Positive risk-taking training for your team, on-site or live online
Awareness level · On-site or live online · Choice, rights and risk · Quoted for your team
Positive risk-taking training helps care and support staff support people to make their own choices, including risky ones, while managing risk sensibly and recording decisions properly. It balances safety with rights, independence and quality of life, and covers how the Mental Capacity Act applies. Kasorb delivers it at your premises or live online, with case studies. Quoted for your team.
- Rights, choice and independence at the centre
- Risk assessment that enables rather than restricts
- Clear recording that stands up to scrutiny
- One price for the group of up to 12 — not per person
- Certificates emailed the next day
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Compliance and certification
Staff receive a Kasorb certificate of completion. How often to refresh is set by your own policy, and we'll recommend a refresh interval when you enquire. It isn't a regulated qualification.
4 reasons teams choose Kasorb for Supporting People to Take Positive Risks Training
One price for the whole team
One price for the whole group of up to 12, not per person — quoted for your team, with certificates included.
Training at your workplace
No travel planning, no separate venue booking and less disruption for your team on the day.
Choice and safety, not one or the other
Staff learn to support people's choices, including risky ones, and record decisions properly.
Compliance handled properly
Attendance, certification and compliance paperwork are included after the course.
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Course specification
How it works
- Enquire with your postcode, group size and preferred dates. We'll come back with a price within 48 hours. We recommend booking at least four weeks in advance to secure your preferred date — live online offers the best availability of dates. If you need something sooner, just ask.
- Confirm your date once you're happy with the price, and tell us about your service and the people you support.
- Your trainer calls beforehand to confirm logistics, and to understand your service and your team.
- On the day, on-site or live online — discussion-based, with case studies.
- Certificates are emailed the next day.
What the course covers
- Why positive risk-taking matters
- Rights, choice and the Mental Capacity Act
- Assessing and agreeing risks with the person
- Restrictive practice, and how it creeps in
- Recording decisions and reviews
- Involving families and professionals
- Case studies
Who needs this training
Staff who support people to make their own choices:
- Support workers and senior carers
- Staff in supported living, learning disability and autism services
- Mental health and older people's services
- Team leaders and managers who sign off risk assessments
We recommend at least Level 1 literacy and numeracy.
What the law says
In England and Wales, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 says a person isn't to be treated as unable to make a decision just because they make an unwise one. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own capacity law.
In England, CQC's Regulation 9 (person-centred care) expects care to reflect people's needs and preferences, and Regulation 13 says care must not include control or restraint unless it's necessary and proportionate. CQC's Right support, right care, right culture guidance expects services for autistic people and people with a learning disability to support choice, control and independence. Positive risk-taking is how services put that into practice, with risks assessed and decisions recorded.
How we assess learning
The trainer tests understanding through case studies and questions throughout the session.
Your trainer
Your trainer has used these skills for real, and works through case studies so staff can see where the line sits between supporting a choice and stepping in.
Logistics
- Room: horseshoe or classroom seating — what matters is clear floor space — with a projector screen or blank wall
- The trainer brings: projector, laptop, flipchart and all general training equipment
- Group size: up to 12 per session, on-site or live online
- Timing: agreed with you when you enquire; staff arrive 15 minutes early
- Access: the trainer needs the room 45 minutes before the start
- Anywhere in the UK, or live online
- Live online: a quiet space and a device with camera and audio for each person joining — ideally one device each, and never more than two people per device
- More dates online: live online often has more dates available, so it's worth asking if you need training sooner or have people across several locations
- Literacy: we recommend at least Level 1 literacy and numeracy
Cost explained
This course is quoted for your team. Tell us your postcode, group size and preferred dates, and we'll confirm the price within 48 hours. It's one price for the group, up to 12 staff — not per person — and it covers your trainer, their travel and the course materials.
More than 12 staff? We'll run another session at the same rate.
Several sites? Tell us when you enquire and we'll arrange them together.
Frequently asked questions
Does this conflict with safeguarding?
No. It shows how to support people's choices while meeting your safeguarding duties.
What if the person lacks capacity for the decision?
The course covers how the Mental Capacity Act applies: if someone lacks capacity for a specific decision, it's made in their best interests, in the least restrictive way. For the law in more depth, see Mental Capacity Act and DoLS.
How should positive risk decisions be recorded?
Clearly: what the person wants, the risks and benefits discussed, who was involved, what was agreed and when it'll be reviewed. The course covers recording decisions and reviews.
How is this different from positive behaviour support training?
Positive behaviour support is about understanding behaviour that challenges and preventing it. This course is about supporting people's choices, including risky ones, without restricting them unnecessarily. The two work well together.
Which services is it for?
Supported living, learning disability, autism, mental health and older people's services. Tell us about your service and the trainer uses case studies that fit it.
Can it be done online?
Yes, live with a trainer, for up to 12 staff — not a recorded module. It's discussion-based, so it works well online.
How quickly can you come?
We confirm within 48 hours, and we recommend booking at least four weeks in advance to secure your preferred date — live online offers the best availability of dates. If you need something sooner, just ask.
Prefer to speak? Call 0207 112 8412