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I am aware that a number of local authorities and employers have been provided with misleading and inaccurate information concerning Team Teach training and techniques. It would appear that these individuals and companies are trying to raise anxiety amongst professionals and services in order to pursue a “profit before people first” agenda e.g. the banning […]
Read MoreThe 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 MoreKennedy (Appellant) v Cordia (Services) LLP (Respondent) (Scotland) [2016] UKSC 6 On appeal from [2014] CSIH 76 – 10 February 2016 It might have implications for schools and residential homes where staff are at risk from bites, blows and kicks from children and young people. This case involved a member of staff who slipped on […]
Read MoreThe serious case review into abuse at Winterbourne View recommended that supine restraint should be banned, not prone. This has not stopped training organisations who use supine holds campaigning for a ban on prone restraints, which they do not use. Prone has never been banned. “Guidance provides information and good practice but is not statutory […]
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