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Team-Teach training is fully accredited by the British Institute
of Learning Disabilities and is affiliated to The General
Services Association.
The basic tutor courses are quality controlled and assured
by an external moderator, with potential new tutors having
to pass both a theoretical test and a number of practical
assessments.
Tutors also receive a visual record and a teaching manual
of all preferred techniques within the core curriculum.
Photographs of techniques can be misleading and easily misrepresented
which is why TT provides video files of all holds, allowing
for a dynamic interpretation related to context and circumstance.
"As Director of Team Teach, having sat through as an
observer, the 6 weeks of the Gareth Myatt Inquiry, l am fully
aware of the need for all restraint techniques to be risk
assessed and continually monitored and evaluated. As a company,
we receive and monitor 6 - 8 weekly reports from services
using our ground restraints. TT techniques are not risk free,
but our on going analysis of incidents and any associated
injury rates for children, young people, vulnerable adults
and staff over the last 15 years provides a very strong evidence
base for their operational safety." George Matthews
All participants on courses receive very explicit information
and advice concerning the dangers that can occur regarding
restraint and positional asphyxia. (See appendix 1 in the
course participant's Workbook.)
All TT techniques have undergone (2006, 2009 and 2012) a
thorough legal, medical and tactical review carried out by
three independent medical and legal experts as required by
the BILD accreditation system.
The BILD Accreditation system provides a Code of Practice
and an accreditation system that is recommended by government.
See points below from: Joint DOH/DFE Guidance on the Use of
Restrictive Physical Interventions for Staff Working with
Children and Adults who Display Extreme Behaviour in Association
with Learning Disability and/or Autistic Spectrum Disorders
(DFE / DOH July 2002)
3. 8 Planned physical intervention strategies should be:
1 :agreed in advance by a multidisciplinary or school team
working in consultation with the child or service user, his
or her carers or advocates and, in the case of a child, those
with parental responsibility 2: described in writing and incorporated
into other documentation which sets out a broader strategy
for addressing the service user's behavioural difficulties.
3: implemented under the supervision of an identified member
of staff who has undertaken appropriate training provided
by an organisation accredited by BILD.
10.13 Employers and managers wishing to engage trainers or
training organisations should seek evidence to support the
suitability of particular approaches. The BILD Code of Practice
for Trainers in the Use of Physical Interventions is an important
point of reference for trainers and service providers. The
latest list of BILD accredited training providers / organisations
can be found by visiting the BILD web site on http://www.bild.org.uk/03behaviour_organisations.htm
Tutors are required to produce a summary evaluation report
that addresses critical questions concerning issues around
safety and the holistic, whole setting approach to behaviour
management. This summary evaluation report is returned to
the Director of Team-Teach for monitoring and quality control.
All tutors are required to attend prescribed refresher courses
and are only permitted to train within the boundaries of their
licence.
Government departments are aware of Team-Teach training,
having been actively consulted concerning recent guidance
on the use of reasonable force and helping service settings
select positive handling strategies.
Inspection bodies and the Health & Safety Executive have
also commented favourably in their reports on the positive
impact that the Team Teach training framework has had when
adopted by leadership, management and a whole setting holistic
approach.
A number of organisations have achieved the standards required
by the Gold Quality Mark for Team Teach. See Case Studies
& Research Area for more details. The Team Teach system
of quality control and assurance was a significant factor
in the achievement of a the highest level of National Training
Award. See Case Study area for more details.
Financially, Team Teach won the National Skills Award for
Value for Money
Updated October 2012
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