Positive Behaviour
Our aim is to assist young people to successfully deal with significant changes and challenges, develop positive relationships and display positive behaviour.
With staff as role models, young people learn how to behave towards each other and within the local community in a non-discriminative way.
They are encouraged to understand the range of cultures and beliefs that exist within the home, and in the local and wider communities.
We feel that it is paramount to recognise an individual’s strengths and provide praise when an individual displays positive behaviour. We also believe that structures and routines within the home are an important tool in facilitating our aims.
At Vision Living we believe in focusing on the positive behaviour rather than the negatives.
Behaviour Management
We operate a behaviour management system that encourages, and supports, young people to make changes to their behaviour, through the use of positive praise.
Staff will set and maintain safe, consistent and understandable boundaries for young people in relation to acceptable behaviour.
The home will strive to establish and maintain acceptable levels of behaviour by everyone at all times.
Where behaviour falls below the standards expected, this will be discussed with the young person concerned and actions implemented.
The staff will apply firm, fair and consistent boundaries to all young people taking into consideration their individual needs.
Staff strive to be role models for each young person and will act in only a way that would be acceptable to them.
Each young person will have clear goal and expectations for them to achieve.
Unacceptable behaviour will be responded to with clear, fair, constructive and acceptable disciplinary measures approved by the Manager. All sanctions and reparations will comply and be documented within the guidance and principles set out in the regulations.
Consequences
We encourage and support our young people to display appropriate behaviour within the home and the wider community.
At Vision Living we believe in recognising and rewarding positive behaviour rather than negative behaviour.
On admission to the home a discussion will take place with the young person to ensure they have full understanding of the positive and negative consequences process.
All consequences are reviewed by the management team to monitor their effectiveness.