To successfully achieve the award delegates will be required to:

• Describe the rights and restrictions imposed by UK statute and common law in relation to physical restraint.

• Outline the rights and restrictions imposed by Children's legislation in relation to physical restraint.

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

• Identify and explain the risks associated with physical restraint and describe how to minimise those risks.

• Explain and apply holding, escorting and restraining and non-harmful seated restraint techniques.

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

• Understand the risk of violence associated with alcohol and drugs, knives and other forms of edged weapons.

• Differentiate between non-harmful methods of control and more restrictive methods of control and when the use of such methods would be considered appropriate.

• Understand the role of the restraint team for restraint, controlled take down and distraction techniques.
  

11th-15th September 2006

Lilleshall National Sports Centre, Near Newport Shropshire

£1200.00 Per Person & Vat

Candidates who register for the Edexcel Level 3 BTEC Advanced Award in Physical Restraint Practise must have:

• The physical capability to be physically able to undertake physical skills training

• The personal ability to undertake classroom training and sit written exam papers

Mark Dawes D.S.T.T. Dip. N.F.P.S. MEWI

Mark Dawes has been awarded National Coach Tutor and National Ratification Officer status for the development, delivery, accreditation and ratification of all Occupational Intervention and Disengagement Physical Skills Training including Train the Trainer Development Programmes. Mark has worked as a hostage negotiator and is a competent physical skills instructor with over twenty-eight years of experience to fall back on. In addition he is a member of the Expert Witness Institute, An Associate Member of the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), a qualified Risk Assessor, a registered and qualified Stress Consultant (Registered in 1994) and a Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. During his career he has delivered training to many diverse public and private sectors agencies including: NHS Hospital Trusts, Health Care Authorities, Social Services Departments, Charities, Colleges, Transport Companies, Courts, Security Companies, etc. He has also been involved with various Crime Prevention Initiatives and has held the position of Chairman for the Hillingdon Crime Prevention Panel. Whilst with this panel he was involved with the development, construction and design of the 'Bash and Dash' personal safety training programme in association with the Metropolitan Police. Mark has provided Expert Witness Testimony and reports for Court on the issues of Reasonable Force and was recently involved in a Manslaughter case and a personal injury case against a Local Authority.

John Steadman D.S.T.T. Dip. N.F.P.S.

John Steadman is without doubt one of the leading Physical Skills instructors in the world today with over forty-five years of experience under his belt. He has also been awarded National Coach Tutor & National Ratification Officer status by the British Ju-Jitsu Governing Body for the development, delivery, accreditation and ratification of all Occupational Intervention and Disengagement Physical Skills Training including Train the Trainer Development Programmes. Also, as a Founder member of the British Ju-Jitsu Association (GB) he has been given the following mandate: National Coach Tutor (30 years +), National Adviser Advisor, International Grading Examiner, Technical Officer, National Ratification Officer, Discipline Officer. Recently he has been involved with writing and constructing the NVQ standards for the British Ju-Jitsu Association (GB), which has been accepted by all lead bodies such as BTEC. In addition John has privately trained many security personnel from prison to police staff and has been the technical skills adviser to the BBC for the documentary "Eve Strikes Back", a personal safety documentary for women.

Debbie O'Brien (B.A. Hons.Dip.S.W.)

Debbie's work has included a considerable amount of family work, child protection work, and inter-agency liaison. She also has several years experience of residential work with adult offenders. She has worked primarily and extensively with ten to eighteen year olds in the youth justice system involving the devising and implementing programmes of work to reduce the risk of re-offending, supervising young people on court orders, involvement with those who receive custodial sentences, undertaking risk assessments and preparing Court reports. As a co-worker for Barnardo's young abuser's project, she also delivered programmes of work for adolescent sex offenders. Debbie is also a very proficient and competent instructor who can draw upon an extensive range of experience and training allowing her to address her subject matter with a well-informed and balanced approach. Her skills complement all of the training and consultative services offered by N.F.P.S. Ltd. and we regard her as one of the most professional trainers in this field. Debbie has helped us to devise specific training programmes for our clients as well as assisting them in the development and construction of lawful and competent organisational policy.