This  one day course is  specific to specialist support staff working within the mental health and crisis intervention sectors where self harm and suicide may be present or where awareness of its potential is required.  The aim is to improve and develop for learners an effective knowledge base to understand self harm and suicide  and to provide core skills to enable, reduce, assess and manage potential and actual incidents.  This should enable workers to be confident and subsequently safe in their practice. The course also explores ligatures,  and will enable staff to have the skills to assess their work environment for potential ligatures. Including carrying out an initial assessment, subsequent ongoing risk management, staff are then advised in the processes involved in safe and appropriate practices should a service user be at risk of ligating.        

This  is specialist training for care providers who require an introduction to positive behaviour support. Adaptable to all care settings, yet relevant to the core principles of PBS, this one day course will cover the key points of PBS and will provide much needed confidence in dealing  in a constructive way with difficult behaviour specific to your setting. The training teaches staff how to be safe in difficult situations yet protect the dignity in a person centred way of the individual they are supporting.

This  is specialist training for care providers who require comprehensive and accredited training in positive behaviour support. Adaptable to all care settings, yet relevant to the core principles of PBS, this two day course will cover in comprehensive detail the key points of PBS and through practical demonstration will provide much needed confidence in dealing  in a constructive way with difficult behaviour. The training teaches staff how to be safe in difficult situations yet protect the dignity in a person centred way of the individual they are supporting. The format and duration of this training entitles it to be accredited with the ODLQC .    

If you or your team are working with people who are at risk from their behaviours this half day learning session is an important step towards supporting your team to enable them to be fit for purpose in this area. The training provides foundation knowledge alongside offering advice for safe practice. The inclusion of  information and risk management of suicide is an essential addition which may save a life and a great deal of distress. Learner assignments are included.

Huntingdon’s disease is currently an incurable disease and as such staff need support in understanding the condition in order to provide the long term care the service users require.  This half day training session equips staff with the knowledge they need to deliver the best possible care.  A case study is included and assignment and reading list.

The purpose of this training is to provide support  and training  in challenging behaviour to staff who are working with service users suffering from mental health disorders. The afternoon session will concentrate on providing more information for learners about promoting positive approaches in mental health by understanding the disorders.

This training workshop is for support workers and managers in residential or community settings who wish to explore and develop an understanding of the complex issues that surround addiction. Particular emphasis is on the Class B drug Cannabis, Alcohol and the potential for addictive behaviours such as food and gambling. The course will use a variety of teaching methods, including video, practicing scenarios, myths quiz, and audit handout material.

The course is designed to provide learners with the knowledge, understanding and skills required to promote positive behaviour and respond appropriately to incidences of challenging behaviour when managing dementia care.

The course is designed to provide underpinning knowledge to support workers to the skills required when caring for individuals who suffer from obsessive compulsive disorders.

This one day training workshop is for support workers and managers in residential or community settings who wish to explore and develop an understanding of the complex issues that surround substance use and its potential for abuse by service users. Particular emphasis is on the Class B drug Cannabis and legal highs. The course will use a variety of teaching methods , including video, practising scenarios, myths quiz, and audit handout material.