Physical Control in Care Training Manual - Independent Advisory ...

PHYSICAL CONTROL IN CARESECTION 2: PHASE II:2.0 THE ROLE OF THE PCC SUPERVISOR.Staff may be deployed only with the necessary authority.Wherever possible every incident should be overseen by asupervisory member of staff. It is recognised that in somecircumstances the staffing levels, or a need to resolve the incidentquickly, may preclude the appointment of a supervisor. In thesecircumstances the No. 1 of the team must undertake the responsibilityof the supervisor.A supervisor must be appointed for every planned removal prior tothe deployment of staff to resolve the incident. In all PCC incidentsthe Supervising Officer will be accountable for the management of theincident until the incident is resolved. Experience and knowledge arekey factors in determining who fulfils this role.The supervisor must make every reasonable effort to resolve theincident with the young person without the need for restraint.The team will be deployed by the supervisor after all reasonableefforts at resolving the incident have failed or are judged unlikely tosucceed, and if it is necessary to prevent injury to staff, young people,or serious damage to property.Preparation:The supervisor is in overall charge and will take no active part in theresolution of the incident, but will remain accountable for themanagement of it.After all attempts to terminate the incident by persuasion, thesupervisor must:1. Assemble the staff with sufficient replacements/support.2. Ensure that those staff participating are PCC trained and arecurrently qualified and fit to carry out the tasks.3. Make arrangements to assemble such support services as maybe needed (time permitting) e.g healthcare and other specialiststaff.© National Offender Management Service National Tactical Response GroupJuly 201057