PMVA Initial Course (3-day)
This course enables participants to understand, monitor and manage verbal and physical aggression in the workplace.
About the course
This course enables participants to understand, monitor and manage verbal and physical aggression in the workplace. There will be an initial 3-day course comprising a first-day theory presentation followed by 2 days of practical assessment. This includes personal safety (breakaway techniques), de-escalation, and scenario-based training. The final day culminates with seated restraint and floor restraint including scenario-based evaluations. All physical intervention training is delivered in line with the Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) and BILD guidelines and standards.
What the course covers
- Legislation & Policies and Guidelines
- Understanding challenging behaviours
- Positive Behavioural support awareness training
- Preventative strategies
- Violence and Aggression Cycle
- Time intensity cycle – Rational and emotional cycles.
- Monitoring and Medical interventions
- Breakaway Techniques and personal safety (practical)
- Dynamic risk assessing including de-escalation skills assessment.
- Physical intervention techniques (practical)
Who it’s for
Care workers, support workers, nurses and managers in care homes, domiciliary care, supported living, NHS and private mental health services, and parents and carers. Book a place for yourself or a whole group.
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