Influential Businesswoman Awards 2024, Acquisition International | 35 Most Influential Self-Made Health & Social Care Businesswoman 2024 (Western Australia): Faith Abbott t is the overarching mission of Target Behaviour Services to increase the quality of life for its clients through the unique power of PBS, reducing the severity of their target behaviours, whatever they may be, in the process. A registered provider of Australia’s renowned National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), which sees the government cover costs associated with disability for service providers, organisations of this calibre have all been audited to assure they meet the high quality and safety standards put in place by the scheme. Passing its audit with flying colours, Target Behaviour Services is incredibly proud not to have amassed a single non-compliancy across every category, highlighting the commitment of Faith and her amazing team to deliver PBS services of the highest calibre. In essence, PBS is an applied science that entails working directly with an individual, as well as their family and other relevant people, to address behaviours of concern. Target Behaviour Services’ team is comprised of specialists in this area, all of whom have undertaken extensive training. The first step of Target Behaviour Services’ process is defining these behaviours, before the team craft an interim behaviour support plan, which is essentially a short document that defines these behaviours and outlines any preventative and responsive strategies to keep both the individual and their community safe. From here, plans are submitted to the Quality and Safeguard Commission, kickstarting the approval process. Once approval is received, more detailed training can begin focusing on managing any implemented needs and restrictions. Next comes the task of discovering why said behaviours are taking place, something that Target Behaviour Services achieves by carrying out a functional behaviour assessment (FBA). This sees Faith and her team utilise a quantitative approach to data based on a method of analysis and determining. Across an FBA, an individual’s behaviour will be defined in terms that are specific, observable, and measurable, and any aspects of one’s environment or situation that may be feeding this behaviour will be identified, as too will any consequences. Another key element of PBS carried out by Target Behaviour Services is a comprehensive behaviour support plan, which acts as a more complex and detailed version of the interim behaviour support plan discussed above. This plan includes strategies that are highly tailored to the individual and their needs, with training and support provided to their families on an ongoing basis, again feeding back to the organisation’s overall mission, spearheaded by Faith herself, to demonstrably increase the quality of life for these individuals and their families. Highly detailed progress reports are also regularly carried out across this process, with these submitted to the NDIS. If the situation of a client changes, Target Behaviour Services also offers letters of recommendation, which are completed by a client’s specifically assigned PBS specialist. A select number of these letters are then also completed on a complimentary basis for individuals and families who cannot secure the funds to access PBS. This underpins the community spirit of the organisation, which is keen to help and give back when it can. Across this comprehensive suite of positive behaviour support services, Faith has made certain that the client and their loved ones are put at the forefront of everything that she and her dedicated, specialist team do. This commitment to going that extra mile is reflected in the number of testimonials and reviews that Target Behaviour Services has received across both the NDIS portal and the forms available on its website, something that owner and operator Faith Abbott is immensely proud of, and rightfully so. A trailblazer not only in the field of behavioural support services, but also in the wider business landscape, Faith Abbott is more than deserving of being recognised as the Most Influential Self-Made Health & Social Care Businesswoman 2024 (Western Australia). Faith is a dedicated young woman with a bright future ahead of her, and we cannot wait to see what comes next for both her and Target Behaviour Services. Contact: Faith Abbott Company: Target Behaviour Services Web Address: https://www.targetbehaviourservices.com.au/index Since establishing the organisation more than two years ago, Faith Abbott has served as the visionary behind Target Behaviour Services, a positive behaviour support (PBS) provider that was founded in Perth but operates right across Australia. Offering its specialist behavioural intervention services to a diverse range of clients from those aged six right through to individuals in their 70s, Target Behaviour Services serves people with neurological, neurodevelopmental, psychological, and psychosocial disabilities. I
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