In brief
The +ProActive Approaches Adult Social Care Train the Trainer is a 5-day course for residential care, supported living, and learning disability and autism services. It qualifies your staff to deliver our BILD Act (RRN) certified training to colleagues, so new starters and refreshers can be trained in-house.
- Length: 5 days
- For: residential care, supported living, and learning disability and autism services
- Your trainers deliver: BILD Act certified training, meeting the Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) Training Standards
- Certificates: no per-head certificate fee for the staff your trainers certify
Why adult services train their own trainers
Staff turnover in adult social care means there is always someone new who needs training, and refreshers are due every year. Waiting for an external course leaves gaps. In-house trainers close them, and because they know the people you support, they can make every session about real situations in your services.
It also helps you evidence good practice. Since April 2021 the CQC has expected health and social care services to use only restrictive practice training certified as complying with the RRN Training Standards (Restraint Reduction Network, Local Government Association). Our course qualifies your trainers to deliver training that is.
What the course covers
Understanding distress and behaviour
Positive Behaviour Support, trauma, communication and sensory needs, and what a person's behaviour may be telling you.
Prevention and de-escalation
Recognising early signs, adjusting the environment, calming communication and offering choice.
Law, rights and the least restrictive option
The Human Rights Act 1998, the Mental Capacity Act 2005, best interests and proportionality.
Safe physical skills
Disengagement, guiding and holding skills using the +ProActive Building Blocks© framework, taught as a last resort and risk-assessed for your services.
After an incident
Recording, debriefs, reviewing support plans and repairing relationships.
Teaching and assessing
How to plan and deliver sessions, adapt to different learners, and assess colleagues' knowledge and skills fairly.
Read more about our Positive Behaviour Support and restraint reduction training.
A note on certification
A train the trainer course is not certified in its own right. The certification belongs to the course your trainers deliver. Once qualified, your trainers deliver our BILD Act (RRN) certified training, and certificates for the staff they train are included with no per-head fee.
Who makes a good in-house trainer
- Experienced in adult social care and respected by colleagues
- Calm, confident and comfortable speaking to a group
- Committed to reducing restrictive practice
- Given protected time in their role to plan and deliver training
Where possible, send at least two trainers so they can support each other and cover absence.
What people say about our training
“The result is a more settled start to the day for the staff team and pupils. Clear direction for the team on how to approach analysis of behaviour and troubleshoot proactively rather than reactively. An increase in stability within each team, increased attendance and focus in lessons, better communication and ultimately it has empowered the team and my SLT to take responsibility and ownership. We are only half a term in and the indications are that this is a brilliant process for our school. My team have relished the consistency and space to have these discussions and it has been nothing but a positive drive forwards towards outstanding.”
“Ofsted was very successful, I am very pleased with the judgement. I have always known that we are on a journey that would take five years. So with two years complete, we have made remarkable progress. Once again, thank you for all your help and support. What you've brought to the organisation is what Aristotle would call phronesis: the complicated interplay between theory and practical judgement. Thank you.”
“Everyone left the course feeling inspired and motivated. Thank you, the course was, in my opinion, excellent and I felt that everyone left the course feeling inspired and motivated thinking ‘what can I do better to be a superstar?’. That in itself gives a clear indication of the quality of the material from the course and the way you delivered it.”
“The trainers knowledge and experience are phenomenal. No questions went unanswered. I think anyone who works with any kind of vulnerable adult or child will benefit from this course.”
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Frequently asked questions
Looking for direct training for your team instead? See our adult social care courses or all Train the Trainer courses.