2 Day BTEC Level 2 Intermediate Award in Physical Restraint (Care & Control) for staff working with Children, Young People, and Vulnerable Adults

The BTEC Level 2 Intermediate Award in Physical Restraint Practice (Care & Control) has been specifically written for Care Staff and Education Staff to achieve a Nationally Recognised Level 2 vocationally specific qualification on the knowledge, understanding and skills learners need to undertake appropriate and effective physical restraint to an intermediate standard.

To successfully achieve the award delegates will be required to:

• Understand the requirements of the various pieces of legislation with regard to the Physical Restraint of Children and Young People including: The Children Act 1989 and associated Government guidance documents, The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, The Education Act 1997, The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006, The Education and Inspections Act 2006;
• Understand Reasonable Force in relation to physical restraint by reference to Common & Criminal Law.
• Examine the requirements of Health and Safety statute and associated Regulations and show how they apply to physical restraint.
• Evaluate the risk of positional asphyxia and other risks associated with physical restraint and explore how to minimise those risks.
• Differentiate between holding, escorting and restraining and non-harmful seated restraint techniques and how to apply them.
• Demonstrate and explain how to gradually de-escalate and relax restraint to allow the subject being restrained to regain self-control.
• Explore when it may be possibly necessary to use a more restrictive technique consistent with the principles of Reasonable Force, Health and Safety statute and the Human Rights Act.