Positive Behaviour Support packges for people and teams

Specialist PBS assessments, plans, consultancy, and training delivered across Lancashire.

Functional Behaviour Assessments (FBA): identify the function of behaviour and the factors that trigger and maintain it to inform targeted, effective support strategies.

We support families and organisations by providing practical engagement training for support teams. We develop strategies for any behaviours of distress individuals are experiencing, to reduce and eliminate, and help guide staff with effective implementation.

Tier 1 – Behaviour Review

From £350 + VAT

A focused review designed to quickly identify key concerns, risks, and gaps in current support.

Includes:

Review of current care plans and behaviour support plans

Review of incident reports

Identification of key behavioural themes and patterns

Highlighting what is and isn’t working

Recommendations for immediate improvement

Outcome:

A concise overview of current practice with clear direction on next steps.

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Tier 2 – Functional Behaviour Assessment & PBS Plan

From £1,850 – £2,050 + VAT (dependent on complexity)

A comprehensive, formulation-led assessment and intervention package designed to understand behaviour and inform effective, least restrictive support.

Includes:

Functional Behaviour Assessment (FBA)

PBS Plan Development

Feedback & Implementation Meeting

Outcome:

A clinically robust understanding of behaviour with a clear, structured plan to reduce risk, improve stability, and support long-term outcomes.

Tier 3 – Enhanced PBS Package

From £2,600 + VAT (dependent on complexity and level of implementation required)

A full assessment, planning, and implementation support package designed to ensure consistency, staff confidence, and sustained change.

Includes everything in Tier 2, plus:

Two bespoke training sessions tailored to the individual and service

Structured implementation support to embed the PBS plan into practice

Guidance to support staff confidence and consistency

Outcome:

Sustained behaviour change through skilled, consistent implementation and reduced reliance on reactive or restrictive practices.

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Education Package

From £1,850 + VAT

We provide Positive Behaviour Support for schools and colleges, supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Our approach is evidence-based and person-centred, focusing on understanding the function of behaviour and supporting staff and teams.

This package includes Functional Behaviour Assessment, Data collection and analysis (if required), Classroom observations, and a PBS Plan containing practical, evidence-led preventive strategies, with recommendations aligned with EHCP outcomes where applicable.

Follow-up support available on request. Suitable for pupils at risk of exclusion and placement breakdown.

What To Expect

Measurable outcomes

Data-led interventions
Preventive strategies
Support and guidance for support teams
Evidence of decreased behaviours after stress

Positive Behaviour Support and Least Restrictive Practice

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is an evidence-based framework grounded in applied behaviour science, positive psychology, and person-centred values. It is widely recognised in UK health and social care policy as a core approach to reducing restrictive practices and improving quality-of-life outcomes for individuals with complex needs.

At its core, PBS utilises functional behavioural assessment and clinical formulation to understand the purpose or function of behaviours of distress. This includes identifying patterns of interaction between individuals and their environment, with particular attention to antecedent conditions, maintaining consequences, and underlying factors such as communication needs, sensory processing differences, emotional dysregulation, trauma-related responses, and co-occurring mental health presentations. This formulation-driven approach enables services to move beyond reactive management and towards structured, preventative intervention planning.

PBS directly aligns with the national agenda on least restrictive practice and the reduction of restraint and restrictive interventions, as outlined in UK health and social care governance frameworks, including CQC expectations, safeguarding standards, and national policy guidance on reducing restrictive practice. The emphasis is on ensuring that restrictive interventions are considered only as a last resort, within a framework of necessity, proportionality, and demonstrable risk justification.

Through analysis of behaviour, PBS informs the development of tailored preventative, proactive, and reactive support strategies. Preventive interventions focus on environmental optimisation, predictable routines, accessible communication, and the reduction of known triggers. Proactive strategies target skill development in emotional regulation, distress tolerance, functional communication, and adaptive coping strategies. Reactive strategies are guided by low-arousal, de-escalation-based approaches designed to reduce risk whilst maintaining dignity and safety, and to increase psychological wellbeing.

A key principle of PBS is that behaviour is understood as functional rather than pathological in isolation. This allows for formulation that integrates neurodevelopmental, psychological, and systemic variables, including autism spectrum conditions, intellectual disability, attachment-related factors, and forensic risk histories where relevant. This integrated formulation supports the development of consistent, person-centred support plans that are clinically defensible and operationally practical across settings.

The implementation of PBS within services provides a structured mechanism to reduce reliance on restrictive practices, including physical intervention, INS, and seclusion. It supports workforce capability through consistent active support, staff training, supervision, and reflective practice, ensuring that teams are equipped to respond proactively rather than reactively to behavioural escalation.

Within governance structures, PBS functions as both a clinical and operational framework, contributing to risk management systems, safeguarding processes, and quality improvement. It delivers measurable outcomes in incident reduction, placement stability, improved engagement, and enhanced quality-of-life indicators, while supporting compliance with regulatory expectations and best-practice standards across health and social care systems.

PBS represents a shift from reactive containment to proactive and preventative data-led support, ensuring that services are equipped to understand behaviour in context, reduce restrictive interventions, and deliver consistent, person-centred care across complex and high-risk populations.

This ensures that least restrictive practice is not only a principle, but a measurable and auditable standard of care across services.

See What Others Have To Say!

“Really good training session, conversation led which allows staff to participate making it less tedious which will increase the likelihood of staff absorbing the information shared”.
Richard, Healthcare Assistant

The most useful part of the training was learning about the S.E.A.T. model and understanding the function of behaviour. It helped me recognise that behaviour is a form of communication and how to identify what a person may be trying to express. I also found the practical examples and person-centred approach very valuable, as they gave me strategies I can use to support individuals more effectively and proactively in my role.

The practical guidance on safely guiding a blind/Partially blind person and communicating clearly and respectfully was the most valuable part of the training. It improved my confidence and awareness.

– Anonymous Bury Greater Manchester

This was an engaging and informative training session. It has improved my understanding of Positive Behaviour Support and given me practical techniques that I can apply in my role to support people in a respectful, person-centred way. I would recommend this training to anyone working in social care.

Mojeed (HCA)

Amazing session

Dennis, Mental Health Nurse

Really good training session, conversation-led which allows staff to participate, making it less tedious, which will increase the likelihood of staff absorbing the information

Tina – support worker Oldham

“Anne-Marie has been a saving grace to a very desperate mum! My son has been struggling at school and home with his behaviour. Anne-Marie quickly arranged an observation via his school and completed a very thorough report, which was easy to understand, outlining XXXXx personality traits and ways to support him in his development. She has made me feel like finally someone understands and is listening to me. I would highly recommend her services and I’m confident I’ll need her again in the future!”
Sheffield Mum

“Ann-Marie challenged appropriately, supported effectively, explained her reasoning clearly, and persevered with consistency. She gathered evidence, used data, applied her training, and ensured her work remained of the highest professional standard, even when the circumstances around her were complex. What stood out most was her ability to stay calm, clear and person-centred in a room with many people, competing priorities and different pressures. She did not lose sight of the purpose of the work: to support the person well, uphold their rights and dignity, and ensure decisions were based on evidence, professional judgement and what was right for them. That takes real courage. It is not always easy to hold firm to ethical practice and professional boundaries when others disagree or apply pressure. Ann Marie did so with emotional intelligence, clarity and strength. She showed that professionalism is not about being detached. It is about being fair, accountable, evidence-informed and committed to doing the right thing, even when it is difficult. Ann Marie is an asset and an example of the standard we should aspire to. She kept the person we support at the centre, acted with integrity throughout, and demonstrated the kind of courage, professionalism and values-led practice that deserves to be recognised.”
External Family Therapist Liverpool

“Everything which has been done with us has been either useful or interesting. It’s been a big change hearing all the team speak so positively about someone from a behaviour team”
Eleanor – Acting Locality Manager

“This training was informative, practical, and confidence building”
Support Worker, Greater Manchester