Restraint Reduction Trainer Development
This is an excerpt from our 18-page Case-Study about how we achieved significant Restraint Reduction outcomes with a Restraint Reduction Trainer Development. To read the case study and learn about the project, please visit our Restraint Reduction page. continued… The results of our recent Restraint Reduction Trainer Developmentproject with a small team of new trainers in […]
Positive Behaviour Trainer Course for Services caring for People with Learning Disabilities and Complex Needs
Vulnerable Clients and Behaviours of Concern in Learning Disabilities Services The trainer programme for this learning disabilities service builds a process within which we can create a change of heart in your staff teams so that they can Keep Everyone Safe even as they encounter difficult, distressed or even dangerous behaviour in your service. Our […]
Classroom Management for SEND Restraint Reduction
“Hi, my name is Katie Dill, and I am a special education teacher from Winnebago School District in Northern Illinois. I chose Vistelar as a teacher in the educational field because this is “how we do things”. In the professional field we know that we often get told we just have to respond. We have […]
Workshop for Parents: “tools to protect my child”
Gerard is just back from a trip to Liverpool where he was commissioned by a local authority social work team to give assistance to a group of parents who look after their children with complex needs at home. The workshop gives parents a chance to ask a use-of-force, de-escalation and physical interventions specialist about the […]
Feedback on Personal Safety for staff working in Learning Disabilities
“Thought it was really interesting, with very simple, quick and easy techniques which can be used at work. They are easy to remember too! It was a very professional experience and I learned a lot from it. The theory side helped me understand more about regulations and what is in place, this was very useful. […]
Training for Restraint:: Things to avoid doing #4
The accompanying images in this post are of something that has been referred to as a ‘Therapeutic Floor Hold’ in some training materials. It consistutes, in our view, inappropriate restraint. The (usually) vulnerable person who is being restrained is first taken to the floor – often through the use of some kind of unbalancing […]
VIDEO: Positive Handling in Schools
Positive Handling Schools Learn Effective Restraint with Children Positive Handling Schools come to us when they are dealing with challenging behaviours to use our experience to help them to effectively and appropriately manage disruptive, risky or extreme situations using appropriate Positive Handling strategies. Our Positive Handling training reduces injury risk, improves inspection compliance and safeguards staff, children […]
Restraint Training: Unsafe Handling caused death of resident and £57,000 fine
A South Lanarkshire care home provider was heavily fined after an elderly resident died after breaking her neck in a fall. At Hamilton Sheriff Court, BUPA Care Homes (Carrick) Ltd was fined £57,000 after pleading guilty to a breach of Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, which led to the […]
Protect Staff from Spitting: Worker almost blinded and Care Service fined £110,000
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Care worker ʻnight of terrorʼ with patient ‘like a horror film’
Care Worker Protection With the clear direction imposed by Health and Safety statute and regulations, employers whose workplaces have risks of violence or aggression to staff are compelled to assess those risks, document the assessment process and its outcomes, create a policy and relevant procedures which detail risk-control measures which can include a wide variety of […]