Physical Intervention
About Physical Intervention
For the safe and legal management of physically challenging behaviour, you require physical intervention skills. Learners attending this course will learn a range of essential skills when working with patients with learning disabilities or mental health problems.
Course Length
Our Physical Intervention training course is 6 hours long and completed in a day. Our courses are structured to allow breaks for learners to eat and rest.
Certificate Validity
The Physical Intervention training certificate lasts 12 months (1 year). Before expiry, you’ll need to re-enrol to receive a new certificate.
Delivery
Our most popular form of training is held in-house, where we send a trainer out to your premises for a face-to-face session (for groups of up to 12). We also run a Physical Intervention training course online.
Topics Covered
Please see our course outline here. During this Physical Intervention training course, you will learn how to identify challenging behaviour and know when to intervene, as well as physical intervention techniques, including breaking away and, more…
Cost/Pricing
Pricing can vary depending on location, dates, group size (where applicable), and more factors. For a free email quotation, please contact our advisors directly on 0800 781 2041 or leave an enquiry.
How do you get Certified?
This course is available via an in-house group course for up to 12 delegates. Choose for the course to be delivered either face to face or by a blended learning option, at a time and place convenient to you. Alternatively, learn through one of our scheduled courses at centres located across the UK. Upon completion of this course, a certificate will be awarded.
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Physical Intervention Awareness
- Introduction to physical intervention.
- Identifying challenging behaviour and knowing when to intervene.
- Physical intervention techniques, including breaking away and holding.
- Risks involved in physical intervention.
- The Assault Cycle.
- Laws and legislation.
- Triggers of challenging behaviour.
- Causes and diffusion of anger and aggression.
- Unacceptable practice.
- Duty of care.
- Threatening behaviour and physical assault.
- Dementia and how to intervene physically.
Speak with one of our training consultants for free advice, no-obligation quotations, and more useful information.
Physical Intervention FAQs
What is Physical Intervention?
Physical interventions refer to any method of responding to challenging behaviour that involves some degree of direct physical force to limit movement.
What will I learn in this course?
This course is essential for those dealing with physically challenging behaviours in their jobs. Â This course is essential for understanding your duty of care, the risks involved and the assault cycle, so that you can then learn the laws around it, how to identify behaviours and to put in place strategies and techniques to deal with challenging behaviours.
When is physical intervention acceptable?
The topic is extremely sensitive and creates many ethical and practical concerns. Our course looks at ways to implement a strategy that is only used when a patient is in danger of injuring themselves or others and without causing pain to the recipient.
What is the Assault Cycle?
The assault cycle identifies the pattern of behaviour that can be observed in many individuals before an act of violence. This cycle is made up of five phases: Trigger, Escalation, Crisis, Recovery and Post-Crisis.
Who needs this training?
This course is most popular amongst staff working within health and social care. However, physical intervention is a general skill used in several environments wherein there is any risk of physically challenging behaviour.
Physical Intervention FAQs
What is Physical Intervention?
Physical interventions refer to any method of responding to challenging behaviour that involves some degree of direct physical force to limit movement.
What will I learn in this course?
This course is essential for those dealing with physically challenging behaviours in their jobs. Â This course is essential for understanding your duty of care, the risks involved and the assault cycle, so that you can then learn the laws around it, how to identify behaviours and to put in place strategies and techniques to deal with challenging behaviours.
When is physical intervention acceptable?
The topic is extremely sensitive and creates many ethical and practical concerns. Our course looks at ways to implement a strategy that is only used when a patient is in danger of injuring themselves or others and without causing pain to the recipient.
What is the Assault Cycle?
The assault cycle identifies the pattern of behaviour that can be observed in many individuals before an act of violence. This cycle is made up of five phases: Trigger, Escalation, Crisis, Recovery and Post-Crisis.
Who needs this training?
This course is most popular amongst staff working within health and social care. However, physical intervention is a general skill used in several environments wherein there is any risk of physically challenging behaviour.
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