Active Support Coaches Programme
The next Active Support Coaches Programme will take place in Liverpool on 26-28 March 2025 and 29 September.
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Programme details
The Active Support Coaches Programme has been developed to provide you with the most up-to-date and effective tools and skills in developing your teams, carers, and family support.
The programme will provide learners with theoretical understanding as well as opportunity to participate in, in-situ coaching of staff or other carers in positive interaction with the people they support.
The next Active Support Coaches programme will run on 26-28 March 2025 and 29 September 2025 in Liverpool. Find out more and book your place here.
To be an effective coach within your setting, you will understand and learn the practice leader’s role, know how to role model and demonstrate good Active Support, be competent to use Interactive Training in observing and providing quality feedback, and develop skills for those providing essential support.
Who the programme is for
Learners must have previously attended Active Support Foundation with Bild or have attained a similar training session elsewhere (application required). This programme will provide support to learners looking to become Practice Leaders in Active Support.
What the Coaches programme involves
This is an intensive 4-day programme involving classroom learning, practice techniques, homework, assessment, and a work-based assignment.
Ongoing assessment will take place throughout the course, carried out by the trainer(s) with two trainers present for days 2 and 3.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of this 4-day course delegates will:
- Have refreshed their knowledge and understanding of the theory behind Active Support
- Understand the importance of Active Support as a proactive strategy within a PBS framework and capable environment.
- Be familiar with the content of an Active Support interactive training programme to be run by Practice Leaders.
- Have considered how to deal with potential resistance from staff.
- Have practiced delivering presentations from the training programme.
- Understand the principles of coaching and practiced their coaching skills.
- Understand how to model, demonstrate, observe, and provide feedback.
- Understand how to coach, role model and use interactive training to develop others.
- Have practiced developing the coaching skills of a Practice Leader.
- Be able to practice lead in their organisation to coach staff in the use of Active Support.