Physical De-escalation Training

Requirements prior to attending any physical de-escalation training: Staff must have completed the theory programme, Behaviour and the Law.

We currently deliver physical de-escalation programmes in three packages:

• Low Level physical skills (not including restraints) This is a half day programme providing positive handling de-escalation techniques to enable staff to deflect, re-direct or physically support a young person/adult in what could otherwise be a potentially difficult situation.
• Escapes This is a half day programme providing breakaway techniques which focus  on how to avoid or escape situations that could be potentially harmful or challenging.
• Advanced physicals skills (including restraints) This is a whole day programme providing training to staff around positive handling, physical de-escalation techniques to deflect, redirect or physically support a young person/adult. It also includes restrictive and restraint holds.

All techniques are delivered in-line with manual handling regulations and guidelines on how to avoid positional asphyxiation. First aid considerations are also included in the programme.

To make the programmes as relevant as possible, the course content is modified and delivered to cater for the specific requirements of the learners, their customer demographic and the commissioning body. Training is tailor made to suit service sector requirements as identifies through a risk assessment process. If physical intervention is necessary, we train using risk assessed techniques; these techniques have undergone a medical review.

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