“No matter what staff experience, the patient comes first Jim”
How many times have you heard s**** like that?
That is ‘dog s***’ advice!
It’s politically expedient, wilfully negligent, biased and highly illegal.
physical intervention
If You Fail This Course You Won’t Have a Job Tomorrow
“If You Fail This Course You Won’t Have a Job Tomorrow.”
I have been in this industry now for many years and have heard many things, but sometimes I am still taken aback by what I get told and following are a couple of examples of what I was told only this week.
Inquest Findings Into The Restraint Related Deaths of Michael Thorley and Jason Lennon [Video]
These are the findings of the two inquests into the restraint related deaths of Michael Thorley and Jason Lennon who were both killed when restrained by security staff.
Single Person Restraint – An Accident Waiting to Happen
Single Person Restraint – An Accident Waiting to Happen! I regularly meet staff who have been taught to physically intervene on their own, who are totally unaware of the risks associated with the intervention or aware of the fact that what they are being asked to do is a lone working activity. The usual excuse is that it is needed … Read more
You Can’t Legislate For Negligence and Why ‘Disclaimers’ or ‘Waivers’ Are Not Really Worth The Paper That They Are Written On
You Can’t Legislate For Negligence and Why ‘Disclaimers’ or ‘Waivers’ Are Not Really Worth The Paper That They Are Written On. Some training providers, martial arts clubs and other agencies that promote risky activities make the participants sign a ‘disclaimer’, more commonly known as a ‘waiver’. These ‘disclaimers’ are basically designed to exclude the training provider from liability by getting … Read more
Recent Testimonials From Our BTEC Level 3 Restraint Instructor Award Course
The following are some recent testimonials that we have received regarding our BTEC Level 3 Restraint Instructor Award Course and I’d like to personally thank Jake, Danielle and Tony for their video testimonials as well as the kind words from Brian McDonald to was kind enough to comment on a post on LinkedIn regarding his experience on our training some … Read more
Why You Don’t Need To be Perfect To Be An Exceptional Instructor
Why You Don’t Need To be Perfect To Be An Exceptional Instructor Many people who want to be an instructor keep putting it off on the basis that they are not ready. They think that they need to know everything and be 100% perfect. But they are wrong. You see, perfectionism creates procrastination. And I’ll say that again …… Being … Read more
Negligible Use of Force
The Negligible Use of Force There is a post on Linkedin that starts with the sentence “Did you know that the 2018 Mental Health Units Act (AKA Seni’s Law) permits ‘negligible’ force?” However, that sentence is not exactly true as the following comment shows from Eric Baskind who is a senior lecturer of law and an esteemed expert witness: “”Did … Read more
Disingenuous Reporting and The Dog With Five Legs
Some of you may be old enough to remember the Ronseal advert that had a very famous and well-remembered advertising slogan which was:
“It does what it says on the tin”.