PBS Facilitator — Train the Trainer

Develop the knowledge and confidence to help colleagues put Positive Behavioural Support into practice and deliver PBS awareness training within your organisation.

The programme progresses from direct-contact awareness to supervisory facilitation and then teaching practice. Learning focuses on relevant supervisory and managerial aspects of the UK PBS Competence Framework, with attention to the boundaries of the facilitator role. Participants explore session planning, inclusive delivery and assessment, then practise teaching and receive individual feedback.

Who This Course Is For

Experienced care staff, senior staff, managers and trainers developing their organisation’s training capacity.

Key Learning Outcomes

By completing this course, learners will be able to:

• Explain PBS values and direct-contact foundations
• Support colleagues to implement agreed PBS strategies consistently
• Use observations and outcome information to support review
• Recognise when specialist PBS input is required
• Plan and deliver an assessed PBS awareness teaching session

Flexible Delivery to Suit Your Organisation

Duration: 3 days (18 contact hours, excluding breaks).

Trainer-led learning combines subject knowledge, discussion, teaching practice and individual feedback. Contact us to discuss the experience of your participants, access needs and delivery arrangements.

• Day 1: PBS Awareness — Direct Contact foundation (6 contact hours)
• Day 2: PBS facilitator practice: supporting implementation, coaching colleagues, reviewing information and monitoring outcomes (6 contact hours)
• Day 3: Train the Trainer: session preparation, facilitation, micro-teaching and feedback (6 contact hours)

Important Details

Certification

PRISM Train the Trainer certificate — non-regulated training.

This is a non-regulated PRISM Train the Trainer programme.

Entry and Participation

Relevant experience in direct care or support and a role that involves supporting colleagues to implement PBS.

Framework Mapping

Mapped learning supports development in the facilitator role; application and workplace competence require ongoing evidence and supervision. This is not a claim of PBS Academy accreditation.

Arranging Your Training

Please enquire for programme pricing. Dates, group size and a quotation will be agreed before booking.

Using Your Trainer Skills

Trainer development supports delivery within your relevant experience and competence, with agreed organisational oversight and current subject knowledge. Facilitator training supports implementation of agreed PBS plans and staff learning; it does not confer specialist practitioner status.