Adult Disability Positive Behaviour Support CHAMPION – Application

Course fees: HCPA Full Member: Fully funded* | ACE Member: £264+VAT | Associate Member: £300+VAT | Non-member: £400+VAT
Four day programme open for applications
Day 1: 09/03/2026 | Day 2: 10/03/2026 | Day 3: 16/03/2026 | Day 4: 23/03/2026
All sessions must be attended

Lead Excellence in Care with HCPA Champions
Empower your team by developing experienced colleagues to become HCPA Champions – individuals who influence positive, high-quality change within their care services.

What is an HCPA Champion?
A Champion is a trained experienced care professional who drives improvements in care practices, embeds governance, and models excellence across the organisation.
The programmes equip Champions with the confidence, tools, and knowledge to influence change, support colleagues, and apply best practice consistently.
Champions revalidate every two years by evidencing change through action plans, case studies, and continuing professional development.

Why have Champions?
Care Managers cannot do everything, they need support from trusted staff to ensure the service remains compliant with evolving national and local guidance. Champions mentor peers, influence care delivery, and maintain elevated care standards through ongoing governance and learning.

We suggest care providers have a Champion in each relevant topic area. To ensure quality and focus, each individual may only be a Champion in up to two topic areas:

The Adult Disability Positive Behaviour Support CHAMPION course will enable Care professionals to take on the role of Champion within their organisation for this topic. The Champion will have a clear understanding of local and national guidance and legislation for and will cascade this information amongst care teams, improving the safety and quality of care for individuals.

Learning Outcomes:
• Define the role of a Positive Behaviour Support Champion and explain how this role benefits their organisation by promoting safe, person-centred care.
• Explain the context and principles of the Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) model, including the key characteristics that underpin effective PBS.
• Define the term ‘behaviours that challenge’ and recognise the contexts in which these behaviours may occur.
• Apply the SMART goal-setting process to develop and monitor PBS plans relevant to their workplace.
• Outline how to contribute to a functional analysis of an individual’s behaviours to better understand triggers.
• Demonstrate how to implement prevention strategies that proactively reduce the likelihood of behaviours that challenge.
• Use a person-centred approach to develop PBS plans that promote meaningful participation and wellbeing.
• Describe and implement secondary prevention strategies designed to manage behaviours before escalation.
• Explain how to implement strategies to safely respond to behaviours that challenge, ensuring dignity and respect.
• Develop a SMART goal-driven action plan to embed positive behaviour support principles within their service, promoting consistency and positive outcomes.

Find out more and apply here

Note – This is an application, not a booking. If approved, you will be invited to book.