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  2. Health and social care
  3. Adult social care
  4. Social care policies and procedures
  5. Positive Behavioural Support Policy
  6. Scope

Scope

In this section

  1. 1
    Purpose
  2. 2
    Scope
  3. 3
    Introduction
  4. 4
    Positive Behavioural Support Principles and Model
  5. 5
    Assessment of behavioural needs
  6. 6
    Behavioural support plans
  7. 7
    Primary and secondary prevention
  8. 8
    Reactive Strategies
  9. 9
    Behavioural incidents/near misses - safety first approach
  1. 10
    Post incident support
  2. 11
    Training requirements and practice support for staff
  3. 12
    Monitoring - reflective practice and quality assurance
  4. 13
    Responsibilities in council owned and managed short break homes and day centres
  5. 14
    Concerns and complaints
  6. 15
    Implementing and reviewing policy
  7. 16
    Appendix 1 - Definition of terms
  8. 17
    Appendix 2 - Context and good practice framework
  9. 18
    Policy Details

2.1   This policy applies to: 

  • Adult Social Care Staff working in our In-House Respite, Day Centres and Short Break homes 
  • The council’s Positive Behavioural Support Services Team 
  • All Adult Social Care staff who have contact with people accessing support 
Last reviewed: 23/06/2025
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