The Report of Sir Martin Narey’s independent review of children’s residential care includes key statements concerning risk, restriction and restraint the following quotations and page references below contain some of the more pertinent statements: “No child in care should be exposed to any more danger than that to which we would expose our own children. The Department […]
Read MoreThis guidance applies to all schools and is for: headteachers, teachers and education staff governing bodies, proprietors and management committees It sets out what schools and colleges must do to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18. The DfE have published the guidance dated 5 September 2016 […]
Read MoreThe Challenging Behaviour Foundation have produced a position statement regarding Restrictive Physical Interventions for Children and Young People that Team Teach almost fully agrees with as accurate and helpful. We have written to them offering our support, with regards to the information they are distributing concerning “face down” positions. Dear Vivien Cooper, I have just […]
Read MoreThe truth about BILD Accreditation, ICM Accreditation, and Security Industry Training. In March 2015, the BBC reported widespread fraud and malpractice in the security training industry involving bogus BTEC qualifications in restraint. Schools and residential care homes have been receiving unsolicited letters and emails from some of these companies as part of a negative marketing […]
Read MoreThe latest guidance for challenging behaviour and learning disabilities was published by The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), yesterday. NICE state the guidance ‘will cover the care and shared care provided or commissioned by health and social care, in whatever care setting the person lives’. The guidance, ‘Challenging behaviour and learning disabilities: […]
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