Elements and Performance Criteria
- Demonstrate understanding of the influence and purpose of behaviour
- Apply understanding of what influences an individual's behaviour
- Demonstrate awareness of the purpose of an individual's behaviour
- Identify the communicative function of the behaviour
- Identify pro-active strategies to support behavioural change
- Develop pro-active strategies to support behavioural change and/or to manage behaviours of concern
- Consult with appropriate team members regarding the development of behaviour support plans
- Identify setting events and take appropriate action to adapt/redirect
- Assess behaviours of concern
- Identify specific behavioural stimuli/function for data collection
- Select most appropriate method of data collection for recording behaviour
- Collect and summarise data related to individual behaviour
- Observe and record type, frequency and triggers of behaviour likely to put the person and/or others at risk of harm
- Observe and record environmental context of behaviour likely to put the person and/or others at risk of harm
- Observe and record person's emotional well being in the context of behaviour likely to put the person and/or others at risk of harm
- Observe and record person's health status in the context of behaviour likely to put the person and/or others at risk of harm
- Observe and record person's medication in the context of behaviour likely to put the person and/or others at risk of harm
- Appropriately facilitate the involvement of others in the assessment process
- Facilitate the process of functional and/or cognitive assessment for individuals
- Develop multi-element support plans to meet individual needs
- Analyse data and observations
- Appropriately identify proactive support strategies
- Ensure support plans reflect respect, dignity, rights and personal choices and preferences and goals of the individual
- Where required, ensure plans address impaired social judgement and decision-making capacity and use a directive approach to setting limits/boundaries
- Effectively consult with team and stakeholders
- Develop formalised support plan
- Implement, monitor and record support plan
- Review support plans and modify as required in consultation with appropriate staff
- Develop an individual response plan
- Use data and other information to develop an individual response plan
- Identify active strategies as a part of the response plan
- Identify the least intrusive effective active strategy e.g. redirect the person wherever possible
- Identify reactive strategies according to duty of care, ethical and legal requirements
- Identify reactive strategies that maintain the dignity of the person
- Identify crisis response plans according to duty of care, ethical and legal requirements
- Include in the plan appropriate support for the person after the episode
- Follow organisation policies and procedures related to behaviour support
- Monitor effectiveness of response plan
- Complete documentation