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

PHYSICAL CONTROL IN CAREIf the situation requires the staff to be present elsewhere within theestablishment then once inside the room the young person will beplaced in a position facing the far wall.On command ‘RELEASE’, both staff will release their holds andwithdraw from the room in a protective stance back to back facing theyoung person. Staff will secure the door and return to the youngperson at the earliest opportunity.STUDENTS TO PRACTICE IN GROUPS OF THREE.2.7.2 DE-ESCALATIONOption 2:If there is adequate time and resources to allow the staff to fully deescalatethe situation then once they are in a suitable position theDouble Embrace will be converted into two Figure of Four arm holds.The young person will then be sat down onto either a chair or theirbed. As the young person is sat down their legs will be easedforward by the member of staffs inside leg, the young person will bekept upright throughout.As the situation calms down then the hold can be further de-escalatedto one member of staff. This will depend on who is nearest the exit.The non-door side staff will exit first, prior to leaving the door sidestaff will change their outside hand from an underhand to overhandgrip and move their inside arm from the upper forearm to the youngperson’s shoulder.At this point the non-door side staff will release their hold and movearound the young person in a protective stance and positionthemselves at the door as a safeguard should the situationdeteriorate and holds need to be re-applied.Maintaining the dialogue the remaining member of staff releases theirhold and continues dialogue until it is suitable to exit the room.STUDENTS TO PRACTICE IN GROUPS OF THREESECTION 3:PHASE III.© National Offender Management Service National Tactical Response GroupJuly 201072