Course description
This 1-day refresher course in Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) demonstrates techniques which will help you continue to defuse and manage potential conflict, safely, within a variety of settings.
Course content has been developed in line with the GSA (General Services Association) standards and currently going through the BILD certification process, in order to meet the requirements of the 2019 Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) Training Standards.
The RRN Training Standards have now replaced the British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD) Code of Practice. (Source: restraintreductionnetwork.org/training-standards/)
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Upcoming start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
CPD accredited training certificate upon successful completion of the course.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
Objectives
By the end of the course, Participants will be able to:
- Legal Responsibilities
- Understand Reasonable Force
- Understand ethical considerations of physical intervention
- Identify possible causes of violence + aggression
- Know the stages of the assault cycle + what each stage means
- Be able to identify signs of escalation of aggression
- Understand the different types of de-escalation strategies
- Recognise the importance of early intervention
- Understand the importance of continually assessing + evaluating the levels of risk posed by difficult / challenging people
- Select + utilise appropriate physical + non physical strategies to manage aggressive individuals
Training Course Content
- Relevant legislation, guidelines + frameworks
- Legal + ethical issues
- Influences on PMVA
- Risks in restraint
- Use of Reasonable Force
- De-escalation
- Avoiding + detection of positional asphyxia
- Instruction + practice of: -
- Friendly come along (including Non-Contact and stage one, two and figure of four)
- Standing holds to include (Escape and Rescue)
- Upper Arm Wrap, Team Formulation & Approach
- Upper Arm Wrap to a secure hold
- Seated De-escalation to include Trouble Drills
- Upper Arm Wrap to Supine
- Supine Descent to Floor to Elevated Rest in Upper Arm Wrap
- Trouble Drill to Sniper in Supine
- Elevated rest to standing
- De-escalation in Supine
- Securing Legs in Supine
- Prone descent to floor
- Prone floor work (upper rest to lower rest, de-escalation on floor, legs in prone)
- Turning Prone to Supine
- Prone Standing from the floor
- Reliefs, standing-supine-prone
- Seclusion options
Expenses
Please contact the provider for more information about pricing.