Accredited Level 2 Intermediate and NFPS Award in Disengagement and Non-restrictive Physical Intervention Skills (QCF) – Young People and Vulnerable Adults

Upon completing the course learners will be able to:

Define the terms:

• ‘Physical intervention.’
• ‘Restrictive intervention’ in terms of low-level restrictive and
  highly-restrictive interventions.
• ‘Non-restrictive intervention.’

Explain:

• The concepts of ‘reasonable force’, ‘necessity’ and ‘proportionality.’
• How legislation and guidance relating to disengagement and physical intervention impacts upon work when performing security functions.
• What should happen after an incident in terms of reporting and support.

Identify:

• Control measures that reduce the risk that physical intervention will be required.

Describe:

• The factors that increase the likelihood that physical intervention will be required.
• The individual factors that may increase the risk of injury.
• The situational factors that may increase the risk of injury.
• How to reduce risks associated with physical intervention.
• Non-physical methods that can be adopted to pre-empt or defuse conflict.
• The principles of disengagement and physical intervention.

Demonstrate:

• Methods to protect themselves or others from assault.
• How to disengage from grabs and holds.
• A method to rescue a person from a strangle hold.
• A method of physically prompting and guiding a person.
• The use of a non-restrictive standing hold that can be used as an escort.
• Non-restrictive methods to manage behaviour in seated positions and on the floor.