Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) Framework

Why St Jude’s for Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)? 

Here at St Jude’s our team of positive behaviour support (PBS) practitioners is highly experienced in managing behaviours. Circumstances of which may be putting a person’s health, supports, relationships and/or lifestyle at risk and comply with the Rules of the NDIS 2018.

Our PBS team includes registered behaviour support practitioners, experienced in using person centred, evidence based approaches. Strategies may include skills development, making changes in a person’s environment, training others in the person’s life such as family or support workers and developing routines.

Our staff have successfully completed Round 3 of the WA Behaviour Support Practitioner Training. This training was held by the peak body NDS. This project is a partnership between National Disability Services (WA) and the Department of Communities. To ensure highly trained staff are available to support people needing PBS.

Topics covered are

• Human Rights.
• Restrictive Practice & Understanding People.
• Understanding Experiences.
• Exploration Mindset and Engagement.
• Functional Assessment.
• Planning.
• Interim Response.
• Implementation.
• Reduce and Eliminate Restrictive Practice.
• Continuing Professional Development and Supervision.

We’re confident we can support people to a high level and affect change.

PBS Framework

An NDIS behaviour support practitioner is a person whom the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner (NDIS Commissioner) considers suitable to undertake behaviour support assessments and to develop behaviour support plans that may contain the use of restrictive practices.

A Positive Behaviour Support Framework focuses on the knowledge and skills that underpin contemporary evidence-based practice. It reflects the diversity of and variation in the sector’s capability in delivering behaviour support and provides a pathway for recognition and professional progression for behaviour support practitioners.

These are the main categories of restrictive practices.

• Seclusion
  Seclusion is the sole confinement of a person with disability in a room or a physical space at any hour of the day or night where voluntary exit is prevented, or not facilitated, or it is implied that voluntary exit is not permitted
• Chemical restraint 
  Chemical restraint is the use of medication or chemical substance for the primary purpose of influencing a person’s behaviour. It does not include the use of medication prescribed by a medical practitioner for the treatment of, or to enable treatment of, a diagnosed mental disorder, a physical illness or a physical condition
• Mechanical restraint
  Mechanical restraint is the use of a device to prevent, restrict, or subdue a person’s movement for the primary purpose of influencing a person’s behaviour but does not include the use of devices for therapeutic or non-behavioural purposes
• Physical restraint
  Physical restraint is the use or action of physical force to prevent, restrict or subdue movement of a person’s body, or part of their body, for the primary purpose of influencing their behaviour. Physical restraint does not include the use of a hands-on technique in a reflexive way to guide or redirect a person away from potential harm/injury, consistent with what could reasonably be considered as the exercise of care towards a person
• Environmental restraint 
  Environmental restraint restricts a person’s free access to all parts of their environment, including items or activities

Why Our Disability Services?

• Locations – We can provide our support to those in all areas of metropolitan Perth and WA’s regional areas, with services provided in a location that meets your needs – whether that is in the comfort of your own home, in your school or in the community. 
• Experience – With over 40 years of experience providing disability and mental health support to our clients, our caring team is equipped to assist both children and adults with their specialist support needs.
• Flexibility – We offer flexible appointment times and do not require a minimum NDIS funding amount to help new clients.
• Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) – Registered with the TIS, which allows us to work with non-English speaking clients.
• Mental Health Experience – St Jude’s have experience in providing mental health support to our clients.
• You can find out more about our Therapy & Allied Health team here.

Funding For Positive Behaviour Support

Positive Behaviour Support can change someone’s life, by addressing the needs of the person with disability and ensuring the dignity and quality of life is safeguarded.  

Get in touch with our team today to learn more about how our PBS team can assist you.