When you attend this course you will be undertaking a physical intervention course that is ethically and morally appropriate for you and your client services.

This level two course will give you the qualification that shows you have the knowledge, understanding and skills needed to act appropriately and effectively to deal with and control individuals in challenging and confrontational situations. Our aim is to give you techniques that are proven to actually work and are based on safety and effectiveness without harm to all those involved.

On completion of the course you will have a toolkit of essential information and effective practical skills, such as:

• Being able to clearly define, deal with and cope with conflict
• Having a clear understanding and ability to apply respectful and sensitive de-escalation techniques
• An understanding of `reasonable force` in relation to physcial restraint (referenced to common and criminal law)
• Knowledge of the requirements of health and safety statute and associated regulations in relation to physical restraint
• The ability to evaluate the risk of positional asphyxia and other risks associated with physical intervention, and exploring how you will minimise these risks
• Diffentiating between holding, escorting and breakaway techniques and how to apply them
• Understanding when techniques are inappropriate and dangerous  

The practical techniquest that you will learn have been designed to ensure that they can be easily recalled when required. We will not overload you with an array of different tecniques, we base our training on 7 essential moves that cover:

• Non-harmful breakaway techniques
• Non-harmful methods of control
• Non-harmful restrictive methods of control (Safe Hold)

We have made sure that this course is consistent with all of your legal requirements including the Mental Health Act; Nice Guidance (2005); the Care Quality Commission (2009) guidance that highlights staff support, appropriate training, safer services for patients and investment in the workforce with regard to their wellbeing and safety; The Children Act (1989); Health and Safety at Work Act (1974) and the techniques are assessed for risk consistent with the Manual Handling Regulations (1992)