Team-Teach provides training to staff groups in children's and adult services and Health Care Trusts in behaviour supports and interventions. The training combines both theory and practice, emphasising the need for staff to show restraint rather than apply it! Providing a risk assessment structure to the selection of physical interventions that best allow the employer to provide a risk reduced workplace for service users and staff as well as examples of best practice paperwork that underpins practice in this area.

Benefits

Following training improved performance would be demonstrated by course participants in:

• recognising the importance of and using de-escalation techniques and working as a team when managing challenging behaviours. 
• applying an understanding of the legal implications of positively handling 
• using a gradual and graded response to managing challenging behaviours and the use of positive handling as a last resort option.by applying an increased awareness of the need for documentation for the recording and reporting of incidents.
• using active listening skills and participating in a process of debriefing, repair and reflection.

Training Options

One Day Foundation (Closed Course - 6 Hour Certificate)

Description: Aimed at low risk Service Settings (Mainstream Secondary/Primary Schools, Nurseries, Children's Hospitals, Elderly Care etc), this course cover personal safety, risk reductions strategies, positive handling, together with documentation and legal guidance.

The is organised into 8 modules

Module 1 - Background to Team-Teach

Module 2 - The Legal Framework

Module 3 - Understanding Aggression

Module 4 - How Feelings Drive Behaviours

Module 5 - De-escalation and Defusion

Module 6 - Personal Safety

Module 7 - Positive Handling 
(mainly guiding and escorting safety - if a great degree of holding is required please refer to the 12 Hour Basic Course)

Module 8 - Repair, Reflection and Review 

Participant will receive a Course Workbook and Certificate. Certification for this course is valid for 36 months.

     
Two Days Basic (Closed Course - 12 Hour Certificate)

Description: Aimed at medium risk Service Settings (Special Schools, PRU's Children's Homes, Elderly Care etc), this course cover personal safety, risk reductions strategies, a range of positive handling and interventions, together with a focus on policy, documentation and legal guidance.

The is organised into 8 modules

Module 1 - Background to Team-Teach

Module 2 - The Legal Framework

Module 3 - Understanding Aggression

Module 4 - How Feelings Drive Behaviours

Module 5 - De-escalation and Defusion

Module 6 - Personal Safety

Module 7 - Positive Handling 
(This section includes guiding, escorting and holding in standing, sitting and kneeing positions safety - techniques will be delivered appropriate to the service group)

Module 8 - Repair, Reflection and Review 

Participant will receive a Course Workbook and Certificate. Certification for this course is valid for 24 months.

Booking

To ensure highest standards of delivery and safety there is a requirement to have at least two tutors running courses for 13-24 participants. An additional tutor is required for 25-36 participants; 37-48 participants etc. Please speak to us about ways costs might be reduced through joining with partner schools.