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

PHYSICAL CONTROL IN CAREBoth members of staff must be in agreement prior to the lift and willonly use it if confident of its success.Never attempt this if the disparity in size and strength between thestaff and young person is too great.Split the working groups into equal size/strength and avoid performingtoo many lifts.From the Double Embrace it is possible to lift a young person if: -• They are continually dropping their body weight therebyhindering the movement process.• Hooking their legs around furniture/fixtures.• Preventing staff moving them through narrow doors/corridors.• Or, in any way compromising the safety of themselves or staff.If left with no alternative option then the Double Embrace Lift will beused in the following way:The inside leg will step back allowing the staff to be facing inwardstowards the young person. The outside hand will be removed fromthe young person’s nearside arm, at this and all subsequent times,the inside arm will maintain contact across the young person’s backonto the far arm. The member of staffs outside arm will be placedbehind the young person’s knee.On the command ‘LIFT’, both members of staff will lift the youngperson using correct lifting skills.They link hands avoiding interlocking the fingers.From this position the young person can be carried over a shortdistance or until the lift can be safely releasedThis technique can be used several times if necessary. However itmay be necessary to replace staff as this technique can be physicallydemanding.STUDENTS TO PRACTICE IN GROUPS OF THREE.© National Offender Management Service National Tactical Response GroupJuly 201068