PBC COURSES
Prices are for individual places. Whole group prices and PBC Centre fees are available on request.
Courses accredited by the AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group.
PBC Feeling Safe for Life Programme for Young People
COURSE DURATION - 10 Sessions
COST - £350
OVERVIEW
Our newly accredited programme is thoughtfully designed for both group and one-on-one delivery. Its primary goal is to provide young people with important life skills to know how to support their mental health and wellbeing. It is designed to bridge the gap between identified needs and the limited availability of services like CAMHS or specialized counselling. It is important to note that our program does not aim to replace these services, but rather, it serves as a proactive approach to either prevent the need for further interventions or equip individuals with the knowledge and strategies necessary to enhance the effectiveness of subsequent interventions.
Our programme is flexible and modular, allowing providers and learners to tailor their participation according to their specific needs while working towards accreditation. Above all, it is grounded in the principles of Protective Behaviours (PBs), with a central focus on enhancing mental health and overall well-being through PB self-management strategies. It is designed to foster a comprehensive understanding of lifestyle choices and various factors that influence well-being.
Facilitation training is available for Tutors or Trainers – see section below.
Progression pathway: PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours Course; PBC Confident ME! Course.
OBJECTIVES
To understand how to recognise when someone is feeling safe or unsafe.
To know strategies for helping someone to feel safe again.
To recognise the value of keeping connected with others for supporting good mental health and wellbeing.
To develop practical skills for feeling safe for life through the completion of the following units:
Understanding feelings and emotions
Understanding stress
Positive Mental Health
Understanding relationships
Understanding risk
To achieve a Level 1 Award in Health and Well-Being Qualification (QCF)
PBC Introduction to Protective Behaviours
COURSE DURATION - 1 Day Equivalent
COST - £175
OVERVIEW
The Introduction to Protective Behaviours is a detailed yet accessible course that explores the concept of feeling safe and focuses on the recognition of feeling safe as a fundamental human requirement. It explores everyone’s right to feel safe through the introduction of key Protective Behaviours Principles. This is a robust course that enables professionals to consider the effects of feeling unsafe on trauma and relate these to practical solutions.
Progression pathway: PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours Course (accredited).
OBJECTIVES
Understand the key principles of the Protective Behaviours Process.
Explore ‘feeling safe’ as a fundamental human need and the value of this as a human right.
Understand that Protective Behaviours offers effective safeguarding using practical skills to improve practice.
Recognise the significance of being connected, having a network of support, to build individual resilience and develop safe relationships.
Achieve 6+ CPD hours; receive PBC Certificate; receive ‘PBC Introduction to Protective Behaviours’ E-manual.
PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours Course - Full Course
COURSE DURATION – 2 days equivalent
COST - £300
NEW FOR 2024 - This PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours Course (Accredited) is now available as two separate units, each as a one day equivalent course. See options below.
OVERVIEW
The Foundation Level Protective Behaviour Course is the leading, most popular entry point for learning about the Protective Behaviours Process. It provides in-depth knowledge of all the principles and Strategies and develops an understanding of the practical application of Protective Behaviours in a range of relevant contexts. This is a valuable course for developing professional practice, implementing good safeguarding practice, and to improving personal wellbeing. As an accredited course, it is a unique opportunity to achieve the Protective Behaviours Qualification. Learners leave this course feeling confident as Protective Behaviours Practitioners.
Progression pathway: PBC Intermediate Level Protective Behaviours Course (accredited); CPD Protective Behaviours workshops; Award in Education and Teaching/Training Qualification.
OBJECTIVES
Recognise the importance of the two themes of Protective Behaviours to support the universal requirement to ‘feel safe’.
Be familiar with underpinning concepts and specific Protective Behaviours Strategies to enable individuals to apply these life skills.
Recognise the effect of unwritten rules on individual wellbeing, professional practice and workplace culture.
Understand how the use of safe, empowering language is effective in changing attitudes and can help individuals to feel safe.
Consider ways of changing practice on a personal level, within the workplace and with service users.
Opportunity to achieve an accredited Protective Behaviours Qualification (QCF).
Achieve 12+ CPD hours; receive PBC Certificate; receive “Protective Behaviours: Principles and Strategies” e-manual; receive Workbook for completion to achieve Award in Protective Behaviours Qualification (certificated by awarding body).
PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours - Unit A. Principles and Strategies Course
COURSE DURATION – 1 day equivalent
COST - £175
NEW FOR 2024 - Our PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours Course (Accredited) is now available as two separate units (A and B), each as a one day equivalent course.
OVERVIEW
This course is the first unit of The Foundation Level Protective Behaviour Course. The content of this course focuses on the key Protective Behaviours Themes and Strategies to explore the fundamental human requirement to feel safe. It is a stand-alone unit that provides in-depth knowledge of Protective Behaviours Process important principles and main strategies someone can use to keep themselves feeling safe from harm and victimisation. As an accredited course, it is an opportunity to achieve the first unit of the full Protective Behaviours Qualification. Learners gain a good understanding of the Protective Behaviours Process content to apply to a wider range of contexts in the second Unit ‘Process in Practice’(B).
Progression pathway: PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours: Process into Practice Course (accredited); CPD Protective Behaviours workshops.
OBJECTIVES
Recognise the importance of the two themes of Protective Behaviours to support the universal requirement to ‘feel safe’.
Be familiar with underpinning concepts and specific Protective Behaviours Strategies to enable individuals to apply these life skills.
Recognise the effect of unwritten rules on individual wellbeing, professional practice and workplace culture.
Understand how the use of safe, empowering language is effective in changing attitudes and can help individuals to feel safe.
Opportunity to achieve an accredited Protective Behaviours Qualification Unit .
Achieve 6+ CPD hours; receive PBC Course Certificate; receive “Protective Behaviours: Principles and Strategies” e-manual; receive Workbook for completion to achieve the first unit (A) of the Award in Protective Behaviours Qualification.
PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours - Unit B. Process into Practice Course
COURSE DURATION – 1 day equivalent
COST - £175
NEW FOR 2024 - Our PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours Course (Accredited) is now available as two separate units (A and B), each as a one day equivalent course. See options below.
OVERVIEW
This course is the second unit of The Foundation Level Protective Behaviour Course. The content of this course focuses on the applying the Protective Behaviours Themes and Strategies to a range of contexts. It is a follow-on unit that provides opportunities to explore how the Protective Behaviours Process can be used practically to enable someone to keep themselves feeling safe from harm and victimisation. As an accredited course, it is an opportunity to achieve the second unit and, together with unit A, achieve the full Protective Behaviours Qualification. Learners apply their knowledge of the Protective Behaviours Process content relevant, real life situations and social environments in the second Unit ‘Process in Practice’(B).
Progression pathway: Apply for PBC Registration as a ‘Registered Protective Behaviours Practitioner’; PBC Intermediate Level Protective Behaviours(accredited); CPD Protective Behaviours workshops.
OBJECTIVES
Clarify through practice, the importance of the two themes of Protective Behaviours in supporting the universal requirement to ‘feel safe’.
Explore how underpinning concepts and specific Protective Behaviours Strategies can be used to enable individuals to apply these life skills.
Consider the ways the Protective Behaviours Process can support and improve individual wellbeing, professional practice and workplace culture.
Understand how the use of safe, empowering language is effective in changing attitudes and can help individuals to feel safe.
Reflect on ways of changing practice on a personal level, within the workplace and with service users.
Opportunity to achieve an accredited Protective Behaviours Qualification Unit .
Achieve 6+ CPD hours; receive PBC Course Certificate; receive Workbook for completion to achieve the second unit (B) and, together with unit A, achieve the full Protective Behaviours Qualification.
Invitation to apply for PBC Registration as a recognised “Registered Protective Behaviours Practitioner”.
PBC Intermediate Level Protective Behaviours Course
COURSE DURATION – 3 days equivalent
COST - £550
OVERVIEW
The PBC Intermediate Level Protective Behaviours (Learning Champions) Course is part of our unique series of accredited Protective Behaviours courses and follows on from the PBC Foundation Level Course. It offers the opportunity to explore the Protective Behaviours Process in-depth, at a more complex level, discovering the remarkable range of possibilities it offers in supporting professional practice and improving outcomes for organisations. The extended Protective Behaviours content is applied to a wide range of appropriate contexts, increasing expertise to lead Protective Behaviours practice in the workplace.
Progression pathway: PBC Training for Trainers Programme; CPD Protective Behaviours (advanced) workshops; PBC Facilitators Training (PB Mentoring; PBC Confident ME!; PBC Wellbeing Courses); Award in Education and Teaching/Training Qualification.
OBJECTIVES
Acquire a more extensive and deeper understanding of the Protective Behaviours Process with knowledge to be competent subject specialists.
Apply the Protective Behaviours Process to more varied and complex situations relating to a broader range of environments.
Recognise the value of learning Protective Behaviours for individuals, organisations, and the wider community, to improving personal wellbeing, safeguarding practice, and safer relationships.
Develop the skills and confidence to take a lead role in promoting good quality practice, and to contribute to organisational quality assurance processes and training development plans.
Provide learners with the opportunity to achieve a ‘Workplace Learning Champions’ accredited qualification.
Achieve 18+ CPD hours; receive PBC Certificate; access PBC virtual learning classroom; have a detailed Course Workbook for completion to achieve Award in Workplace Learning Champions Qualification (certificated by awarding body).
PBC Training for Trainers Programme
COURSE DURATION – 2.5 days equivalent course and 5 hours mentoring support
COST - £600
OVERVIEW
The Protective Behaviours Consortium has a highly skilled team of Registered and Endorsed Trainers to deliver high quality courses. This Programme has been developed to ensure that the high-quality training PBC and its Centres provide is consistently maintained now and in the future. Following on from PBC Intermediate Level Protective Behaviours Course, this Programme builds on Protective Behaviours knowledge and applies this to the training environment.
Integrating Teaching, Learning and Assessment skills, the course begins the process of detailed delivery of Protective Behaviours Training which is continued within the actual training environment. Ongoing training practice is supported by a comprehensive Trainee Mentoring Programme.
Course prerequisite: Level 3 Award in Education and Training Qualification; Level 2 Award in Protective Behaviours Training; Level 2 Workplace Learning Champions Qualification.
Progression pathway: Assessed delivery of the PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours Course for approval as a PBC Endorsed Trainer; Trainers CPD and Network Events; PBC Facilitators Training.
OBJECTIVES
Understand the requirements of the Training for Trainers Programme by attending a 2-hour induction session.
Learn required Protective Behaviours Training skills for the delivery of a PBC Foundation Level Course.
Complete micro-teach opportunities to develop the skills for delivering the PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours Course.
Co-present the delivery of the Protective Behaviours Foundation Level Course with a PBC Trainer.
Be supported by 5 Mentoring Sessions with an experienced PBC Trainer to develop training skills and progress towards final Assessment.
Receive PBC Certificate for completing Programme; access to trainers’ virtual classroom for all resources; Trainee Mentoring Programme Manual for completion; support from PBC and assigned PBC Registered Trainer.
Level 3 Award in Education and Training Course
COURSE DURATION – 4 days or equivalent
COST - £650
OVERVIEW
This course leads to a nationally recognised adult teaching and training qualification. It introduces teaching and training skills in a variety of contexts. The qualification offers trainee teachers and individuals currently training and assessing, the knowledge and understanding required for teaching. This is an ideal course and qualification for those delivering or intending to deliver courses or workshops to young people or adults.
Progression pathway: PBC Training for Trainers Programme: employment in the training and adult teaching sector; (Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training (QCF) or a Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training – not provided by PBC).
OBJECTIVES
Be introduced to teaching and explore roles and responsibilities associated with the teaching role.
Recognise the requirements for the planning and delivery of sessions including engaging and motivating learners within a learning environment.
Explore the different assessment methods and the need for record keeping.
Prepare and deliver an observed microteaching session.
Achieve the Level 3 Award in Education and Training (QCF).
Receive a PBC Course certificate; access to a dedicated virtual learning classroom; a detailed course workbook and assessment resources to support achievement of the Qualification (certificated by awarding body).
PBC Wellbeing Course
COURSE DURATION – 10 x sessions
COST - £250
OVERVIEW
The PBC Wellbeing Course helps people improve their personal safety and wellbeing. It is a quality assured, evidence-based course delivered to a high standard by experienced tutors. The whole course is underpinned by the principles and strategies of the Protective Behaviours Process. It measures change in self-esteem using a quantitative test.
This course is designed for a wide range of learners and their individual needs. It effectively supports:
All female groups where mental health, wellbeing and social isolation are a concern.
Participants affected by domestic abuse. This course supports women who may be accessing the Freedom Programme or other help, providing them with an understanding around their right to feel safe and strategies to enable them to feel safer.
Groups that benefit from a gentle approach to learning about Protective Behaviours and improving their wellbeing.
Progression pathway: PBC Mentoring Programme; PBC Confident ME! Course; PBC Introduction to Protective Behaviours Course.
OBJECTIVES
Recognise the importance of the two themes of Protective Behaviours to support the universal requirement to ‘feel safe’.
Know how Protective Behaviours strategies can help them to feel stronger, enjoy life and be prepared to challenge themselves with new experiences.
Develop their personal skills and improve their wellbeing.
Meeting new people on the course encourages them to extend their personal networks and reduce isolation.
Join in a wide range of activities to help learn about developing confidence and wellbeing.
Receive a PBC Course certificate; an easily accessible Course Workbook; recognise improved self-esteem through quantitative assessment.
PBC PB Mentoring Programme
COURSE DURATION – 3 days or equivalent
COST - £500
OVERVIEW
This accredited course is designed for 14+ years to learn about Protective Behaviours and use the skills for themselves or to support others to improve wellbeing or manage life challenges more effectively. Usually delivered to small groups, this course offers the opportunity to achieve our unique Protective Behaviours qualification. The approach is centred around developing a mentor’s emotional well-being and building their resilience. By understanding what may be needed to affect change personally enables a PB Mentor, to help someone else, or a group of other people. Being more self-aware is a key outcome of the programme.
The course does not qualify the person to be an accredited Mentor; it provides Protective Behaviours knowledge to be a good network friend and promote safe relationships with their peers. This can then be extended into a clear role as required by the setting, in the school or workplace they work within.
Progression pathway: PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours Course; PBC Confident ME! Course.
OBJECTIVES
To enable people (14+years) to learn Protective Behaviours skills to support other people in their school, family, workplace or community.
Know how they can better safeguard themselves and others.
Improve their self-esteem and self-confidence.
Achieve an Ofqual approved qualification in Protective Behaviours - Level 1 Award in Protective Behaviours Training awarded through Open College Network West Midlands.
Complete a micro mentoring-based project as part of their evidence towards achieving the qualification.
Achieve 15-20 CPD hours; receive PBC Certificate; have a detailed Course Workbook for completion to achieve Qualification (certificated by awarding body).
PBC Confident ME! Course
COURSE DURATION – 10 sessions
COST - £300
OVERVIEW
This accredited course is designed to help people improve their confidence and develop the skills needed to be confident in a range of social situations. It offers adults 18+ years the opportunity to learn essential Protective Behaviours knowledge, understanding of its practical use in the context of raising personal self-esteem and confidence, and achieve a Level 1 Award in Employability and Development Skills Qualification (QCF).
Delivered to small groups up to 10, a key focus is to enable important goal setting and recognition of personal achievement. This course provides an excellent platform for supporting people into employment and achieving more out of life.
Progression pathway: PBC PB Mentoring Programme; PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours Course.
OBJECTIVES
To enable people (18+years) to learn Protective Behaviours skills to improve confidence and self-esteem.
Use practical Protective Behaviours life skills to manage stress, to set goals for own personal development, and be effective decision-makers.
Improve communication skills and participation in social situations.
Recognise the value of achieving personal development goals to improving confidence and wellbeing.
Achieve 20 CPD hours; receive PBC Certificate; provided with a wide range of resources; have a detailed Course Workbook for completion to achieve Qualification (certificated by awarding body).
PBC Continued Professional Development (CPD) Workshops
COURSE DURATION – Half day
COST - £45
OVERVIEW
The Protective Behaviours Process is dynamic and constantly scrutinised to ensure its relevance to society today. Increasing the depth of Protective Behaviours knowledge and its practical application to the real world is ongoing for PBC and the Feeling Safe Foundation. New thinking with more sophisticated refinements can be explored by PB Practitioners in the workshop setting.
As part of our ongoing drive to maintain high quality training, we encourage Practitioners, Trainers and Tutors to keep up to date with current Protective Behaviours thinking.
We also offer Thematic workshops to explore Protective Behaviours within the context of a relevant topic or current world issues such as Safeguarding, Human Rights, Violence against Women. We invite all PB learners to join these debates.
OBJECTIVES
To offer a range of short workshops designed to refresh and enhance Protective Behaviours learning.
Provide Workshops to embed knowledge and offer new learning applied to real life contexts to support professional practice and maintain quality standards in organisations.
Available for PB Practitioner for those who have completed the PBC Foundation Level Protective Behaviours Course.
Available for Advance PB Practitioner Workshops for those who have completed the PBC Intermediate Level Protective Behaviours Course and for Trainers to ensure their knowledge is up to date.
Open invitation to Protective Behaviours Thematic Workshops.
Achieve 2.5 + hours CPD; receive a PBC certificate and any relevant resources.
PBC Facilitators Training
COURSE DURATION – 1 day
COST - £90
OVERVIEW
This is training is specifically designed to enable the delivery of the following courses:
PBC PB Mentoring Programme (accredited)
PBC Confident Me! (accredited)
PBC Wellbeing Programme
PBC Introduction to Protective Behaviours Course (PBC Registered Trainers only)
Please note: On completion of the course, an annual license is available to purchase to entitle the tutor to deliver the PBC Course/Programme on their own trading terms (as agreed) and access all the resources through the PBC Virtual Learning Classroom. For PBC Centres there is no additional license fee. Tutors will need to register with PBC for accredited course delivery.
Facilitator Course pre-requisite: Achieved Level 2 Award in Protective Behaviours qualification; Completed PBC Intermediate Level Protective Behaviours Course; ideally have a teaching/training qualification (Level 3 Award in Education and Training qualification or equivalent)
Progression pathway: Level 3 Award in Education and Training Qualification; PBC Training for Trainers Programme.
OBJECTIVES
Become a Facilitator (PBC Tutor) of a high quality PBC Course/ Programme.
Know the quality assurance requirements for delivering one of these courses.
Be familiar with the range of PBC supporting materials and PBC schemes of work/ session plans.
Practice delivery of a section of a course as part of the familiarisation process.
Understand the planning, teaching, learning and assessment requirements, in particular the rigorous marking conditions for accredited courses.
Achieve 6+ hours CPD; Receive a PBC Certificate; be able to apply to become a PBC Registered Tutor; apply for a PBC Licence to deliver course/ programme.
Receive ongoing support from PBC