Teenage Prison Abuse: Feedback and Bystanders in Restraint Reduction Training Initiatives
I wanted to add another comment in regard to Medway Secure Training Centre this week — about the lack of immediate accountability of the staff which seemed apparent on the programme. In the Stanford Prison Experiment, the subjects who were randomly assigned as prison guards gradually adopted the behaviour of cruel and demanding prison guards […]
Teenage Prison Abuse in the UK: A question of Practice in Restraint Reduction Training
Should we be so surprised at the revelations at Medway Secure Training Centre in England last week? One important barometer of the level of training and support that staff are receiving at an institution, care home or school is how they talk about their work, their clients, students or service users — and of course […]
Case Study: Learning Disability Respite Service
A charity organisation serving children with disabilities and their families, providing day and overnight short-term respite services, asked Dynamis to assist with training needs for their staff. A number of incidents had happened recently in this learning disability service which prompted them to address staff and client safety. Who Engaged Dynamis The directors of the […]
Coming Up: Verbal Defense and Influence Instructor Course
October 25th to 28th 2016 will see the first-ever VDI Instructor Course in the UK. The Complete Certified Instructor course will certify participants as Verbal Defense & Influence instructors. This program is designed for those who want to teach Verbal Defense & Influence within their organization, or for practitioners looking for an immersive learning environment […]
Community Safety and the Threat of Knife Crime: Part 1
We were recently commissioned to provide our advanced Edged Weapon Protection training course to a team of Community Safety officers at a local authority. This team works in disadvantaged neighbourhoods and primarily serve as street-based contact professionals who are the eyes and ears of the community in terms of anti-social behaviour and youth crime. Their job […]
Case Study: Care Home for Children and Young People
Care Home for Children Care Home for Children Case: A group of care homes were looking for a modern, up-to-date approach to dealing with physical challenges with young people in their care. Their young clients can present particularly risky behaviours, often with roots in ADHD, foetal alcohol syndrome or a tragic history of abuse and […]
Case Study: Care Homes for Older People
OLDER PEOPLE CARE HOME TRAINING IN UNDERSTANDING RESTRICTIVE PRACTICES Older people care home training: Care homes are often required by a care inspection to carry out appropriate training in managing challenging behaviour with their clients and in particular the issues of restraint with older people in care. This often follows an incident in which […]
National Personal Safety Day – Lone Working Book from Dynamis
Lone Working Personal Safety: A Guidebook for Health and Social Care Workers offers practical and largely unexplored personal safety advice that will inform and enhance how you make decisions — and widen the conversations you have within your team about improving your personal safety systems. The material has been specifically developed to provide workers in […]
Case Study: Training for Drug and Alcohol Support teams
When hostel supported-living staff face aggressive and violent behaviour from service users with chaotic lifestyles, generic training isn’t enough. Here’s how a tailored programme — built around stress, SCARF triggers, and real operational environments — transformed safety for one drug and alcohol support team. The Challenge A team of hostel supported-living staff were experiencing a […]
Hospital Violence Reduction and SCARF Triggers
Why do patients and visitors become aggressive in emergency departments? Often, the answer lies not in the individual but in the environment — and how staff manage the five core social triggers first identified by neuroscience. The Information Gap In a MORI opinion poll, patients indicated that they want to feel a close presence of […]