh their Positive Behaviour Support and Non-Restrictive Practice training?
We recommend refreshing the training at least every two years to ensure ongoing competence, compliance, and alignment with evolving standards and practices in behaviour support.
Enquiry Form
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