Restraint, Care and Control

with Children and Young People

By the end of this course, your staff will have successfully completed all the necessary learning outcomes for the award of an Edexcel-accredited and NFPS-approved certificate of competency.

Staff who successfully complete this course will:

1. •Understand the requirements of the various pieces of legislation with regard to the Physical Restraint of Children and Young People including: The Children Act 1989 and associated Government guidance documents, The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, The Education Act 1997, The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006, The Education and Inspections Act 2006.
   

2. •Understand Reasonable Force in relation to physical restraint by reference to Common & Criminal Law.
   

3. •Examine the requirements of Health and Safety statute and associated Regulations and show how they apply to physical restraint.
   

4. •Evaluate the risk of positional asphyxia and other risks associated with physical restraint and explore how to minimise those risks.
   

5. •Differentiate between holding, escorting and restraining and non-harmful seated restraint techniques and how to apply them.
   

6. •Demonstrate and explain how to gradually de-escalate and relax restraint to allow the subject being restrained to regain self-control.
   

7. •Explore when it may be possibly necessary to use a more restrictive technique consistent with the principles of Reasonable Force, Health and Safety statute and the Human Rights Act.
   

dynamis insight training typically encompasses a wide range of learning approaches, including Lecture Presentations, Group Discussion, Question & Answer, assessment by Observed Performance, Case Study and assessment by Written Exam.

All instructors on our courses have achieved nationally and internationally acknowledged qualifications, chief among them the BTEC Advanced Awards in Coaching Physical Restraint, Breakaway Skills and the Law, ensuring that your staff are trained by competent, skilled communicators

Physical Restraint, Care and Control is a course for carers working with young people .  The course was developed specifically for the children’s services sector and has been in successful use in a number of local authority child services organisations for many years.