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”.

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Don’t Subscribe To The God Complex

Don't Subscribe To The God Complex

The problem with doing anything, like attending a training course or commission training from an organisation, is who do you take advice from? How do you safeguard yourself against things that could possibly go wrong and how will your preferred training support you if and when things don’t go as planned? In the business world  there are many ‘gurus’ who … Read more

Can Staff Refuse To Attend Training Even If The Organisation Has All Covid Safeguards in Place [Video]

Can Staff Refuse To Attend Training Even If The Organisation Has All Covid Safeguards in Place?

I received the following email today that asked me the above question and having checked this out fully before answering it I (with the permission of the person who sent it to me) thought I’d share it with you in the hope that it may help some of you out there.

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How Long Should A Restraint Trainer Refresher Last For

I’ve been asked a question by a guy called Rick, and that is basically, ‘How Long Should A Restraint Trainer Refresher Last For?’, so I thought I’d do this short video to answer that question for Rick, and maybe you’d find it useful too!

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Can I Continue To Train If I Am Out Of Date for my Physical Intervention Trainer Refresher [Video]

Can I Continue To Train If I Am Out Of Date for my Physical Intervention Trainer Refresher?

I’ve been getting quite a few calls recently on this issue because many trainers have either fallen out of date for their annual refresher or haven’t trained since qualifying as a trainer due to the current pandemic.

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