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News and Updates
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Excellent policy documents related to education: safeguarding, positive handling, touch, anti-bullying are available for downloading via the documentation section of the “Let’s Share Area”.
For those of you interested in the development of TT and an independent view of its effectiveness and value, you will find evidence within the Case Study / Research area. The NTA study and the Portsmouth University Executive summary are both concise and yet provide comprehensive cover of the TT Approach.
As increasing number of social care and education departments merging into Children Service Authorities, have taken a view that the most cost effective and best value approach in this area is to have one training provider that can meet a wide range of needs across children’s services. Essentially employers are required to provide employees with a sufficient range of tools to reduce the risks that are present and foreseeable within the workplace.
PowerPoint programmes related to restraint and the Mental Capacity Act (Both in England and Scotland) and the November 2007 DCSF Use of Force Guidance have been added to the Visual Aids Section of the tutor password protected tutor area. Password and username are located on the inside page of the trainer manual.
Child size dummies are being developed by TT as a training aid for use within training programmes. For more information and pictures of the samples, visit the Press Release section of the password protected tutor area. |
20 Jan 2008 by George Matthews
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Rights, Risks and Restraints – Report by CSCI into Elderly Care and Restraint related Issues
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Restraint, intended to keep elderly people safe, can compromise their rights to take risks and their freedom.
This issue and others discussed at the meeting are explored in the CSCI report, called "Rights, Risks and Restraints," published 17th December 2007.
It looks at the issues and dilemmas around restraint, particularly the tensions between respecting people’s rights to freedom and to make choices, while at the same time ensuring people’s safety.
Although there is policy and legislation to respect people’s human rights, the report suggests that in practice care workers have been left largely unsupported to deal with these tensions. |
20 Dec 2007 by George Matthews
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Services for people with learning disability and challenging behaviour or mental health needs - Mansell report - revised edition 2007
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Services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour/mental health needs is an updated version of the guidance originally produced by Professor Mansell and his project team in 1993.
This good practice guidance sets out the actions that should be taken in order to effectively meet the needs of people with challenging behaviour. The guidance contained in this document supports the agenda set out in 'Valuing People' (2001) and the focus on personalisation and prevention in social care.
The full report can be located by clicking onto the following link:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsPolicyAndGuidance/DH_080129 |
13 Nov 2007 by George Matthews
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The Use of Force to Control or Restrain Pupils
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Revised guidance on the Use of Force to Control or Restrain Pupils is now available on Teachernet and can be accessed by following the link below.
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/_doc/12187/ACFD89B.pdf
This updated guidance replaces and supersedes DFES Circular 10/98.
The DCSF guidance provides clarity of purpose and process.
There is a strong emphasis on staff being trained in de-escalation strategies alongside physical intervention skills (Para 41); on documentation that underpins practice, such as positive handling plans (Para 23b) and what areas to cover in policy construction (Annex “A” Page 16-19) and the recording and reporting of incidents. (Para 43-51 and Annexe “B” Page 19)
The guidance acknowledges the potential for injury to both pupils and staff involved in physical intervention responses. (Para 37)
The DCSF guidance is explicit in relation to the following key messages: |
07 Nov 2007 by George Matthews
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Screening And Searching of Pupils for Weapons: Guidance for School Staff
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In addition to being able to screen pupils, the law now allows schools to search pupils suspected of carrying a knife or other weapon.
The new guidance (see http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/docbank/index.cfm?id=11454) refers to schools accessing a local trainer in weapons-awareness and search techniques. See www.skillsforsecurity.org.uk for advice and the names of trainers listed under Products and Services - Basic Weapon Awareness.
Our understanding is that these trainers have attended a three day course and will be able to assist schools in fairly low level, weapon awareness training. That they will not be teaching Headteachers how to restrain and take a weapon off a pupil. |
25 Oct 2007 by George Matthews
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Team Teach Trainer's course and NVQ, LDAF, NOS,CIS & GSCC links
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Within the tutor protected area ( see inside tutor manual for password and username) trainers can now find the various national standards and units cross referenced in relation to completion of an intermediate trainer course. The document within the tutor share section also includes an example of an expert witness statement. Thanks to Clare Leach for completing this work. |
16 Jun 2007 by George Matthews
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Team Teach 6 & 12 hour course and NVQ, LDAF, NOS,CIS & GSCC links
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Within the “About Team Teach section” on the Home Page you will be able to find information relating to various units and levels.
These are made in relation to someone attending a Team-Teach course and completing the core theory and practical requirements as stated within the 2006 Workbook.
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02 Jun 2007 by George Matthews
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Guidelines for 6 & 12 hour TT Refresher Programmes
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Re refreshers – our expectation is that the course should be roughly balanced between physical and theory elements but the choice of skills and knowledge should be determined and evidenced ( the documented evidence could take the form of any recorded discussion with staff, post course questionnaire as on your CD Rom or tutor area of web site, incident reports involving restraints during the last 12/ 24 month, etc ) by local need and risk assessment.
The minimum standard in terms of duration is no less than 50% of what was first provided i.e 6 hours for an original 12 hour course.
Any updates provided to you when you attend your own tutor refreshers should be passed on as appropriate to you own staff. Course members attending refreshers should have the latest workbook made available to them (Latest publication dated January 01 2007 Blue/yellow/green front cover)
In particular it is important that course members read and understand the advice given in annexe 1 “Elevated Risks” It is an additional safeguard for the trainer to record in the summary evaluation that this has been covered. See Intermediate tutor manual page 51/52 for more details. |
01 Jun 2007 by George Matthews
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Updated TT Quiz on 6 & 12 hour courses from Sept 01 2007
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Trainers and managers of services will from September 1st 2007 evidence the knowledge and understanding acquired by participants of key safety and de-escalation skills delivered on 6 & 12 hour TT courses. |
01 Jun 2007 by George Matthews
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Summary Evaluation Form Returns & Tutor Q&A issues
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Minimum standards ensure a level of quality that safeguards us all. Tutors leading training should be fully aware of what these standards and expectations are. (See Full story)
Also worth revisiting your Intermediate tutor manuals Page 5-14.
New STAR grid and summary evaluation form are available via the document section of the protected tutor area |
01 Apr 2005 by George Matthews
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