Course

Team Teach Level 2

Delivery type

Face to Face

Cost

£210

Target Audience

Medium-risk environments including:

Mainstream & Special Schools

Pupil Referral Units

Adult Learning facilities

Children’s Homes

Health and Elderly care settings

Timing

2 days

Intended aims

Understand the drivers and motivations displayed by individuals who are distressed and may become aggressive and disruptive

Build stronger team confidence around supporting behaviour

Utilise a toolkit of holistic strategies on de-escalation and crisis intervention, including the importance of targeted communication, both verbal and non-verbal.

Understand and know relevant legal standards and expectations related to the use of force, and of the reporting, recording, monitoring, and evaluating requirements of incidents involving physical controls and reasonable force.

Execute simple and safe positive handling and personal safety techniques: including guiding, escorting, and holding in standing, sitting, and kneeling positions safely, appropriate for your service setting needs, which focus on maximum care -minimum force

Improve expertise and confidence in staying safe, competence to carry out simple de-escalation strategies, and applying physical intervention in conjunction with a need’s analysis.

Course outline

(This course includes a more extensive range of positive handling techniques)

Module 1 – Background to Team Teach

Module 2 – The Legal Framework

Module 3 – Understanding Aggression

Module 4 – How Feelings Drive Behaviours

Module 5 – De-escalation and De-fusion

Module 6 – Personal Safety

Module 7 – Positive Handling – including guiding, escorting, and holding in standing, sitting, and kneeling positions safely*

Module 8 – Repair, Reflection, and Review

*The techniques delivered will be appropriate to the service settings of the group.