Enhance Your Skills With Our Specialised Training Courses
Our expert-led courses are designed to boost your professional skills in supporting individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism, and First-aid challenges. Our training focuses on promoting equality, ensuring safety, and equipping you with practical tools to make a positive impact. Check out our courses below and gain the knowledge you need to contribute to a more inclusive and supportive community.
ATS - Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) BILD&RRN accredited
Module 1: Positive Behaviour Support & De- De-escalation
Preventative, proactive, and responsive strategies to manage behaviour of concern and aggression - (trauma-informed, Positive behavioural support and de-escalation)
The outcome and aims of this process are positive outcomes for all (the service, staff and end users) through -
- Improving quality of life
- Reducing behavioural challenges
- Reducing the use of restrictive practices
- Improving morale and relationships
- Improving service reputation and
- lowering costs
Feedback shows module 1 stands above many of the other systems available on the market for improving empathy and understanding from staff and having a lasting impact on the culture of the setting.
Module 2: Personal safety strategies and breakaway techniques
Preventative and proactive Strategies to protect staff as well as service users in the event of hazardous behaviour, as well as teaching physical skills as a last resort to protect and disengage from high-risk situations. Including defence from strikes, breakaway skills from a selection of grabs and strategies to protect someone else.
Module 3: Positive Handling
Restrictive and non-restrictive physical intervention skills (Positive handling, Guiding, Restraint, clinical holding).
We ensure staff are fully aware of the laws and guidance around physical intervention skills, focusing on the reduction of risk and restrictive practices. We also provide staff with the skills to safely manage and control risks using appropriate and safe restrictive techniques.
Module 4: Advanced Safe Holding
Higher level restrictive physical skills to manage higher risk situations (floor holds).
Some settings require a higher level of skills and techniques to manage risks; this will be based on a training needs analysis and assessment.
Each module is made up of numerous setting specific components and the modules must be completed in order. The module level required, and components included will be based on your individual setting, risk assessment, required accreditation and training needs analysis.
Autism
- Understand what is Autism.
- Knowledge of the facts and statistics on Autism.
- Know other conditions linked to Autism.
- What is behaviour?
- How to support communication and Autism
- Understand the ‘Dyad’ and ‘Triad’ of impairment
- Understand hyper and hypo sensitivity on the senses.
- Ideas for environmental changes / reasonable adjustments
- Person-centred planning
ADHD (Attention Deficit hyperactivity disorder)
- What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorde?.
- The types of ADHD and the signs and symptoms.
- How ADHD is caused.
- The treatments for ADHD.
- Comorbid conditions and their relation to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- The strategies and tactics that can be used to help ADHD
- The impact of ADHD in Children and Adults
De-Escalation, Break away and Safe holding
- Understand the break down of escalating behaviour
- Effective communication during escalating behaviour
- Understand triggers
- Managing our own behaviour when dealing with crisis
- Break away techniques
- Safe holding techniques
- Conducting and managing Debriefs
Epilepsy and Buccal Administration
- What is epilepsy
- What causes it?
- Who is at risk from epilepsy?
- How is epilepsy diagnosed?
- How do we treat and support people with epilepsy
- Living with epilepsy
- Administration of Buccal Midazolam
Equality and Diversity
- Understand the law relating to equality and human rights
- Know the expected standards of your work about equality and diversity
- Know the protected characteristics of the Equality Act
- How to work and manage discrimination in the workplace
- Work with the correct values and access support when you need it
Emergency First aid at work
- Identify the role and responsibilities of a first aider
- Conduct a scene and Primary survey
- Identify when and how to administer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Identify when and how to place a casualty into the recovery position
- How to administer first aid to a casualty who is choking
- Identify whether external bleeding is life-threatening and how to administer first aid
- Recognise when a casualty is suffering from shock
- Identify how to administer first aid to a casualty with Small cuts, Grazes, Bruises, Small splinters and Nosebleeds
- How to administer first aid to a casualty with minor burns and scald
First Aid at work - 3 days
- Roles and responsibilities of a First Aider
- CPR and defibrillation
- Managing an unresponsive casualty
- Recovery Position
- Choking
- Burns and scalds
- Wounds, bleeding and shock
- Broken bones, fractures and dislocations
- Seizures and Epilepsy
- Anaphylaxis
- Asthma
- Stroke
- Heart Attack
- Minor injuries
Note: The First Aid at Work content aligns with Health and Safety Executive (HSE) syllabus.
Paediatric First Aid - 2 day
- Identify the role and responsibilities of a paediatric first aider
- Conduct a scene and primary survey on an infant and child
- Identify when to administer Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) to an infant and child
- Identify when and how to place an infant or child into the recovery position
- Identify when an infant or child is choking and how to administer first aid
- Identify whether external bleeding is life-threatening and how to administer first aid
- Recognise and support an infant or child that is suffering from shock
- Identify how to administer first aid to an infant or child: bites, stings, small cuts, grazes, bumps and bruises, small splinters and nosebleeds
- Recognise and manage suspected: Fracture or dislocation, sprain or strain
- Recognise a suspected: Head injury or spinal injury and how to administer first aid
- Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or child with a foreign body in the: eye, ear and nose
- Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or child who is suspected to be suffering from: Diabetic hypoglycaemic emergency, asthma attack, allergic reaction, meningitis and febrile convulsions
- Recognise when an infant or child is suffering from: extreme cold and extreme heat
- Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or child who has suffered an electric shock
- How to administer first aid for an infant or child with burns and scalds
- Administering first aid for an infant or child with suspected poisoning
- Identify how to administer first aid for an infant or child with suspected anaphylaxis
First Aid Calculater
The First Aid Requirements Calculator is an online assessment tool that allows you to simply and accurately calculate how many first aiders you need and the level of training they require.
Learning Disability
- What a Learning Disability is
- Learning Disability Categories
- Learning Disability and Difficulty
- What Causes Learning Disability
- Signs of Learning Disability
- Receiving a Diagnosis
- Models of Disability
- Historical Context
- Relevant Legislation and Guidance
- Key Changes
- Person Centred Care and Empowerment
- Inclusion and Active Support
- Improving Communication and Advocacy
- Communication through Behaviour and Positive Behaviour Support
- Supporting Health and Wellbeing
- Learning Disability and COVID-19
- Health Action Plans and Initiatives
- Safeguarding Risks
Mental Health awareness
- What Mental Health is.
- Their role is to support individuals with mental health conditions
- Their duty of care
- How to ensure equality and diversity
- Working in a person-centred way
- The importance of communication
- How to enable privacy and dignity
- The role of fluids and nutrition
- How to support health and wellbeing
- Health and Safety: How to mitigate risks
Safe Handling of Medication
- Understand legislation, regulations and national guidelines that govern medication practice in health and social care
- Know of policies and local procedures to support medication practice
- Understand the levels of medication practice
- Know the types of medicines they will support with
- Understand the routes of administration
- Identify medication aids and safe practices
- Correctly record and report medication practice
- Identify and report errors in medication
- Understand the support they will receive for medication practice
Mental Capacity Act & Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (MCA & DoLs)
- State what the Mental Capacity Act is and who is affected by it
- Recall the 5 principles of the Mental Capacity Act
- Know how to support individuals to make decisions
- Recall the 2 stage test for assessing capacity
- State the role of the Mental Capacity Advocate, the Court of Protection and Lasting Power of Attorney
- Explain the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)
- The term ‘Behaviours that challenge’
- The ‘Positive Behaviour Support’ framework and its principles
- The role of PBS Functional Assessments and Plans
- How to collect and analyse data for an assessment
- Developing strategies and creating a behaviour support plan
- Relevant Legislation / Regulation and your responsibilities
Record Keeping
- Explain the legal and good practice framework related to recording information
- Outline the issue of consent
- Know what to record and when
- Identify good practices in recording information, including the role of fact and opinion and records as legal documents
- Identify practices that ensure the security of information
Safeguarding Children and Young People
- Understanding the laws and regulations that govern safeguarding and protection
- Ensuring the welfare and protection of children and young people from harm
- Clarify what constitutes a child and a young person within the context of safeguarding
- Recognising the physical and behavioural indicators that may suggest abuse
- Overview of various forms of abuse, including physical, emotional, sexual, and neglect
- Awareness of Modern slavery and exploitation affecting children and young people
- Understanding Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), its risks and how to identify and respond to it
- Identifying, preventing and addressing both traditional and online bullying
- Recognising signs of radicalisation and extremist behaviour in young people
- Specific signs and symptoms that may indicate abuse and the need for intervention
- Implementing effective strategies and protocols to protect children and young people
- Proper procedures for documenting and reporting concerns about safeguarding issues
Safeguarding Adults
- Understanding legal framework and regulatory requirements that govern safeguarding
- Assessing and understanding an individual's ability to make informed decisions
- Defining the core objectives of safeguarding including the protection and well-being of individuals
- Understanding policies and procedures supporting safeguarding
- How multi agency working enhances safeguarding and protection across services
- Exploring the various forms of abuse, such as physical, emotional, sexual and neglect and their impact on individuals
- Identifying physical and behavioural cues that may indicate an individual is experiencing abuse
- Understanding the factors that increase an individual's risk of being subjected to abuse or harm
- Examining the short-term and long-term impacts of abuse on individuals' physical and mental health
- Approaches and strategies that empower individuals, promoting their autonomy and well-being
- Encouraging and facilitating individuals' involvement in decisions affecting their care and support
- Effective strategies for addressing and managing issues related to safeguarding
- Steps for formally reporting and managing concerns or incidents related to safeguarding
- Procedures for identifying and reporting instances of unsafe or poor practice in care settings
- Understanding the legal and ethical obligation to ensure the safety and well-being of individuals under care
- Identifying and addressing shortcomings or failures in care that impact individuals' safety and well-being
- Conducting a review and reflection after incidents or situations involving safeguarding to improve practices and outcomes
Staff Supervision
- Meaning and purpose of supervision.
- Ground rules for supervision
- Good supervision and the role and responsibilities of the supervisor and supervisee are essential
- Functions of supervision and the forms' supervision may take
- Barriers to supervision and how they can be overcome
- Role of reflective practice within the supervision process
Self-Harm and Suicide
- Identify what self-harm and suicide are and the difference between the two
- Understand the statistics of self-harm and suicide
- Know the different types of self-harm
- Know alternatives to self-harm
- Identify the most vulnerable suicide groups
- What to do if someone you know is suicidal
- What is a ligature?
- What is a Ligature Point?
- Using ligature cutters
Supporting Children With Trauma
- To understand what trauma is – including its signs and symptoms, and its potential long-term consequences
- To understand the impact of trauma on attachment, cognitive skills, sensory flashbacks and dissociation
- To understand the stress responses: The nine Fs, and the window of tolerance
- To understand how trauma impacts the brain – including the amygdala, the hippocampus, and the prefrontal cortex
- To understand how to help
Trauma Informed Care
- Understand Trauma and Its Impact
- Principles of Trauma-Informed Care
- Recognise Trauma Responses
- Create a Trauma-Informed Environment
- Supportive Communication Strategies
- Trauma-Informed Approaches to Behaviour
- Collaborate with Multi-Disciplinary Teams
- Self-Care and Vicarious Trauma
Additional Courses Available Upon Request
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