The Community of Practice for Behaviours of Concern (CoPBoC) in Wales is established to foster collaboration, learning, and resource-sharing among professionals, practitioners, and stakeholders involved in managing and addressing behaviours that challenge within the Welsh community. Everything the community of practice does is about promoting human rights-based practice.
This Community of Practice is hosted by NHS Wales Performance and Improvement
Co-chairs: Gerraint Jones-Griffiths and Amanada Hartland
Deputy co-chair: Michael Fullerton
Primary contact: [email protected]
The CoP reports to the Learning Disability Ministerial Advisory group for Wales.
A Steering group of its membership overseeing the strategic direction, activities, and initiatives of the community of practice, ensuring alignment with its objectives and sustainability.
Decision-making within the community of practice is consensus-driven, with input and feedback sought from all members on key initiatives, projects, and policies.
- Facilitate knowledge exchange and best practice sharing related to behaviour that challenges across diverse sectors and disciplines.
- Develop a supportive network for professionals working with individuals exhibiting behaviours that challenge, including but not limited to educators, social workers, healthcare providers, and caregivers.
- Explore evidence-based interventions, strategies, and approaches to address behaviour that challenges effectively.
- Identify and promote policies, resources, and services that support individuals, families, and communities impacted by behaviour that challenges in Wales.
- Collaborate with relevant organisations, government bodies, and stakeholders to advocate for improved services and support systems for individuals with behaviour that challenges.
- The community of practice meets three times a year both in-person and virtually, to facilitate discussions, presentations, and workshops on relevant topics related to behaviour that challenges.
- Knowledge Sharing: Members will be encouraged to share resources, case studies, research findings, and best practices through online platforms, forums, and newsletters.
- Training and Professional Development: The community of practice will collaborate with relevant organisations to provide training, workshops, and professional development opportunities for members.
- Research and Advocacy: The community of practice may undertake research projects, surveys, or advocacy campaigns to raise awareness, inform policy, and promote effective interventions for behaviour that challenges.
- Collaborative Projects: Members will have the opportunity to collaborate on projects, initiatives, and working groups focused on specific aspects of behaviour that challenges, such as prevention, intervention, and support services.
Membership is free and open to professionals, practitioners, researchers, educators, care providers, policymakers, people with lived experience and families, and other stakeholders with an interest or expertise in behaviour that challenges within the Welsh context.
Members should demonstrate a commitment to the objectives of the community of practice and actively contribute to discussions, knowledge-sharing activities, and initiatives.