To train individuals to obtain the BTEC Level 3 Advanced Award in Physical Restraint and become qualified Physical Restraint & Breakaway / Disengagement Instructors.

SIA COMPLIANT

The NFPS / BTEC Level 3 Restraint & Breakaway Instructors Qualifying Course has now been formerly recognised by the SIA as being equivalent to the Level 3 Award for Delivery of Physical Intervention Training in the Private Security Industry (QCF). What this means is that anyone who holds BTEC Level 3 Award in Physical Restraint Certificate and a  current (in date) NFPS Instructors Certificate is now recognised as being qualified to deliver the NEW SIA Physical Intervention requirements for Door Supervisors that will come into effect from June this year.

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OTHER LEGISLATION COVERED

The course is compliant with, and covers all of the following pieces of legislation: Common and Criminal Law, the Human Rights Act, Health & Safety at Work staute and the appropriate Management Regulations, The Corporate Manslaughter & Corporate Homicide Act, the New Health and Safety Offences Act, The Children Act, The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, NICE Guidelines, The Mental Health Capacity Act, the Mental Health Act Code of Practice, The Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, National Minimum Standards for Care Homes Guidance and much more.

UK APPEAL

We currently have NFPS / BTEC Accredited Trainers delivering courses in the following sectors: Social Care (Adults and Children), Mental Health, Security, Close Protection, Charities and many other private and public agencies.

WORLD-WIDE APPEAL

This course is one of the most comprehensive and holistic courses of its kind in the UK. It is so well structured and informative that we now have people coming to us for training from Hong Kong and Australia and NFPS / BTEC courses are also being run in the UAE.

(There is no requirement for you to hold any formal qualification prior to attending this course. In fact by attending we will provide you with the qualifications you need) - click here for more detail

1. Describe the rights and restrictions imposed by UK statute and common law in relation to physical restraint.
2. Outline the rights and restrictions imposed by Children's legislation in relation to physical restraint.
3. Apply the requirements of Health and Safety statute and associated Regulations and show how they apply to physical restraint, including how to teach safely, including assessing the training environment for risk and the appropriate use of training safety briefs consistent with the risk assessment regulations, and how to train staff in correct posture and positioning consistent with the manual handling regulations.
4. Identify and explain the risks associated with physical restraint and describe how to minimise those risks, including the risk of positional asphyxia and the risks associated with alcohol, drugs and edged weapons.
5. Explain and apply holding, prompting, escorting and restraining and non-harmful seated restraint techniques.
6. Demonstrate and explain how to gradually de-escalate and relax restraint to allow the subject being restrained to regain self-control.
7. Understand the risk of violence associated with alcohol and drugs, knives and other forms of edged weapons.
8. Differentiate between non-harmful methods of control and more restrictive methods of control and when the use of such methods would be considered appropriate.
9. Demonstrate and instruct simple yet appropriate and effective Breakaway and Disengagement techniques from a range of foreseeable risks.

1. On successful completion of the practical aspects of the course all delegates will receive the BTEC Level 3 Advanced Award in Physical Restraint Practice.
2. You will also receive the NFPS Instructor Certificate in Physical Restraint.
3. Completion of this course also satisfies part of the new PTLLS Level 4 Award.

• 17th - 21st May 2010 - Lilleshall National Sports Centre, Near Newport, Shropshire TF10 9AT
• 28th June - 2nd July 2010 - Edinburgh, Scotland.
• 26th - 30th July 2010 - Langstone Technology Park, Havant, Hampshire.
• 13th - 17th September 2010 - Lilleshall National Sports Centre, Near Newport, Shropshire TF10 9AT

• Lilleshall - Only £1500.00 & Vat Per Person - Price Includes all Accommodation, Meals, Manual, Certification & Accreditation (Limited to 20 places per course).
• Other Locations (Scotland, Hampshire) - Only £1200.00 + Vat Per Person - Price includes  Manual, Certification & Accreditation but does not include Accommodation and Meals

Why attend our Restraint & Breakaway Instructors Qualifying Course? - What are the benefits?

"Just a quick e-mail thanking you for such a fantastic course. As I said before I have attended many courses all over the counrty, 64 to be exact, and I can say with no doubt at all that your course was the most informative, interesting, well put together and professionally instructed course I have ever had the pleasure to attend. I would like to thank you personally for getting me through the course and making me feel so welcome. You have a great talent for teaching and making everyone feel at ease with you both." - BCA Self-Protection Instructor.

In the last 4 years to date over 254 people have attended our Restraint & Breakaway Instructor's Qualifying Course and the following is an extract of our findings from or quality assurance and internal audit system.

All of the 254 delegates who attended were asked the following questions and asked to rate their response on a scale of 1 - 10 (1 being low and 10 being high). All of the scores were then added and a percentage reached against the highest possible score for each answer which would be 100%

The following percentages indicate the high level of satisfaction from 254 individuals who have themselves assessed us on our training delivery and suitability.

1. What is interesting to note is that in over four-years no-one has ever received an injury in training. In short, we have a 100% record in training in a safe way and in developing safe systems of work in line with health and safety legislation - an important aspect if you are thinking of attending or running a course in house.
2. We have scored a 99.6% satisfaction rate in how those who attended rated our instructional knowledge and competency.
3. We have scored a 99.5% satisfaction rate in terms of how you found us observing good health and safety practices.
4. We have scored a 98.2% satisfaction rate in improving the professional knowledge and competence of those who have attended, and a 97.1% satisfaction rating in answering all questions to our delegates satisfaction.
5. We have scored a 98.7% satisfation rating in delivering the training in a way that enables those attending to learn successfully.
6. We have scored a 98.3% satisfaction rating on the basis that the techniques learned will be useful in the workplace.
7. We have scored a 98.3% satisfaction rating on how appropriate and effective the physical skills are that we teach.
8. We have scored a 98.8% satisfaction rating on our course handout.
9. We have scored a 99.1% satisfaction rating on how well structured the course was.
10. 90% of those who attended had their expectations exceeded, 10% had their expectations fulfilled, no-one has ever been disappointed.
11. 91% of those who have attended rated the course as 'Far superior' and 7% rated our course as being 'Much Better' to other similar courses that they had previously attended.
12. 99% of delegates stated that they would 'Definitely' recommend this course to other people and organisations.

The above statistics come from our own ISO9001: 2000 Quality Management and Audit processes which enable us to actively monitor what we are doing and make amendments and changes where necessary to continually move us towards our primary aim - delivering training that not only provides best value in terms of quality, but also in terms of best value for money.

In short, if you are going to invest your money in you by training with us, would you want to ensure that you were investing wisely?

Well, based on our current evaluations we can offer you a course that will not only improve your professional ability and competence, but also a course that you can attend where you are virtually guaranteed that you won't be injured.

Some of the comments from those who attended the recent course.

"Excellent course with plenty of information which can be taken away and implemented - a lot of the hard work done for us."

Security Training Officer

"Excellent course, well delivered, very informative and beneficial. Clarifies muddy issues! Thoroughly enjoyed it - thanks a lot."

Health and Safety Advisor

"The best course I have been on - ever!"

Company Security Training Officer

"I liked the structure and the emphasis on safety."

Trainer - Mental Health Services

"No improvement could be made to the course syllabus and the comradery is second-to-none. Enjoyable learning - excellent high standards."

Social Services Trainer

"The course was first class. If it could be improved I don't know how."

Local Authority Trainer

"The course has taught me a lot about physical restraint and its legal implications. In my opinion all door supervisors who wish to do their job effectively should attend this course."

Local Authority Registered Doorman

"I have been on over 30 residential courses over 22 years and this one will always stand out as the finest!" "Whenever I take a course like this I really feel inspired to become a better trainer. This course has done far more than that and it is an experience I hope to always carry with me. Thank you."

"This course has been a great experience and I've learned a great deal. After the initial worry, due to me finding the course daunting, the tutors did make me feel at ease and were very supportive, improving my confidence and my ability."

"The course was structured to reinforce learning and both the instructors managed to create an atmosphere that encouraged and empowered the students."

"You have turned what I have been doing for 15 years on it' head. All instructors who think they know about this stuff should be made to attend this course.”

"The course achieved all it's objectives that I expected it to, including advantages in my private life. I also feel that the NLP stuff has also been very valuable."

"Really good. Learned more than I thought. Tutors were great. Excellent."

"Very good course. Experienced Instructors. Great Knowledge. Excellent result."

"I would recommend this course in the future to colleagues. It gave a wide and broad range as there were people from different work backgrounds."

"Thoroughly enjoyed the course and I feel that I have learned a lot."

“Brilliant course, very knowledgeable.”

"An excellent course, thank you both."

"I thoroughly enjoyed the course, the week has flown by. Very empowering!"

"I feel better equipped to support staff, having felt severely uncertain about these issues since I started my job in 2005. Thank you."

"Brilliant, really enjoyed the course." "I have had a great time, thank you."

"Many thanks for opening my eyes."

In addition to our own assessment of our training we have also had our training operationally audited in line with health and safety legislation, by a qualified and health and safety professional, in-line with relevant health and safety legislation and including the consultation regulations. The following therefore, is an independent assessment of our training by an in-house health and safety professional for training delivered to NHS Security Staff. The following is a breakdown of the findings of his own independent evaluation.

The questionnaires could be completed anonymously to enable staff to freely express their own personal opinions.

Question 1: Were the techniques taught relevant to your work circumstances (e.g. environments you work in, persons you have to deal with, staffing levels etc)?

Question 2: Were the techniques flexible to accommodate situations you brought up?

Question 3: Were all questions answered to your satisfaction?

Question 4: Was the training delivered effectively and in a way to enable you to learn successfully?

Question 5: How would you rate the trainers' knowledge & competence?

Question 6: How confident were you that the techniques & knowledge you were learning would be useful in the workplace?

Question 7: During the course did the trainer(s) observe good health and safety practices (e.g. offer cautionary warnings, check about injuries etc.)

Question 8: Did the training make you feel safer when dealing with aggressive people at work?

Question 9: Did you think it made it safer for the aggressive people you had to use C&R techniques on?

Question 10: Did you think the training contributed to reducing the frequency and/or severity of being injured at work when dealing with aggressive people?

Question 11: If somone in another organisation(who had not received any C&R training) was to ask you about this course would you, strongly recommend it, recommend it, offer no opinion, suggest they consider others first or tell them to avoid it completely?

Question 12: Overall how helpful was the training to you as a member of staff?

Conclusion

From the survey results it is apparent that all staff who responded are more than happy with the current training being offered and strongly believe it has reduced the risks to their personal safety. In particular it was apparent that:

• In all cases the staff indicated that they felt the current training had reduced the risks of violence to themselves and also the risk of injury to persons being restrained.
• In contrast where staff had undertaken training provided by other training providers the feedback was less positive in terms of improving their personal safety and worryingly two staff thought the previous training had definitely made it less safe for those being restrained.
• All staff would strongly recommend the current training and training providers to staff in other organisations.
• In contrast the staff who had undertaken training previously by other training providers, indicated that they would either advise a colleague to consider others first or tell them to avoid it completely.
• All rated the current training as very helpful to them in their employed roles.
• In contrast of the staff who had undertaken training previously by other training providers, only 3 rated the training as slightly helpful, with 1 indicating it had made no difference and 1 indicating it had actually been unhelpful.

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