NEW SERVICE: POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT

12 Oct 2020

As part of its “Right placement, first time” strategy, Gloucestershire County Council is working with Affinity Trust to improve the quality of life for young people who have severe learning disabilities or autism. The new Positive Behaviour Support service will help them and their families understand and manage behaviours that challenge the people around them.

Affinity Trust will start working with the first young people this month. The programme is intensive and tailored to suit individual needs. It will use tools and technologies to assess, support and understand each young person’s behaviour and help them develop the skills they need to live with other people.

Affinity Trust is a national charity that supports over 900 people with learning disabilities in various parts of the country.

GCC’s “Right placement, first time” strategy was approved by the Council’s cabinet in January 2019. It aims to reduce the number of children coming into care by helping them and their families as early as possible. The new PBS service with Affinity Trust is designed to help young people live at home rather than needing to go into residential care.

Young people can be referred to the PBS programme through the Disabled Children and Young People’s Service and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service’s Learning Disabilities Team.