Positive Behaviour Support is an ethical way of supporting people and can be an important tool in helping people to get their best lives.

We passionately believe in enabling people to enjoy a good quality of life. We are committed, caring and compassionate in our support and train our staff in values based working and behaviour analysis and arousal. We can create PBS plans and Behaviour support plans for those people who need extra support to manage environmental settings and human interactions.

We support consistent routines and follow proactive strategies based on scientific data and observation. The emphasis is on understanding learning histories and trauma, enhancing choice and control in all aspects of life and supporting communication.

We have a comprehensive training offer which is flexible to the needs of each person we support. We link training to behavioural data and develop functional assessments so we can provide alternative ways for the person to get their needs met. We can evidence vast reductions in arousal allowing people to develop self-esteem, good relationships and to feel safe.

Active support is fundamental in creating capable environments and our Team Leaders are Practice Leaders, linking theory to practice and providing coaching and modelling to their teams.

As an organisation we take PBS seriously, and we have invested in 2 full time PBS Practitioners who hold psychology degrees and postgraduate Level 7 in PBS. Furthermore, we seek to train managers in completing Level 4 PBS competencies. We care about our staff and understand that we need to nurture and support our teams to create resilience.

We do recognise that Positive Behavioural Support is seen by some self-advocates and families as controversial, and we always take account of people’s views and choices around whether we use this in our work with each person. We have seen some great personal outcomes for people we support using Positive Behavioural Support as part of our individualised offer and we can talk this through in more detail if you have any questions about it.

Positive Support for You CIC is currently a provider member of the Challenging Behaviour National Strategy Group, part of the Challenging Behaviour Foundation. We are pleased to be contributing to developing best practice at a national level.

If you want to know more, please see our Positive Behaviour Support policy.

Sue Paton is our PBS lead; Sue can help with any queries in relation to this.

You can view our PBS policy here