RESOURCES FOR POSITIVE HANDLING MANAGEMENT
On this page, you will find:
- Practice Guidance Document and 'Aide Memoire' Notes
- Positive Handling Policy Templates
- Positive Handling Reporting Templates
- National Level Guidance
MODEL POLICY TEMPLATES
As a helpful resource for our clients, Dynamis offers this Model Policy Template to assist schools in developing suitable policies.
- Model Policy Template from Dynamis WORD
- Model Policy Template from Dynamis PDF
- Model Policy Template from Dynamis PAGES (MAC)
Your Physical Intervention / Positive Handling Policy is best placed within the context of the school’s Behaviour Policy; it will be part of a graduated response, and needs to be agreed in consultation with staff, governors, parents/carers, and pupils. It also connects to, and should be consistent with, policies on Health and Safety, Child Protection and safeguarding, Equal Opportunities, and Pastoral Care.
Example Incident Reporting Form
- Recording Restraint Incidents (WORD)
- Recording Restraint Incidents (short) PDF
- Recording Restraint Incidents (short) PAGES FOR MAC
Risk Assessment
DFES Specimen Risk Assessment Proforma for assessing and managing foreseeable risks for children who present challenging behaviours
Example proforma - challenging pupils
FORM FOR ASSESSING AND MANAGING EXPECTED RISKS FOR CHILDREN WHO PRESENT CHALLENGING BEHAVIOUR
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION GUIDANCE:
- use of reasonable force advice for headteachers staff and governing bodies PDF (Current)
- Behaviour_and_Discipline_in_Schools_-_A_guide_for_headteachers_and_school_staff
- screening searching and confiscation advice for head teachers staff and governing bodies
Other Important Guidance (all linked)
- DOH_DfES_RPI_July02
- DH_LAC (93) 13 Gui04_Laming Interpretation
- 2019 Reducing the Need for Restraint and Restrictive Intervention
- Searching and Confiscation DofEducation Guidance
- Keeping Children Safe in Education KCSiE 2018
- Environments Where Children Can Flourish OFSTED Guidance for Inspectors 2018
- GMB Union Guidance on Violence in Schools 2019
Useful Reference Material (all linked):
- NSEND Guidance 230215
- Survey-Disruptive Pupil Behaviour-2008_JB
- restraint-review
- Guardian Report
- DfE DoH RPI Severe Behavioural Difficulties
- DfE_Health_and_Safety_Advice_06_02_14
- DfE Guide_to_the_children_s_homes_regulations
POSITIVE BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT – RESOURCES
- NICE NG11 Guidance 2015
- An excellent easy-read document describing how to go about creating a Positive Behaviour Support Plan
- A more academic but extremely useful document explaining what is Positive Behaviour Support
