Active Support

Active Support is an evidenced based model of support which ensures that people are supported to participate in every aspect of their daily lives and to take the lead in functional and meaningful activities – staff essentially becoming enablers not carers.

Services who have already been supported with the implementation of Active Support have said that the model has transformed the lives of people they are supporting and staff have a better understanding of what their job role is.

Active Support is also the pre-cursor to Positive Behaviour Support.

Active Support is a model of support which enables people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people to engage more in their own lives. Staff actively support people to develop new skills or improve on existing skills so they are more involved in everyday tasks.  This could be a simple task such as putting a spoon in the drawer or closing a drawer.  Being actively supported in tasks build skills and confidence enabling them to be in more control over what they do in their own live.

Services who have already been supported with the implementation of Active Support have said that the model has transformed the lives of people they are supporting and staff have a better understanding of what their job role is.

Introduction to Active Support – Virtual 3-hour Workshop

Join our Active Support Lead during a 3-hour virtual workshop delivered via Zoom and find out more about how Active Support can change the outcomes for supported people as they begin to carry out meaningful activities to enrich their lives – more important than ever in the face of limited opportunities to be involved in activities outside of peoples homes.

This ‘Introduction to Active Support’ workshop is suitable for managers and support staff, and will cover:

• What is Active Support?
• Providing support that promotes participation and engagement
• Looking for opportunities to engage people in meaningful activities at home and in their community
• Simple ways of monitoring staff support
• How to embed Active Support within your team

Scheduled workshop cost per participant: 

• £65 (ARC Members)   |   £85 (Non-members)

Check here to see if there is a scheduled course available to book now

We offer Active Support Training and Coaching either online via Zoom/MS Teams or in-person at your organisation's premises.

 Organisation Workshops (via Zoom)

Active Support training is offered to organisations on a consultancy basis for up to 12 members of your team, where our Active Support lead tailors the workshop to your organisation's needs. 

Each 3-hour Zoom session costs £350 (ARC Members) £400 (non Members) for up to 12 people, making it a very cost effective way of getting your staff trained. 

Organisation Workshops (in-house)

In-house Active Support training is offered to organisations on a consultancy basis for up to sixteen members of your team, where our Active Support lead tailors the workshop to your organisation's needs.

Each in-person training day (9.30am-4.30pm) within your organisation's premises, costs £750 (ARC Members) and £850 (non-Members) per training day PLUS the trainers expenses.

Please contact us to discuss your requirements and to obtain dates and times suitable for your training sessions. 

• 01246 555043
• [email protected]

Active Support Training and Coaching

Supporting services to promote choice, independence and inclusion for service users within all areas of social care services to achieve person-centred plans. This training is especially beneficial for staff working with people with severe and profound learning disabilities, a range of learning disabilities, behaviour that is challenging, dementia, people with autism and mental health issues.

Interactive Active Support Training (Theory):

Discussing with Service Managers to become Practice Managers and how to support their staff to focus on the individual and to support in a Person Centred way and to put plans into action as a team. Making sure that the team understand how all prior training is translated back within the service and the people being supported ensuring that monitoring and evaluating systems are put in place to monitor outcomes –  Driven by example and effective leadership.

Work Based Coaching and Mentoring:

Consultant trainer working alongside managers and staff, in the workplace after the training, to give practical hands-on advice and support to ensure managers and the team can translate the learning into the workplace.

Tailored to meet specific organisational needs

Looking at current systems and protocols/job descriptions etc. and choosing a pilot service.

Ongoing Support and Review of Active Support:

Remember, training alone does not always bring about change! We may have to look at the culture of the services. Staff are key to ensuring that people with learning disabilities, behaviour that challenges and autism have a great quality of life and are supported to have that ‘ordinary’ life that policy say we should be having.