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At Positive Futures, we believe everything is possible. We don’t look for reasons why something can’t be done. We find a reason why it can. This is why our services make a huge difference to the people and families we support.
We challenge outdated ways of thinking. We identify gaps in service provision. We act creatively. We work in partnership. Most of the established services delivered by our sister organisation in Northern Ireland first started in this way.
Helping people live the lives they want
“The Life I Want” is an approach developed within Positive Futures to empower people with an intellectual disability, acquired brain injury or autism to choose the life they want now and in the future.
This involves decisions about how people spend their time, who they want to support them and how they are supported. We bring together the person, their family, friends and staff from other organisations, listening to everyone’s opinions, so we can understand what is important to the person now and in the future.
We call this “Planning Live”. A variety of person centred tools are used throughout “The Life I Want” process to help teams understand what a “perfect week” looks like for each person.
By empowering people to make their own choices and by challenging traditional thinking about how to fulfil these wishes, we promote greater autonomy and independence.
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) is a person centred, values-led approach that promotes respect, dignity, inclusion, and a life without unnecessary restriction. PBS is about working in partnership to improve the quality of a person’s life and that of the people around them. This includes children, young people, and adults, as well as older people.
PBS provides the right support at the right time for a person so they can live a meaningful life which includes participating in activities and learning new skills that promote independence.
PBS is an evidence-based approach that uses different methods to gather information to enable us to understand what a person is communicating when they are engaging in behaviours of concern. By understanding the behaviour, we can change the way in which we support the person to reduce the likelihood of the behaviour of concern occurring. Knowledge and understanding of behaviours of concern also enables us to empower the people we support to develop new skills and less harmful ways to get their needs met.
Our PBS team are there to guide and train staff to support the person effectively and in a way that best suits the person’s individual needs. Our training is accredited by the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) and Positive Futures is a member of the Restraint Reduction Network.
