Transformative De-escalation Training Receives High Praise from Council Staff
Staff members from a UK based County Council have praised the effectiveness and practical value of de-escalation training delivered by Dynamis, with participants highlighting the transformative impact on their professional practice. The comprehensive training session, which included managers, social workers, and care professionals from various departments, received outstanding feedback for its practical approach and relevance […]
Exceeding expectations: A deep dive into training excellence
As 2024 draws to a close and in an era where professional development is crucial, we reflect on the effectiveness of training programmes which can make or break an organisation’s success. Recent feedback data from Dynamis training programmes reveals important insights into what makes training truly impactful. We summarise our findings here. Do Dynamis’ conflict […]
Restraint Reduction Outcomes
Restraint Reduction OutcomesThe new trainer team for this service began rolling out their own programme (a four-day, full-spectrum course for their LD/MH setting) to their staff in October. By December, they had seen dramatic restraint reduction outcomes in key indicators such as time-in-restraint, floor-based-restraints and number-of-restraints for their high-frequency service users. “The amount of […]
Breakaway training in care
Breakaway training in care – an example of positive outcomes At one point early in the training programme it becomes important to look at physical self-protection training, especially if the service data shows that some service users, when distressed, target staff with violence by grabbing, hitting or throwing objects at them. In the past, the […]
social contract in restraint reduction
The Social Contract in Restraint Reduction What happens when people can’t predict with any certainty how an organisation will respond to their transgression of an agreement? If a social contract is broken, and the consequences could slide on a scale from ‘nothing’ to ‘serious’ – how many people would take the chance to break the contract? […]
Training needs analysis for restraint reduction
This is an excerpt from our 18-page Case-Study about how we achieved significant Restraint Reduction outcomes with this training programme. To read the case study and learn about the project, please visit our Restraint Reduction page. continued… In line with our accredited quality assurance process with the Institute for Conflict Management, and with the cooperation of […]
Feedback on Distressed Behaviour In Dementia Care
How to Stay Safe and Keep your Clients Safe when working with Distressed Behaviours Our client for this ongoing training Safe Caring support package is a mid-sized care provider based in the south of England. The organisation has multiple sites and supports individuals facing the challenges of living with dementia day-to-day, offering reassurance, support and […]
Feedback for Managing Child-to-Parent Violence 2019
Child-to-Parent Violence has been called ‘the last taboo’ – we have been working with the National Association of Therapeutic Parents to help Foster Carers and Adoptive Parents (and others) with this issue across the UK since 2017. Foster Carers and Parents Physical Interventions Workshop. Our course Managing Violent Behaviour in the Home Context, for Foster […]
Managing Violent Behaviour in Fostering – Feedback 2018
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Mental Health Escort Training: excellent Feedback from Frontline and Management
Secure Escort Training: modern, relevant, pragmatic. Hello! Gerard O’Dea here, Director of Training for Dynamis and I have been busy these past few weeks with a series of in-depth training engagements with Secure Escort and Patient Transport teams. Our secure escort training remit has been to provide help to these teams who provide safe transport […]