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Team-Teach Training

Axcis are offering TEAM TEACH training to any candidate who works for us.

Team Teach works within the guidelines of the DCSF and the B.I.L.D. Accreditation Scheme. The aim of the course is to promote positive handling strategies to children who have aspects of challenging behaviours. The aim of the training is to decrease the number of serious incidents/restraints in schools, reducing stress, enhancing team-work and staff morale.

The course is available for all candidates employed through Axcis. If you already work through us or are interested in working for Axcis, please email Susanna@axcis.co.uk. She will be more than happy to tell you more about the training that we offer.

Two Day Course – 12 Hour Basic Course - More Info

Description: Aimed at medium risk Service Settings (Special Schools, PRU's, Children's Homes, Elderly Care etc.), this course covers personal safety, risk reductions strategies, a range of positive handling and interventions, together with a focus on policy, documentation and legal guidance.

This is organised into 8 modules:

Module 1 - Background to Team-Teach

Module 2 - The Legal Framework

Module 3 - Understanding Aggression

Module 4 - How Feelings Drive Behaviours

Module 5 - De-escalation and Defusion

Module 6 - Personal Safety

Module 7 - Positive Handling

(This section includes guiding, escorting and holding in standing, sitting and kneeing positions safety - techniques will be delivered appropriate to the service group)

Module 8 - Repair, Reflection and Review

Participant will receive a Course Wookbook and Certificate. Certification for this course is valid for 24 months.

Team-Teach Aims and Course Objectives

To promote the least intrusive positive handling strategy and a continuum of gradual and graded techniques, with an emphasis and preference for the use of verbal, non-verbal de-escalation strategies being used and exhausted before positive handling strategies are utilised.

To enable services develop acceptable and authorised responses to disruptive, disturbing, angry and aggressive behaviours in a manner that maintains positive relationships and provides safety for all, by training in Team-Teach.

To reduce the amount of serious incidents involving physical controls in all settings and to emphasise the importance of exhausting behaviour management strategies in the first instance.

To increase the awareness of staff concerning the importance of recording and reporting, monitoring and evaluating, all incidents involving positive handling.

To provide a process of repair and reflection for both staff and children.

Core Course Objectives

Following successful completion of a Team-Teach Particitioners Course participant will:

Be able to state the basic values, rationale and principles of the Team-Teach Approach.

Have knowledge and understanding of relevant legal standards and expectations related to use of force.

Have knowledge and understanding of thereporting, recording, monitoring and evaluating requirements of incidents involving physical controls and reasonable force.

Have knowledge and understanding of aggression and conflict, being able to recognise typical signs and causes.

Have knowledge and understanding of the importance of using de-escalation strategies where possible. Is aware of the concept of the conflict spiral, levels of behaviour and the need for an appropriate staff response in order to maximise the opportunity to C.A.L.M. the incident through non- verbal and verbal strategies where possible.

Have knowledge and understanding of a whole setting holistic approach to behaviour management, including the importance of self awareness and self-control whilst managing challenging behaviour.

Be able to conduct a follow up process with the service users and is aware of the importance of a support and supervision, repair and reflection process for both staff and individuals involved following a serious incident involving positive handling strategies.

Optional: Is able to use positive and protective personal safety skills in order to minimise risk to all involved.

Perform a range of positive handling strategies, gradual and graded, involved in holding, guiding and escorting safety, from least intrusive to more restrictive holds.

Use positive handling strategies that provide for a range of appropriate de-escalation's options including; keeping standing, from standing into chairs, from standing to the floor, into a knees position where possible. Staff to perform a physical technique specific to smaller children (Standing, chairs and ground sitting options).

Awareness of the need to avoid taking down to the floor in a supine or prone position, other than in the most exceptional circumstances, for staff to know how to make safe in such a position.

Responding to situations where standing fights between service users may happen (Standing).

For more information on Team Teach please see Team Teach Information.

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